North Charleston has a New Board!

It was a long time coming....!

This was great for the start...but we needed to IMPROVE!

Our new board came in today! (It does not take much to excite us!)

Snowball Guess!

Baby It’s Cold Outside!

Guess the number of “snowballs”!

Rules:

·         Open to children age 17 and under

·         A visit is not required…just drop by and fill out a form

·         Form must include the following: Name of Child, Guess, Parents name, address, and preferred contact.

·         One entry per child

·         Child that guesses the closest without going over will be the winner

·         Winner will be announced February 14^th

·         Winner does not have to be present, but will be contacted via their parents information

Good Luck….Have fun….and stay warm!

(Prize is provided by Kohl’s and includes a Dr. Seuss stuffed animal and book for the child. Note cards and recipe book is included for the parents!)

2013

Happy New Year

2013

What a wonderful start to a New Year! Both sites are doing fabulous. I am sure everyone has heard of North Charlestons' record setting day with 52 patients on Tuesday, January 1st! Mt. Pleasant topped North Charleston on Monday, December 31st at 21 patients compared to North Charlestons 12!

That had me thinking of some comparisons...not to scare Mt. Pleasant....but.....

                                                           North Charleston                           Mt. Pleasant

Day 1                                                    0                                                      4

High number for first month                     7                                                     11

Total Pts. for first full month                    214                                                 381

Reached 20 patients                              Day 119                                          Day 35

Following that train of thought Mt. Pleasant may see between 1400 and 1600 in December of 2013. If North Charleston continues to grow at it's same rate, they will see over 2100! Scary thoughts!

*Small disclaimer....I am not a mathematician!

Giving Back Grant

Giving Back Grant

Portable SPO2 monitor

Back in October the staff was asked for ideas for equipment that they would like to have to make our patients experience better, and our jobs easier. April suggested a portable pulse ox. The Giving Back Grant wanted all submissions to positively impact the mission of  MUSC and include MUSC Pillars of Excellence (Service, People, Quality, Finance, and Growth). By highlighting MUSC's mission to "Improve health and maximize quality of life through education, research, and patient care" I was able to focus on the impact to patient care, tying in our pillar goals of people and quality.  What made the grants possible? More than 800 grateful patients that donated $49,382 to the hospital, with gifts ranging from $5 up to $1000. There were 43 applications and 15 recipients! We are so happy that we were one of those 15! Our pulse ox's are in, one for North Charleston and one for Mt. Pleasant. These totaled over $1000 so lets take care of them! (I personally think we should nick name them "The April Monitor"! its pretty, smart, and is good for our patients, just like April!)

This is why we do what we do!

This is why we do what we do....!

We had a very appreciative mom that dropped off some goodies for us today in North Charleston. Mom relayed to me that last Tuesday night she presented here with her son after we closed. The staff let her in and saw that her son was having difficulty breathing. The staff acted quickly and called 911 and took care of her son "Tommy" until EMS arrived and they were taken to MUSC Peds ER. She relayed that she felt as if we made a difference in assuring quick care was given to her child although we were closed and the staff stayed late. She wanted to share that Tommy had "croup induced asthma attack" and he is now home and doing better. She was so glad we were here for them! The staff working that night was Renee, Lori, Bethany, Jody, Cindy K., and Rickey and they had already cared for 28 patients before closing!

The Holiday Season

The Holiday Season

North Charleston After Hours is Getting Into the Christmas Spirit!

We had some wonderful visitors come and perform Christmas songs!

A Hot Chocolate Buffet!

December Education Board

Review your internet safety on the December Patient Education board done by Bethany Knox LPN!