HUP Named to U.S. News Honor Roll `` On hand to congratulate Sunny Paulose (second from right) on winning the 2012 CNA Spirit of Professionalism Award are (l. to r.) Lisa Oldak, CICU assistant nurse manager; Leah Moran, nurse manager; and Paul Harrington, clinical director of Surgical Nursing.
Sunny Paulose Wins CNA Spirit of Professionalism Award Each year Nursing presents the Certified Nursing Assistant Spirit of Professionalism Award to a CNA who works collaboratively with Nursing to provide high-quality and patient-and-familycentered care for patients. This year’s award went to Sunny Paulose, CNA, of the Cardiac Intermediate Care Unit (CICU). According to the nomination letter, Paulose is “extremely conscientious and takes excellent care of his patients. He is an eager learner and enjoys challenges. Mr. Paulose is a team player who wants to improve the outcomes of his patients by being actively involved in unit and hospital committees and activities.… He works alongside the clinical nurse to provide world class nursing care. He is at the patient’s door when the call bell goes off to provide assistance, to any patient, not just the patients in his assignment. Mr. Paulose is conscientious with his patient care delivery which is evident in his interactions with the patients and families, through his documentation in KBC, and overwhelmingly positive comments that he consistently gets in the Press Ganey Surveys and patient letters…. Mr. Paulose takes great pride in his job. When he is your CNA, you know your patients are safe.”
Help Create a World Free of MS
Named by Bicycling Magazine as the “Best Cycling Getaway in NJ,” the Bike MS City to Shore Ride on September 29 and 30 promises to be the best cycling experience on the East Coast: the scenic flat route through South Jersey, the enthusiastic volunteers at each of the fully stocked rest stops and the awesome feeling of crossing the finish line into Ocean City. Nothing beats this experience!
Once again HUP has been ranked among the top hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. HUP has been named to the publication’s Honor Roll in 15 of the last 16 years and this year ranked 15th out of 17 honoree institutions from nearly 5,000 hospitals nationwide. According to the editors, the Honor Roll distinction “signals both rare breadth and rare depth of medical excellence.” In addition, HUP was ranked #1 in the Philadelphia area while Penn Presbyterian and Pennsylvania Hospital were ranked locally as #3 and #5 respectively. To have all three of our hospitals ranked so high in this annual survey is a significant accomplishment of which everyone can be proud!
The Brain Up Close and Personal Research specialist Andrew Jaye from Penn’s Center for Brain Injury and Repair shares his knowledge of brain biology and how to prevent concussions with visitors to a Penn Medicine educational tent at the 2012 Philadelphia Science Festival Carnival held in the spring. Tens of thousands of families and individuals viewed over 100 exhibits offering family-friendly experiments, interactive activities, and games.
This year marks the 32nd anniversary of the Bike MS City to Shore Ride, in which Team UPHS/PENN will, with your help, be the largest team! We’ve set a system-wide goal of recruiting 325 team members this year. As always, there is an option for everyone. Choose to participate as a cyclist, a virtual cyclist (if you can’t ride, but want to fundraise), or a volunteer at the team’s Finish Line tent. The team has set an ambitious fundraising goal of $135,000. With so much important work and research taking place at UPHS, the team’s fundraising has more significance than ever.
To register or for more information, go online to http://news.pennmedicine.org/inside/hupdate or e-mail Richard.Bryson@uphs.upenn.edu. Don’t miss your opportunity to be a part of the movement to create a world free of MS. We can’t do it without you!
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