Southeast

Southeast Division

Through patience and dedication, the nurses of the Southeast remained mission-focused and patient-centered.

“My favorite quote as a practicing nurse has always been: ‘They may forget your name but they will never forget how you made them feel.” Every day our care team provides excellent, high touch care as part of their personal ministry and makes a difference in the lives of our patients. To our nurses, thank you for choosing to share your gifts and talents with those we have the opportunity to serve.”

— E. Melissa Roden, RN, BS, CPHQ, VP Quality & Interim CNE, Southeast Division

Division Locations

Arkansas

CHI St. Vincent Morrilton, Morrilton CHI St. Vincent North, Sherwood CHI St. Vincent Infirmary, Little Rock CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs, Hot Springs

Kentucky

Saint Joseph Berea, Berea Saint Joseph London, London Saint Joseph East, Lexington Flaget Memorial Hospital, Bardstown Saint Joseph Hospital, Lexington Saint Joseph Mount Sterling, Mount Sterling

Ohio

Trinity Health System Twin City Medical Center, Dennison Trinity Medical Center West, Steubenville

Tennessee

CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga, Chattanooga CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson, Hixson

Georgia

CHI Memorial Hospital Georgia, Fort Oglethorpe

West Virginia

Trinity Home Health

Pennsylvania

CHI St. Joseph Children’s Health

Rhonda Hatfield, MBA, BSN, RN, CCRN, served as the Southeast Division SVP and Chief Nursing Officer through April 15, 2022. Rhonda transitioned her SVP and Chief Nursing duties to Melissa Roden to complete her Doctorate in Business Administration degree. Thank you for your service, Rhonda, and best wishes for the future!

Standing Out From the Crowd

The Southeast Division continues to form partnerships and connections while focusing on facility excellence.

At CHI Memorial in Tennessee, the team partnered with Hixson High School to form the CHI Memorial Institute of Healthcare and Medical Careers to become the latest Future Ready Institute. This partnership has expanded to five high schools and provides clinical experiences and job shadowing opportunities for students across the Tennessee/Georgia market.

Additionally, CHI Memorial’s RN Residency Program received re-accreditation with distinction as a Practice Transition Program by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Commission on Accreditation in Practice Transition Programs. This is the highest recognition awarded by the ANCC, and all three CHI Memorial Hospitals are included in this accreditation with distinction designation. The workplace settings included in this accreditation are medical-surgical, oncology, step down, critical care, operating room, and emergency room.

In Arkansas, CHI St. Vincent Infirmary (SVI) Little Rock and CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs (SVHS) achieved the distinguished C Magnet recognition. Only four out of 142 CommonSpirit hospitals have achieved this status, and only 8.9% of U.S. hospitals and 579 hospitals globally have received Magnet Recognition, making this honor more special.

Above, left to right: Timothy Dailey, RN, and Tracey Eggers, PCA, are part of the medicalsurgical unit at Saint Joseph’s London (KY); CHI Memorial Hospital Nursing Team (TN) and Trinity Hospital Clinical leaders (OH).

“Trinity Health is committed to the physical, spiritual and emotional wellbeing of all our staff. New programs have been introduced to meet staffing shortages such as the development of a Weekender Program, a Parent Shift Program, a Clinical Extern Program, and a ‘buddy system’ for nursing units. ”

— James L. Middleton, MSN, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, Market Chief Nursing Officer, Trinity Health System - Ohio

Noteworthy Numbers

Nearly

5,000

Registered Nurses

222

Licensed Practical Nurses

465

Advanced Practice Nurses

5

States Served

“Today and every day, we will work together with humankindness for all to advance the science and art of nursing. Stay strong and be proud to be a CSH Nurse!”

— Teresa Lambert, MBA, BSN, RN Vice President of Patient Care Services/ACNO CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs - Arkansas

In Ohio, nurses at Trinity Health System now have a competencybased orientation program using standardized evaluation tools for measuring success. Even during the high census and staffing shortages associated with the pandemic, nurses were able to raise some quality scores. The journey continues for our patient satisfaction and employee satisfaction scores as well.

In Kentucky, CHI St. Joseph Health made several investments in our people, including standardized pay rates, bringing salaries in our rural markets to the same pay scale as in Lexington for our clinical positions, including nursing. Additionally, to address the rising costs of travel nurses, CHI St. Joseph Health developed an in-house agency nurse program, offering limitedtime, temporary nursing positions to address staffing shortages throughout the pandemic.

The future is looking bright for the Southeast Division, and we are very thankful for the presence and ongoing dedication of our nurses. •