ABOUT HENRY MAYO NEWHALL HOSPITAL

Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital has been providing quality healthcare services to Santa Clarita Valley residents since our founding in 1973. Our purpose is to be the trusted regional leader to inspire and deliver optimal health and wellness through our values – Quality, Safety, Teamwork, Accountability, Integrity and Respect.

A 357-bed, nonprofit community hospital and trauma center, we offer an array of patient services. These include a maternity department, lactation support and childbirth education program; comprehensive cancer program; advanced primary stroke center; spine and joint program; acute rehabilitation unit which helps individuals regain their independence; cardiovascular services; outpatient wound care; physical and occupational therapies; and a wide range of inpatient and outpatient surgical services.

Henry Mayo's affiliated medical staff is comprised of physicians whose expertise ranges across more than 70 specialties and subspecialties. Our physicians and nurses, along with hospital clinical and support staff, are adopting new information technologies and continually enhancing care to improve outcomes and service for patients and their families.

In 2019, the hospital opened a new patient tower that includes 90 private patient rooms and a new Center for Women and Newborns.

Every day, nurses at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital provide quality care to our patients while fully embracing our motto and core tenets — Caring. Compassionate. Committed.

Whether they are delivering newborns, treating traumas, caring for patients for pre- and postsurgeries, or providing support and words of encouragement to patients and their families, our nurses work tirelessly to provide compassionate care during a difficult and challenging time in our patients’ lives.

In this report, we highlight some of the hospital’s nursing accomplishments in 2022 and the nurses who make a difference – one patient at a time.

Message From The Chief Nursing Officer

Iam writing this message to you -our nurses -- with deep gratitude. We as nursing professionals have proven we can take care of patients before, during and after a pandemic with courage and strength. Yes, we are rooted in strength, especially in these times of uncertainty and extraordinary change. You have stayed committed to keeping our patients’ best interests at heart with everything you do every day.

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought terrible hardships to thousands. Healthcare providers have been at the forefront of supporting people as they work through these hardships. You amaze us by standing strong and continuing to provide care to our community in a compassionate and special way.

Message From The Chief Medical Officer And Chief Clinical Officer

The dedication you have demonstrated at all levels of our nursing profession is truly inspiring. During the past two years, you have been there for patients, you have been there for each other and you have been there for this community. At every step, you have risen to the calling of being a nurse.

As we continue to face unknown challenges, let us be kind and understanding to one another. It’s truly an honor to be your leader and I am profoundly grateful and proud to be a Henry Mayo nurse. I hope you are too!

On behalf of our nursing leadership team, we send you our deepest thanks. You have made the world better in the most humbling, meaningful and rewarding ways. Thank you again from the bottom of my heart!

Sincerely,

Evelyn Ku, MSN, RN, NEA-BC Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer

This yearbook is a wonderful way to memorialize the successes of the past year and an exciting way to bring focus to the certain achievements of the year ahead. On behalf of the physicians at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital, I wish to thank you for the hard work and dedication you show the patients and their families as we care for our community. In all we say and all we do here at Henry Mayo, a shared value of teamwork is at the foundation of our efforts, and the nursing staff is the very heart of this team.

Sincerely,

Robert Pretzlaff, MD, MBA SVP, Chief Medical Officer and Chief Clinical Officer