MMC-125 : Mercy Volunteers

Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh is celebrating 125 Years

Between now and the final celebration in September, we will share some stories and facts to show how far we have come in furthering the vision of the initial Sisters.

Mercy Volunteers

In 1941, The Red Cross Volunteers organized themselves at Mercy.  Also known as The Gray Ladies, they were the volunteer work force for Mercy.  Through the years, Mercy Volunteers have contributed more than a billion hours of service at Mercy.

Auxiliary – Volunteers begin in 1950s started by Sr Oswaldina to build a partnership with community members. 

Sr. Oswaldina Nutz, administrator of Mercy Hospital from 1957 to 1961, is credited with founding the Mercy Hospital Auxiliary in 1958.  Her purpose, at least in part, was to increase community involvement in the hospital.  “The greater concern the public shows for its hospital, the stronger the spirit of the hospital will be, the better the care the patients will receive, and the greater the feeling of security you will enjoy,” Sister Oswaldina said.  She kicked off a membership recruitment drive with a tea and tours to introduce community members to the hospital.  The Auxiliary project was a success, and in little more than a year, there were 163 members.  Today, the total of funds raised by the [Mercy Medical Center Volunteers (MMCV) organization] is well over a million dollars.    – From The Hallmarks of Mercy Historical Display.

Read more about  History of Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh, WI :

                Library Archives LibGuide – Mercy Medical Center

                The Hallmarks of Mercy Historical Display (Digital)

                                

  

These short articles appeared in Jeremy Normington-Slay's Friday News & Notes emails sent out to all Mercy employees in 2016.  The historical and Archival Material was provided by Michele Matucheski, Librarian and Archivist at Mercy Medical Center. 

Library Resources to Make Your Work Life Easier

Not everyone has had the opportunity to get oriented to our Library Resources, so we wanted to take a moment to show you what’s available :

Library Services Home Page

How to get there : The Source >  Departments & Intranets  > Library

Consider adding this to your Source Favorites on the left side-bar. 

·         Our contact info is on the right side.

·         If you use the PubMed link on the library pages, it will tap into our full-text offerings.

·         If you can’t get to a full-text article, send us the citations and we’ll get them for you.  We have connections all the way up to the National Library of Medicine, and it won’t cost you anything! 

·         We offer a current awareness service so you can keep up with your favorite professional journals.  Just let me know what titles you’re interested in.  For each new issue, you’ll get an email with links to the current full-text articles. 

Physician & Provider ToolBox – is filled with tools and resources most helpful to a busy Provider seeing patients, including tools for

·         Point-of-Care  (Clinical Key, AccessMedicine, Harrison’s Online, Medscape, Ferri’s Clinical Advisor)

·         Access to over 1500 eBooks, full-text articles

·         Patient Education

·         Mobile Apps

There’s a Recorded WebEx with an introductory Tour to The Provider ToolBox.  It will be 20 minutes well spent.

This customizes the Library pages for Physicians & Providers.

The tabs across the top lead to more tools for :

                Drug Info

                Diagnosis

                Patient Education

How to get there :

The Source  > Links & Resources > Library > Provider Tool Box

Clinical ReferenceTools for Providers LibGuide

                Direct url : http://ministryhealth.libguides.com/clinicalreference

Consider adding this page to your Source Favorites.   

Clinical Key with FirstConsult and Procedures Consult

There’s also a Search Tips Page for Clinical Key, filled with useful articles and tutorials and videos to help you get the most out of it. 

                FirstConsult is similar to UptoDate, by offering review articles on 1400 primary care topics, including current evidence, treatment and dosing info, and more.

                ProceduresConsult is like YouTube for Medicine.  It’s great if you need to review a procedure before you have to do it.  It provides a web video, along with a complete write-up of the procedure, including coding info.

                Clinical Key includes 1100+ medical eBooks, and 500+ eJournals. 

Nursing Reference Center – Point-of-Care tool for Nursing.  Great for short disease overviews, nursing procedures, evidence based practice care sheets, patient education, and CEUs.       See a brief overview video (6 min.). 

                Nursing Reference Center Support Page

We would be more than happy to give you a personal tour of all these resources, designed to make your work life easier.  Contact Your Librarians for an appointment.

Michele Matucheski, 920.223.0340 

or

Deb Knippel, 715.346.5091

Ask-a-Librarian : Nursing Scholarships

Ask-a-Librarian : Do you have any info on available scholarships for BSN/MSN programs?

The following links may provide you with some sources for educational funding for nursing.  Application deadlines and funding amounts will vary.    

1)     Ministry Health Care Human Resources offers Tuition Reimbursement.  Please see the policy.

2)     Mercy Medical Center Employees should check with Denise Parrish.  There are scholarships available through the David C. Leach Continuing Education for Nurses, the Phyllis Leach Endowment Fund, the Dolores Wassman Endowment fund, the Nancy Piencikowski Endowment fund, and the Rae Mead Scholarship.

3)     St. Elizabeth Hospital Associates should check with Heather Schimmers (Admin. Asst : Melissa Gilmore) as there are some scholarships available exclusively for STE Employees.

4)     For other Hospitals around Ministry Health Care, please check with your respective Patient Care Leaders/ Directors of  Patient Care/Nursing for info on local scholarships.

5)     AscensionScholarships through Capella University   

6)     Check with the Financial Office or the specific Nursing Program at your School.  They may know of additional scholarships available.  

7)     The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) -Financial Aid                    

8)     SigmaTheta Tau International – Honor Society of Nursing offers a listing of possible scholarship sources

9)     NursingScholarship

10)  WisconsinNurses Association - Scholarships  

11)  FSNSA  - The Foundation of the National Student Nurses’ Association – Scholarships 

12)  NurseCorps Scholarships - 

13)   Certain Nursing Professional Organizations may also offer scholarships.  Some of them are listed here.

Best wishes in your quest for higher education!

Nurses Choice - Recommended Reading - July 2016

Professional nurses and the dark side of work passion
Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!, July/August 2016

The Latest Dietary Guidelines Spat: Communication Challenges
Nutrition Today, May/June 2016

In focus: Evaluating RN residency programs
Nursing Management, June 2016

Substance abuse and the law: A case study
Nursing, June 2016

Clinical Scene Investigator Part 1: Redefining “time” to meet nursing's evolving demands
Nursing Critical Care, May 2016

Angioedema: Clinical Presentations and Pharmacological Management
Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing, July/August 2016

Motivation and Self-Management Behavior of the Individuals With Chronic Low Back Pain
Orthopaedic Nursing, Publish ahead of print

The antivaccine movement: Legal implications for nurse practitioners
The Nurse Practitioner, Publish ahead of print

Partnering to Promote Evidence-Based Practice in a Community Hospital: Implications for Nursing Professional Development Specialists
Journal for Nurses in Professional Development, May/June 2016

Statins: The Good, the Bad, and the Unexpected
Home Healthcare Now, July/August 2016

* List and links courtesy of Anne Chaney at Wolters-Kluwer/Ovid.

CME Credits through Access Medicine

CME Credits Available through Access Medicine Ministry Library’s Access Medicine database offers AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.  Each structured point-of-care search is designated for .5 credits.  There are currently 11 titles held by the Library that are eligible for credit: Adams and Victor’s Principles of Neurology Atlas of Emergency Medicine Current Diagnosis & Treatment: Pediatrics Current Diagnosis & Treatment: Surgery Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine Morgan and Mikhail’s Clinical Anesthesiology Principles of Critical Care Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine The Color Atlas of Family Medicine Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide Williams Gynecology Williams Obstetrics

Content eligible for CME will be indicated on the Table of Contents pages as well as on individual

content pages.     Users must be logged into their MyAccess profile in order to access CME.

For complete instructions see Access Medicine CME Overview (video).   

If you have further questions  about how to claim your credits email:  userservices@mhprofessional.com.

Questions or comments, contact Your Ministry Librarians:

Michele Matucheski, 920.223.0340  or

Deb Knippel, 715.346.5091

MMC-125 : Polio Epidemic Hits Oshkosh in 1955

Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh is celebrating 125 Years

Between now and the final celebration in September, we will share some stories and facts to show how far we have come in furthering the vision of the initial Sisters.

1955 Polio Epidemic hits Oshkosh

“In 1955, Wisconsinites saw the worst polio epidemic in state history.  Although the Salk vaccine would become effective in April, Wisconsin reported 921 cases and 134 deaths due to polio by August.  The Fox Valley had more polio cases per population than anywhere else in the country.  Residents quarantined their children, canceled public events and gave money to The March of Dimes …

March of Dimes assistance included transportation, braces, shoes,  and physical therapy.  The organization also donated equipment to hospitals and hired staff.  To cope with the Oshkosh epidemic, the March of Dimes provided three general duty nurses to the polio ward at Mercy Hospital.  During the 1955 epidemic, Mercy was equipped with iron lungs for its patients.”  (p.139-40)

– Ron La Point in Oshkosh : The Way We Were : Remembering People and Places , c2009

Learn more about the Polio Epidemic :

A Paralyzing Fear [dvd] : The Story of Polio in America 

DVD HIC WC 555 P221 2005     Available at the MMC Library

Read more about  History of Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh, WI :

                Library Archives LibGuide – Mercy Medical Center

                The Hallmarks of Mercy Historical Display (Digital)

These short articles appeared in Jeremy Normington-Slay's Friday News & Notes emails sent out to all Mercy employees in 2016.  The historical and Archival Material was provided by Michele Matucheski, Librarian and Archivist at Mercy Medical Center. 

MMC-125 : 1946 Tonsillectomy Charges

Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh is celebrating 125 Years

Between now and the final celebration in September, we will share some stories and facts to show how far we have come in furthering the vision of the initial Sisters.

The Cost of a Tonsillectomy in 1946 at Mercy Medical Center

In 1946, the hospital bill at Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh was $10.35 for a tonsillectomy.

The doctor's bill for the same procedure was $35, including anesthesia. 

How times have changed! This seems like pocket change to us now ...

These documents were donated to the MMC Library Archives and amended to protect patient confidentiality.

Read more about  History of Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh, WI :

                Library Archives LibGuide – Mercy Medical Center

                The Hallmarks of Mercy Historical Display (Digital)

                                

These short articles appeared in Jeremy Normington-Slay's Friday News & Notes emails sent out to all Mercy employees in 2016.  The historical and Archival Material was provided by Michele Matucheski, Librarian and Archivist at Mercy Medical Center.