MMC-125 : Early Improvements in Surgical Sanitation goes all the way to Rome

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.

Early Improvements in Surgical Sanitation goes all the way to Rome

   

       

In the 1890s, urged by Dr. Oviatt (the star surgeon at St Mary’s Hospital in Oshkosh), The Sisters get special permission from The Vatican in Rome to wear a modified habit in the operating room, as the Sisters’ standard wool habits and veils posed a sanitation issue for surgical cleanliness.

“Armed with a letter from Dr Oviatt, Sr. Cornelia gained the blessing of Pope Leo XIII for the change in habit and the admonition to follow Dr Oviatt’s suggestions as they were made.    Pope Leo blessed a gold medal and sent it to Dr Oviatt, a declared agnostic, to seal the approval.  The doctor wore the medal on his watch chain for the remainder of his life.”   

            – Sr. Mary Josue in History of St. Mary’s Home for the Aged and Mercy Hospital 1891 -1976.

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

                Library Archives LibGuide – Mercy Medical Center

                The Hallmarks of Mercy Historical Display (Digital)

                History of St. Mary's Home for the Aged and Mercy Hospital 1891-1976 (pdf)   by Sr. Mary Josue, written in 1976.

               St. Mary's Hospital, Oshkosh, WI - Chapter XII from The Red Book (pdf)  45 pages

               Mercy Medical Center, Oshkosh, WI - Chapter XIII from The Red Book (pdf) 28 pages

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 : Who was Known as The Miracle Doctor?

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 our pioneering Sisters.

In Mercy’s long history, who was known as “the Miracle doctor”? 

Scroll down for the answer :

Early in his career, Dr. Oviatt  became known as the "miracle doctor", mainly because he could successfully remove cataracts. This was a very delicate operation, which he performed under difficult conditions with old-fashioned instruments.

More about Dr Oviatt [From the Mercy Hallmarks of History display at Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh, WI] :

Dr. Charles William Oviatt was considered the best surgeon and medical doctor in the city. When he became a member of St. Mary’s Hospital (forerunner of Mercy) in 1894, he brought great prestige to the institution and attracted other physicians as well. He was a personal friend of the Mayo brothers – Charles and William – who were as famous in Rochester and beyond the state of Minnesota, as Dr. Oviatt was in Oshkosh and beyond the state of Wisconsin.

Later, Dr. Oviatt performed the first appendectomy in Wisconsin. His patient was an eight year old Fond du Lac girl, and people were shocked to find that he would "use the knife" on one so young. Furthermore, they didn’t think it was advisable to be operating in a hospital, instead of the girl’s home. But the operation proved successful, and people began to change their way of thinking.

Dr. Oviatt went on to play an important role in developing St. Mary’s Hospital. He himself paid for the equipment in the new operating rooms, aiming for "the last word in modern surgeries and laboratories". It was there that Dr. Oviatt performed the first goiter removal in the state.

Dr. Oviatt’s renowned success as a surgeon, as well as his profound kindness, attracted patients from near and far. People from out of town were brought to the hospital on stretchers in freight cars. Once, after Dr. Oviatt had diagnosed another doctor’s patient, the lady said to him, "Doctor, I leave it entirely to you; do what you think is right and best". The patient’s doctor, astonished at hearing this, said to Dr. Oviatt, "Say, Dr.,Oviatt, why is it that people have such great confidence in you the minute they meet you? This patient never saw you before, and she is at once ready to put her life completely in your hands". Dr. Oviatt answered, "Well, don’t you know yet? That is because I am bald-headed."

Despite the humility, Dr. Oviatt possessed a great sense of knowledge and wrote many papers describing his medical advances. As a result, he earned numerous honors, including election as one of the fifty members of the Society of Clinical Surgery.. This was an organization for the younger medical men of prominence in the United States. To qualify for membership, a doctor must "have discovered some new method of performing some kind of an operation". Many of Dr. Oviatt’s writings were termed "standard authority" at the time of his death.

Read more about  Dr Oviatt and the History of Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh, WI :

                Library Archives LibGuide – Mercy Medical Center

                The Hallmarks of Mercy Historical Display (Digital)

                History of St. Mary's Home for the Aged and Mercy Hospital 1891-1976 (pdf)   by Sr. Mary Josue, written in 1976.

               St. Mary's Hospital, Oshkosh, WI - Chapter XII from The Red Book (pdf)  45 pages

               Mercy Medical Center, Oshkosh, WI - Chapter XIII from The Red Book (pdf) 28 pages

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. 

Mobile Apps in Medicine & Nursing

Mobile Apps in Medicine & Nursing

The following mobile apps are available for FREE to Ministry Providers and Associates :

AccessMedicine

Clinical Key (New)

LexiComp - Drug Info

NRC – Nursing Reference Center 

ePocrates Rx  - available for free

Medscape – available free

PubMed for Handhelds – available free

We have access to these apps through our Library databases and institutional subscriptions.  Since these apps are not available to the general public, you will need to show an additional level of authentication (prove you are a Ministry person).   Don’t worry : It’s not that hard if you follow the instructions laid out in the above links. 

See the complete list with any special instructions on our Mobile Apps LibGuide.

What are some of YOUR favorite apps for Health Care and work?

Questions or Comments?   Contact Your Ministry Librarians :

Michele Matucheski            920-223-0340                           

Deb Knippel                         715-346-5091

New Mgt Books : Master the Matrix and Mgt on the Mend

Management on the Mend : the healthcare executive guide to system transformation

By John Toussaint, MD

RA 971 T687 2015 at MMC Library

Read more about this book at Amazon

Master the Matrix : 7 essentials for getting things done in complex organizations

By Susan Z. Finerty

HD 58.5 F56 2012  at MMC and SMH Libraries

Read more about this book at Amazon

If you would like to check out either of these books, please contact your Librarians:       

Michele Matucheski            920-223-0340                           

Deb Knippel         715-346-5091

MMC-125 : St Mary's Hospital 1894

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.

1892 – The Sisters are forced to beg for alms because the community was reluctant to use the new hospital.  Gradually, Oshkosh and its physicians begin to realize the Sister’s commitment to compassionate care.  The number of patients soon outnumbers the available beds.

1894 -  Ground is broken for the new St. Mary’s Hospital which will accommodate 25-35 patients.  Cost of building the new hospital was $24,355, which at the time was considered a large sum of money.   The 4-story structure is complete in the summer of 1895, “with light and airy rooms arranged for perfect comfort and convenience.” 

They also offered the Kniepp Water Cure.

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

                Library Archives LibGuide – Mercy Medical Center

                The Hallmarks of Mercy Historical Display (Digital)

                History of St. Mary's Home for the Aged and Mercy Hospital 1891-1976 (pdf)   by Sr. Mary Josue, written in 1976.

               St. Mary's Hospital, Oshkosh, WI - Chapter XII from The Red Book (pdf)  45 pages

              

               Mercy Medical Center, Oshkosh, WI - Chapter XIII from The Red Book (pdf) 28 pages

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. 

Ask-a-Librarian : AORN Standards Online

Question :   What’s the link for the most recent Perioperative Standards of Care?

Answer :

At present, we have access through the following source for the 2016 edition of the AORN Standards. [The title name changed slightly this year.]  Click on the blue title links below to access them.

AORN Guidelines for Perioperative Practice, 2016 Edition by AORN

Call Number: via R2 Library

You can find it again (and all our other eBooks) in future by searching our

                Library Catalog   [Search for AORN]

                 or    

     A-Z eBooks List

“The AORN Standards” are also listed on the Nursing Standards LibGuide with many other Nursing Procedures Books and eBooks. 

We also have access to The AORN Journal through Clinical Key.

            Want to get new issue alerts?  Just ask us …

Find more on the Library without Walls Intranet site. 

Questions or comments, contact Your Ministry Librarians:

Michele Matucheski      920-223-0340                                     

Deb Knippel              715-346-5091

The AccessMedicine App

The AccessMedicine App

The AccessMedicine app delivers indispensable support and invaluable point of care solutions for clinical practice through these mobile features:

·         Quick Medical Dx & Rx is a collection of concise evidence-based outlines of conditions and disorders most often encountered in medical practice – perfect for high-yield review or for quick reference in the clinical setting.

·         Fitzpatrick’s Color Atlas of Clinical Dermatology facilitates dermatologic diagnosis by providing color images of skin lesions, plus a summary outline of skin disorders and diseases. 

·         Differential Diagnosis Tool provides more than 1,000 diagnoses through Diagnosaurus®, a McGraw-Hill Medical tool that efficiently allows you to browse by symptom, disease, or organ system at the point of care.

·         Diagnostic Tests, from Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests, is a quick reference guide to the selection and interpretation of commonly used diagnostic tests, including laboratory procedures in the clinical setting.

The AccessMedicine app is available to users at Ministry Health Care. 

Step 1 : To activate and for continued access to the app, you must have an active My Access account and sign in every 90 days through your institution, either on-site or through a VPN. Sign up for a My Access account today by logging into your subscription and clicking on your institution name in the upper right hand corner. 

Step 2 : To download the app,  visit the App Store or Google Play. 

For additional articles and tutorials, visit our AccessMedicine Search Tips Page.

Want more? Visit our Mobile Apps LibGuide. 

 Questions or Comments?   Contact Your Ministry Librarians :

Michele Matucheski            920-223-0340                           

Deb Knippel         715-346-5091

Humble Beginnings for St. Mary's Hospital in Oshkosh

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 first of these is below about our humble beginnings.

Thank you for all you do at Mercy for the patients we have served for 125 years.

  

Humble Beginnings of St. Mary's Hospital

   

In early 1891, the Reverend Roman Scholter, Pastor of St. Mary’s Parish in Oshkosh convinces Mother M. Frances Streitel, Superior General of the Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother, to establish a hospital in the city.  An old 2-story building on the corner of Merritt and Boyd Streets is purchased for $6,074.71. 

·         On Feb 25,  10 Sisters arrive in Oshkosh, from Marshfield, to clean, scrub, and prepare the building for patients.         

·         By March 11, 1891, they were ready to see patients in the temporary Hospital, with room for 15 beds.

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.  

Celebrating 125 Years at Mercy

Today, Mercy Medical Center begins internal activities leading up to our 125thAnniversary celebration on Thursday, September 15. We offer this prayer in honor of generations past and present that have made Mercy Medical Center a place of hope and healing:

Most Merciful God of Healing, there is a time and season for everything under heaven. We are in a time of gratitude as we celebrate the many years of mission and service that hundreds of hands have provided to countless hearts in our community.

The magnitude of ministry over the last 125 years, provided by Mercy, is evident in the daily living out of our mission. To provide the healing ministry of Jesus to those we serve. Every little and big thing we do, as the people of Mercy, is for this purpose.

Our gratitude today is rooted in thankfulness, that you called each of us and those that came before us to this very special purpose of serving the health and well-being of others.

We give thanks today for the blessing of Mercy, and we stand in awe of the inspiration to continue to be Mercy, the many hands of service in its history and the many being prepared to serve its future, united with the heart of Mercy.

As we prepare for the next 125 years, help us to both give and receive Mercy in the many moments, minutes, months and days ahead. Trusting that through you all things are possible! In your name we pray. Amen.

[This article first appeared on The Source, Ministry Health Care's Intranet, on May 13, 2016.  It has been re-posted here for prosterity's sake.] 

IT Equipment for Checkout now Available through MMC Library

Who can use this service? : Available to MMC Associates and Ministry Employees

Available Equipment :

 1 Laptop    WIAPP-CMP-Laptop: MMC 1 HP 8470

          2 Data Projectors  WIAPP-PRJ-Projector:MMC 1-Panasonic PT-LB78V  and WIAPP-PRJ-Projector:MMC 2-Panasonic PT-LB78V

          2 Polycom Phones (aka SpeakerPhone)   WIAPP-PHNSpeakerphone MMC 1 (analog)

          1 TTY Phone (for hearing impaired)

          1 Big Button Phone (for visually impaired)

          Pagers – Get a New One or Swap out a broken one

              Be sure to fill out the proper paperwork for swapping pagers or setting up a new one.  
              >>  See the binder atop the Pagers Box.

Where : The Tall Cabinet in the MMC Library Computer Lab (next to the Library MFD).  This cabinet has a bright orange sign on it. 

All the spots are labeled for the respective equipment.

How : This is meant to be SELF-SERVICE (though if I’m here, I’m happy to help you).    

You can reserve the Laptop, Data Projectors, and SpeakerPhone via Outlook with the respective WIAPP- Names listed above.  This is not a guarantee that the equipment will be available.

Be sure to fill out the proper forms (on Clipboard) before taking anything.  This helps us keep track of who has what at any given time.

·       Fill in Your Contact Info (Name, Dept, and phone number)

·       Item you’re checking out

·       When you’re taking it

·       When you expect it to be back

·       When you actually return it

When :  Regular Library Hours are from 8 – 4:30 pm  Monday – Friday

                   After-hours access via key fob or Security.

Why : Central Supply no longer has the space to provide the service;

          IT offices are locked for security reasons;

          The Library is reasonably secure, yet accessible by MMC staff.

For questions or comments, please contact Your Librarian,

Michele Matucheski 3-0340 or via Outlook.

Nurse's Choice : Recommended Reading - May 2016

Click on the title links below to read the following articles.
Access at a work computer or via remote access.  These are available via Library Subscription.

Nursing's Critical Role in the Shifting Landscape of Mental Health
Journal of Christian Nursing, April/June 2016

A Woman’s Decision to Choose Bilateral Mastectomy
Cancer Nursing, November/December 2015

Does your professional image need a makeover?
Nursing, April 2016

Nurses' Perceptions of Futile Care: A Qualitative Study
Holistic Nursing Practice, January/February 2016

Abdominal Assessment
Home Healthcare Now, March 2016

Journey of Excellence: Implementing a Shared Decision-Making Model
AJN, American Journal of Nursing, April 2016

Contextual Facilitators of and Barriers to Nursing Home Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Advances in Skin & Wound Care, May  2016

Implementing a Distraction-Free Practice With the Red Zone Medication Safety Initiative
Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing, May/June  2016

Incorporating Evidence-Based Practice Learning Into a Nurse Residency Program: Are New Graduates Ready to Apply Evidence at the Bedside?
JONA: Journal of Nursing Administration, May 2016

Repetitive brain injury and CTE
Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!, May/June 2016

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