Members In The Spotlight October 2010

Edward Hospital has been recognized by the Food and Drug Administration with the Director’s Special Citation Award for exemplary sustained contributions in improving patient safety nationwide. Edward is one of 350 hospitals in the U.S. that participates in the FDA’s Medical Product Safety Network (MedSun), a program that works with healthcare providers to identify report, understand and solve medical device-associated problems.
 
Joliet Area Community Hospice is looking for volunteers to provide compassionate care to end of life patients and families in their homes or long term care facilities in various areas including, but not limited to Oswego, Morris, Naperville, Plainfield, Orland Park, Tinley Park and Channahon. Trained volunteers are integral members of the Joliet Area Community Hospice team. Joliet Area Community Hospice could not provide the comprehensive, high quality end of life care without volunteer contributions. For more information please contact (815) 460-3262 or visit their website, www.joliethospice.org.
 
As an intensive care unit nurse for many years, Bernie Madoch, RN, knows what it takes to fight for your life. Today, she is combining her years of professional work with her religious faith to fight for her own cause – the success of a network of parish nursing in churches and congregations throughout the southwest suburbs. In less than a year of hard work, her vision is gradually coming into focus. Parish nursing is a tradition of RNs and other volunteers who bring greater health awareness, prevention and sometimes intervention to members of their congregation. The parish nurse program meets every third Thursday of the month, usually at 10am in the Madison Board Room at Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center. For more information, or to join the group as a parish nurse, please contact Rev. Juell at (815) 725-7133 ext. 3474.