Welcome to The Pulse

March was definitely an interesting month. Unfortunately it saw a return of COVID patients in force to IFCH. While the pandemic did partial derail our attempts to mature a newly opened hospital it couldn’t stop the efforts and a LOT of amazing things happened during the month as well.

We were able to see all time high numbers for:

• Emergency Room daily visits (61),
• Emergency Medical Service transports to us in one day (14),
• Med/Surg patient days (48 for a daily high 1,074 total for the month!)
• CT daily exams (37)
• X-ray daily exams (55)

We also had record numbers of patient meal trays prepared by our Nutritional Services team. They prepared 243 trays in one day and over 5,600 for the month!

March also had a large number of “firsts” for us. 1st Craniotomy, 1st Shockwave Coronary Artery treatment, 1st Therapeutic Plasma Exchange as well as our 1st Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm repair. We also welcomed our 1st Assistant Director of Nursing, Letty Sotelo. This was a BIG month for us.

I can’t begin to tell you how proud I am of our team. You have pulled together during some pretty ugly times and have continued to grow our hospital. I am approached all the time outside the hospital about what a great place this is and how “cared for” the patients feel. Thank you for all you do. I can’t wait to see where we can go and what we will do.

Casey Jackman, COO

Nutritional Services Department is Looking for New Team Members

We have several positions available in our department, and if you help us find team members with your referrals, besides the regular Thank You Referral Bonus, we’ll also give $50 in vouchers to spend at the Cornerstone Café upon hire of your referral. Team members must at least 18 years old. We’re looking for the following:

Café Cashier

• 1 part time position available with $500 sign on bonus

Cook 2 (Chef’s assistant)

• 1 full time position (typically 5 eight-hour shifts/week) with $1,250 sign on bonus
• 4 part time positions (typically 5 four-five hour shifts) with $750 sign on bonus

Nutrition Hospitality (delivers patient meals)

• 1 full time position (typically 3 twelve hour shifts/week) with $1,000 sign on bonus
• 1 part time position (typically 2 twelve hour shifts/week) with $500 sign on bonus

Have your referrals apply at IFCHjobs.com and make sure they list you as the person referring them on the application. Thanks for your help 😊

Meet Letty Sotelo our new Assistant Director of Nursing. She has worked as a nurse for the past 9 years. She started at MVH as a CNA in 2010 and then worked her way up to an RN. After working medsurg for 7 years and managing Redicare, she went to work in the pediatric ICU where she fell in love with caring for children. She then was lucky enough to help start Just 4 Kids Urgent Care with Dr. Aaron Gardner. She enjoys spending time with her family outdoors: riding UTVs, camping and hiking (she is looking forward to her second trip to Havasupai Falls this fall). She brings a unique set of skills and will be instrumental in helping us grow our med/surg unit and start our pediatric service line. She adopted her 4 nephews two years ago and is raising them along with her other two children (one daughter and one son). Her youngest is 5 and is Deaf and they are actively learning sign language. Letty knows the importance of family at home and at work and is excited to be back with the IFCH and MVH family and get to work alongside some of the best in our community.

Did you know you can access information about current best practices and medications by visiting the Pharmacy page on the Intranet?

Just click the “Medical Depts” dropdown from the Intranet and choose “Pharmacy,” and you will see the links as pictured above.

UpToDate is an excellent clinical resource with information on disease processes, skills, and much more. Lexicomp is a helpful drug library that can answer many of the questions medical professionals may have about the medications we give our patients.