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October
Pride in Our PeopleSee how our colleagues make a difference
 Park Your Car? Deliver Your Baby?Afternoon valet shift supervisor Bob Scholl (left) fulfilled the part of his job description that reads, “All other duties as assigned,” when he helped deliver a baby girl in front of the LVH–Cedar Crest entrance. “I heard a woman screaming as the car approached,” he says. Scholl radioed security to call the NICU and emergency departments, and helped the father remove the umbilical cord from around the baby’s neck. Mother, Stephanie French, and baby, Dakota, are doing fine.
 Three Reasons We’re MagnetFor the 16th time in 17 years, our nurses are finalists for the Nightingale Awards of Pennsylvania. This year’s finalists include emergency services director Courtney Vose, R.N. (right), nursing administration. She joins express admissions unit and 4C patient care specialist Karen Groller, R.N. (left), a finalist in nursing education. Additionally, patient care services administrator Nancy Davies-Hathen, R.N. (center), has been named the recipient of the prestigious 2006 Pennsylvania State Nurses Association Administrative-Management Award. Read more in November’s Magnet Attractions.
 Transplants in the FamilyWhen Marvin Miller of Kutztown (sitting, left) wondered how to express his gratitude to his kidney donor’s family, social worker Kimberly Bruns (center) helped him write a letter. He compared it to “one candle being extinguished while another was relit.” Six years earlier, Marvin’s brother, Francis, of Topton (sitting, right) received a kidney from a living donor, his daughter, Karen. Francis’ twin brother, Feryl, of Breinigsville (standing), also underwent a kidney transplant here to treat polycystic kidney disease. The brothers recently attended the Transplant Services picnic to celebrate the department’s 15th anniversary.
 Ready, Aim, Fund-rasierNicco Angelone, son of diagnostic care center clerk Susan Angelone, combined his love of trapshooting with a benefit for LVHHN. For his senior project, the 16-year-old Emmaus High School student organized a trapshoot at Rural Sportsmen’s Association in Trexlertown. The event was held in memory of his grandfather’s cousin, Donald Jones, who was also Nicco’s trapshooting mentor. More than 100 people attended the event, which raised $880 for cardiovascular care and research.
 Above and Beyond the Call of DutyMaryanne Linder, recovering from shoulder surgery, and her husband, James Linder of Allentown (sitting), wanted to have relatives from Florida and Washington, D.C. over for lunch during her hospital stay. So, the 6B staff arranged for Sodexho to cater the meal. Standing from left to right, David Brugger, and Larry and Maryann Korzon, the Linder’s relatives, and Shelley Frick, administrative partner, Wendy Silfies, technical partner, Joyce Stewart, R.N., Tracie Heckman, R.N., Lisa Moser, supervisor for food and nutrition, Mary Anne Fye, R.N., Laurie Wimmer, R.N. Your colleagues also are meeting famous musicians...enjoying the employee picnic...and more. Click here for More PRIDE in Our People.
 Be an LVHHN AdvocateNursing supervisor Gloria Hamm, R.N., has a long history of referring people for care at LVHHN. When her husband, Wayne, had a gall bladder attack on Easter Sunday, she knew he’d be cared for immediately in our ED. On another occasion, when Hamm witnessed a car accident, she stopped to make sure all were OK and suggested they come here for care. Hamm’s daughter, sister, mother and father also received care at LVHHN following her recommendation. Have you referred a patient to LVHHN? If so, call 610-402-3175 or e-mail Richard.Martuscelli@lvh.com and share your story in CheckUp. This page last updated 2/12/08 04:08 PM
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