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VA awards employees of the month
Mrs. Ellen DeGeorge-Smith,
Director, Augusta VA Medical
Center, is pleased to announce
the June recipients of the Em
ployee ofthe Month award - Ursula
Callan, MSN, RN, CCRN, Spe
cialty Care Service Line, Down
town Division and Gena Love,
Program Support Clerk, Facility
Management Service Line, Up
town Division. The Augusta VA
Medical Center recognizes two
employees each month for their
leadership qualities, contribution
to the medical center goals, cus
tomer service skills and commu
nity involvement.
Ursula Callan, MSN, RN, CCRN
Nurse Manager - Specialty Care
Service Line
UrsulaCallanisthe Nurse Man
ager of the Intensive Care and
Coronary Care Units (ICU/CCU)
at the Downtown Division of the
medical center. Callan’s positive
influence has inspired nurses to
maintain high standards of criti
cal care nursing and several have
become nationally certified as
Critical Care Registered Nurses
(CCRN). She has always been a
strong voice for her patients and
nurses and manyvaluablechanges
to ICU/CCU have been the result
of Callan’s managementstyle. She
haswritten clinical practice guide
lines for sedative infusions,
University
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Women’s
Center class
The W.G. Watson,M.D. Women’s
Center at University Hospital will
present “Breastfeeding — Off to a
Good Start”at 7:30p.m.,Ju1y 15, at
Babies R Us on Bobby Jones Ex
pressway.
This class is ideal for expectant
moms who are considering
breastfeeding. It will be taught by
Jackie Echelberger, R.N., a certi
fied lactation counselor at Uni
versity Hospital. Those inter
ested in attending should call Ba
bies R Us at 651-9700 to register.
Lamar alumnae Upcoming pediatric conference
observe nurses focuses on special needs children
week
The Lamar Nursing Alumnae
sponsored a dinner at the Lucy C.
Laney Museum in observance of
nurse’s week. The Alumnae is
lead by Juanita Taylor, President,
Evelyn Griffin Vice President and
Anne Curry, Secretary.
Many Alumnae, family and
friends attended. The activities
provided an opportunity to recap
themany contribution that nurses
made to this community and the
continuingimpact of nursesin the
health care community. The dis
cussion included the many
changesthathavetaken placeand
the continuingimpact of nursesin
the health care community. The
discussion included the many
changes thathavetaken place and
the continuing changes and cir
cumstances we see and the prepa
ration necessary to respond in a
positive way as we continue to
provide nursing care in the cur
rent environment.
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Ursula Callan
transvenous pacemakers, and pe
ripheral nerve stimulation. She
has also developed competency
assessment study modules for
high-risk diagnoses. Callanserved
two years on the Board of Direc
tors as Director of Member ship
for the CSRA Chapter os Ameri
can Association of Critical Care
nurses. Her coworkers say that
she has established a climate of
empowerment that has produced
a cohesive critical care nursing
team, an environment that moti
vates and encourages participa
tion and opportunities for em
ployee initiative. Callan is on the
board of directors for Parish
Tobacco Sales to teens drop in Georgia
For the second year in a row,
illegal sales of tobacco to teenag
ers in Georgia have declined
sharply, according to a survey
conducted annually by the Geor
gia Department of Human Re
sources (DHR).
When the survey was first re
quired by federal legislation in
1996, almost half (48 percent) of
teenagers who attempted to buy
tobacco products from a random
sample of stores and vending
machines succeeded. In 1997 the
surveyors found successful buys
were down to one in five (20.5
percent), and in 1998 only 12.9
percent, or 119 of 921 attempts,
succeeded. The 1999 survey will
be conducted this summer.
“We’re delighted that the great
Learn the latest about raising
or caring for a child with physical
and cognitive disabilities by at
tending, “The Child with Special
Needs: From Infancy Through
Adolescence,” a conference given
by The Children’s Rehabilitation
Center at Walton Rehabilitation
Hospital. The two-day conference
will be held September 30 - Octo
ber 1, 1999, at the Radisson
Riverfront Hotel in Augusta, Ga.
This year’s conference features
luncheon keynote speaker Janice
Fialka, MSW, ACSW, who will
discuss building parent-profes
sional relationships. In addition
to Fialka’s presentation, other
lectures include spasticity, taping
techniques, funding, school re
entry, bowel and bladder manage
ment, nutritional concerns and
other information useful for par
ents, caregivers, teachers, and
medical professionals alike.
Augusta Focus is a Walker Group publication.
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Nurses’ Council and serves as a
parish nurse at St. Teresa’s of
Avila. She is a member of St.
Mary’s on the Hill and hopes to
collaborate with other nurses to
develop a series of presentations
of women’s health issues. She is
also a hospice volunteer.
Gena Love Program Support
Clerk - Facility Management Ser
vice Line
Gena Love is the Program Sup
port Clerk for the Consolidated
Textile Care Processing Facility
located at the Uptown Division.
Love is the sole secretary and
clerical support for the 58 employ-
majority of Georgia tobacco ven
dors are taking the law seriously,”
says Ron Pounds, director of the
survey for DHR’s Division of Men
tal Health, Mental Retardation
and Substance Abuse. “Last year
billboards and TV public service
announcements reminded people
that it’s illegal to sell tobacco to
teenagers, and that anyone 18-27
years old must show proof of age
to buy tobacco. This year we plan
tocontinue to help the merchants
with stafftraining.
Inmost communities wherethe
survey was conducted, no or very
few illegal purchases succeeded.
DHR helps store owners locate
employee training programs of
fered by the Georgia Association
of Convenience Stores, the Geor-
Continuing education credit
hours have been applied for physi
caltherapy, occupational therapy,
speech-language pathology, nurs
ing, social workers, case manag
ers and teachers.
The two-day conference costs
$250 for professional and $35 for
parents. Meals and educational
materials are included. A late fee
will be charged for registration
forms received after August 30,
1999.
The Conference is sponsored
by: Augusta West Rotary Club,
Medtronic, Advanced Rehab,
Allergan, Inc., C.H. Martin,
Duramed, A Plus Medical and Easy
On Vest.
For more information or to reg
ister, please call the Marketing
Department for Children’s Reha
bilitation Center at Walton Reha
bilitation Hospital at 706-823-8792
orßoo-366-6055.
ees whowork at the Laundry facil
ity in Augusta. She handles per
sonnel and clerical needs for these
employees, acting as a liaison be
tween them and our Human Re
source Management and Fiscal
offices. The Augusta VA provides
laundry service to three VA medi
cal centers in Georgia and two in
South Carolina. Her interaction
with staff at these five medical
centers has earned her many com
pliments regarding her ability to
handle a variety of issues.
Because of Love’s knowledge
and dedicated sense of responsi
bility, she has been invaluable to
her supervisor. Her immediate
supervisor serves on several
boards of professional organiza
tions andisinvolved with VA Head
quarters task forces which requires
Love to be knowledgeable of the
functions and processes of those
organizations. Her commitment
to her job has earned her able to
intelligently answer questions
when called upon. Sheis an active
member of the Bicentennial
Chapel where she teaches a
weeklybible stay group and serves
in the Singles Ministry. As a
member of the Usher Board, she
meets and greets members and
visitors to the church. Her five
year-old’s school activities fill up
any spare time she may have.
gia Food Industry Association, the
Food and Drug Administrationand
local chambers of commerce.
Training is an ongoing need be
cause the industry has high em
ployee turnover. Also the Coali
tion for Responsible Tobacco Re
tailing sent Georgiaretailers “We
ID” kits.
DHR is required to survey a
random sample of tobacco vend
ers each year. If observed sales to
minors had not dropped to 28 per
cent or less of the attempted pur
chases in 1998, the state would
have a lost substantial part of its
S4O million block substance abuse
grant for FY99. However, the de
cline since 1996 has already ex
ceeded federal requirements.
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ugusta’s First Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) celebration
ill be held on Monday, July 26, 1999, sponsored by Able-disAbled
Inc. at Pendleton King Park on Kissingbower Rd. The time will be'
11:00 a.m. till 1:30 p.m.; commemorating the ninth anniversary .
of the signing of ADA.
Keynote Speaker will be Augusta’s Mayor Bob Young.
Make plans to join us in Celebrating this Civil Rights Legislation,
for people with disabilities.
For more information call 731-9521 or 729-9525.
AUGUSTA FOCUS
JUNE 24, 1999
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