Wednesday dition March 9, 2016 Allen Foundation CARE Counts Classifieds Events Patient Safety Scorecard Phone Book eEAPworks Wednesday Edition LiveWell MAPLES Waterloo Neighborhood SPRING AHEAD THIS SUNDAY Pam Reiter, Administration

On Sunday morning, March 13, at 2 a.m., the Hospital SPECIAL EDITION will go on Daylight Savings Time. This, in e¤ect, will Benefit and pay questions change the clocks from featured on page 3. 2 a.m. to 3 a.m. Associates who work the night shift, beginning on Saturday night, March 12, should report for duty by 11 Q: Is the no-pub for patients all or p.m. (Central Standard Time) as usual, however, they nothing? will go o¤ duty at 7:30 a.m. Daylight Savings Time. A: No-pub means no patient visitors, Associates using their badges with the Time and Attendance System should phone calls or deliveries. Every patient register “in” at the time they report for work and “out” at the end of the shift, as is asked this when presenting to the the Time and Attendance System will make the adjustment for one less hour of emergency department, direct admis- pay. sion or for surgery. If they choose to be a no-pub we have them sign a form The clocks in the Hospital will be changed to reflect this time change early Sun- acknowledging this request and flag day morning by the Plant Services Department. their account as private. If at any time during their stay they change their mind, we have them sign another form and then change their privacy level to public. Congratulations In EPIC, the census will show a no-pub patient in red. This is another measure to our Great Iowa to ensure that the patient’s location is not given out. Nurses! Jodi Burton, Patient Access Four nurses at UnityPoint Health – Allen Hospital and two more at Communi- ty Memorial Hospital have been recognized on the 2016 list of 100 Great Iowa How can I log into Lawson from Q: Nurses. home on a MAC? A: For Employee Self Service, if you • Jan Erpelding, clinical recruiter – Allen Hospital use Mac OSx 10.4, the following brows- • Kathy Howard, surgery – Community Memorial Hospital ers will work: FireFox 3.0.5x, FireFox • Sheila Markham, emergency department – Allen Hospital 4.0 and higher, FireFox 8, Safari 5.0 and • Susie Meyer, emergency department – Community Memorial Hospital higher, and Chrome. For Rich Client on • Jennifer Nagel, operating room – Allen Hospital a Mac, FireFox 3.0.5x, FireFox 4.0 and • Amanda Wagner, NICU – Allen Hospital higher, FireFox 8, Chrome 10 and Safari 4.0 and higher will work (note that Java Read full article. v1.7.0 is required for Rich Client). Dan Norman, IT 1 Did you know, any work-related injury or illness should be reported to your supervisor/charge person Safety at the time of the incident? Also, the First Report of Injury form must be completed. This form can Corner be found on the HR tab on AllenNet. This report is required in order for Occupational Health to complete an evaluation or provide treatment. Q: If we met the NetLearning and flu shot deadline, we are eligible for the year-end bonus, correct? Has this Shining Stars already been distributed? A: As long as NetLearning, flu shot Call Center/Transport Provider Profile and employment criteria are met, an as- recently received their sociate will qualify for the 2015 incentive plan, provided Allen Hospital met the ‘Oscar’ for their partic- Jean Hoy, ARNP patient satisfaction and financial criteria ipation in the Employee Jean Hoy, ARNP has been established by the plan in order to award Engagement Survey. incentives. The 2015 bonus will be paid providing women’s health care preventive services at Allen on the March 11 paycheck. Recognition based on the average of Steve Sesterhenn, HR Women’s Health for 18 years. She began the following criteria: her career 30 years ago as a labor and • % of survey participation and the delivery nurse at Allen Hospital. Q: Last year we had at least 40 Net- employee engagement index score Learning courses to complete by the • Departments with 5-19 Associates end of the year. If we have changed to Jean graduated from Allen College, quarterly completion dates, why were received her medical education from only three courses assigned for the first Drake University and is certified by the National Certification Corporation. quarter? While not at the clinic, she enjoys quilt- A: We wanted to ease into a new ex- ing, gardening, reading and spending pectation to get everyone accustomed quality time with family. to the cycle — for sta¤, the subject matter experts and sta¤ assigning the modules. Many of our subject matter experts had not yet finished reviewing Wednesday, March 9 Allen Hospital and updating their annual module in time to meet the Q1 assignment dead- is National Registered Designated a Blue line. Second and third quarters will likely Dietitians Day! Distinction® Center+ be the heavier quarters for assigned modules. Please thank your Allen Hospital dieti- for Cardiac Care Marti Colwell, Professional Development tians for all they do. Both Allen and St. Q: If 72 departments have hit the Tricia Carolyn Luke’s Hospital in 100% why aren’t all of them on Face- Leininger Wol¤ Cedar Rapids have book and in the cafe? This is a great goal 25 years 15 years received the desig- but some of the photos are missing. nation by Wellmark Blue Cross and A: Thanks so much for noticing the Lisa Allie Blue Shield. photos. Departments have had great Woodru¤ Bohlman fun. To date, 65 of the 72 departments 4 years .5 years Read full article. have their photos posted on Facebook and in the cafe. The first of the pho- tos were posted on the café doors and THINK HEALTHY when we ran out of room, the rest were posted on the giant thermometer by the Struggling with di®cult emotions does not define you. It only defines moments in cashier. Of the remaining seven, five your life. How’s your mental health? Check it out at www.UnityPoint.org/Waterloo/ departments declined the photo oppor- employee-assistance-program or call Allen EAP at (319) 235-3550 for a FREE and tunity, and we are scheduling the two CONFIDENTIAL assessment. O®ce, phone, or telehealth (virtual) counseling departments that just reached 100%. sessions are available today. Dee Vandeventer, Allen Foundation 2 Allen Women’s Health — Together for Youth

Together for Youth (TFY) is a coalition of community partners working together to improve teen sexual health outcomes and strengthen young families.

Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Teen Parent Support Network For over 25 years, TFY has been providing Young Parents Together (YPT) provides week- information and resources about sexual health, ly support and education groups for pregnant Our clients say it best… pregnancy prevention, sexually transmitted and parenting teens. Participants are provided disease prevention and healthy relationships with the following services at no cost during I feel people finally understand. to teens, parents and professionals in the weekly YPT sessions: a meal, transportation, Everyone is just like me. Cedar Valley. and childcare. I learned how to properly TFY’s health educators provide regular In addition, small group educational sessions baby-proof my home. programming at local schools, youth serv- cover topics such as: prenatal health, child- ing agencies, faith communities and various birth preparation, newborn and toddler care, I learned dental tips on how I community organizations. If you have middle child development and screening, parenting should wash my baby’s gums or high school age children, there’s a pretty skill development, child abuse prevention, every day. good chance they’ve received some health subsequent pregnancy prevention, healthy education provided by TFY educators. They relationships, reproductive life planning, life I learned about toddler are dedicated to empowering young people to skills building, community resources and refer- development. make informed decisions about their sexual rals, depression screening and mental health health; to prevent or postpone pregnancy until counseling. I’m not alone in my pregnancy. they’re ready for or plan parenthood. This education results in healthier newborns, As TFY programming has increased, the num- fewer subsequent pregnancies, and increased More information and resources ber of teen births in Black Hawk County has parental self-suˆciency. for teens, parents and teachers. decreased.

The programming we have built together as a community is working, and working well! Our youth are being equipped and empowered with the information they need to pre- vent or postpone pregnancy until they are ready for or plan parenthood. We are now focused on maintaining what we have established while also building new rural partnerships to reach even more youth and young families. Let’s all continue to support and empower our young people with the information and resources they deserve to make informed decisions regarding their sexual health and futures.

1995 2015 ~Joni Spencer, TFY Supervisor

SPECIAL EDITION: Benefit and Pay Questions Answers provided by Steve Sesterhenn from HR. If you have other questions not addressed here, please contact AskHR or your HR business partner.

during lunch you have to clock out, but if How do I find out if my extra deductions When an employee gets both call- Q: you stay you don’t have to clock out? are still in place? back and overtime pay, should those be combined on the paycheck or should they A: If you are paid on an hourly basis, A: When you look up your pay stub in be paid on separate lines? policy requires that you need to clock in Lawson there is an option to print a copy. and out when leaving the premises. Man- Use that to get the detail that you are Callback and overtime are two sepa- A: agers should be monitoring the associates’ looking for. Your information should be rate codes and are shown on your detailed work schedules and that includes extend- on that copy. Your election should remain printed pay stub from Lawson. Overtime ed lunches. If you know of someone that the same unless you submitted a new W2 is automatically calculated by Kronos is misusing their privileges, please notify election form. when an associate works over 40 hours in your manager. a week. Callback is punched at the clock Q: Do staŸ accrue PTO hours on paid or or manually entered by the timekeeper. It I had set up with payroll to deduct an not paid FMLA hours? may be that your timekeeper is combining Q: extra $5 for state and $10 for federal taxes that information when they submit payroll. PTO is accrued on hours worked or years ago. It always was noted on my check A: scheduled hours that are EOS. stub. With the new Lawson I can’t see it. Q: How come if you leave the hospital 33 Giving & Receiving

When you think of St. Patrick’s Day, what comes to mind? Shamrocks? Leprechauns? Green beer? Pots of gold? Ireland? 75 departments have reached Did you know that Ireland is the most Your donation could help a baby born charitable country in Europe, and sec- too soon, a nursing student struggling 100% participation so far! ond most generous nation worldwide? to a“ord college, or bring easier access to health care to a family in the Cedar You may have already seen a glimpse or Valley. As we approach St. Patrick’s Day, See all two of the campaign leprechauns out let’s find the Irish in all of us to chan- and about picking up campaign contri- High Fives for nel that generous spirit on our way to butions from associates. 100% Giving on reaching 100% participation in the For Facebook! Now until the 16th, our friends in green Allen For You associate campaign. will be visiting departments to collect your ‘Irish gold’ if you haven’t yet given to add to our pot at the end of the rain- bow. Remember, once we’re successful in reaching 100% participation, we’ll get to see another rainbow – on the heads of our brave leaders when they dye their hair.

If we reach 100% giving this No matter how big or small will happen... the donation, you can feel good about being a part of a greater cause. ~“Cindy Gitch, UnityPoint at Home” Shining Stars WE’RE SO CLOSE! Living the Mission Lori Schleusner has made a habit of performing acts of We’ve achieved kindness for patients at UnityPoint Clinic® – Family Medi- cine – Evansdale, and Schleusner is the most recent Living 75.79% giving The Mission Award recipient. so far! Julie Chase, Lori Schleusner, Recently, she got to talking to a patient and found out about a refined taste for chili. Schleusner then took it upon herself Shelley Boldt to whip up a batch and call a family member for pick up and delivery. The patient is forever thankful.

Another patient came to the clinic with children who were without warm enough clothes, so Schleusner and a nurse, Kaci Yant, went shopping for winter attire and do- nated three bags to the family at the next appointment.

Schleusner and Yant then decorated a cake to celebrate a patient’s birthday. The word of that kind gesture has spread throughout the small town. Pledge Now

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