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GOING FOR GOLD APPS? EBOOKS? INTERNET? #ResearchAtHorizon RN competes in Olympic-style What Library Services is – Check out our current photo competition and isn’t COVID-19 Studies Page 5 Page 6 Page 14 Issue No. 22, Vol. 5 June 2020 HorizonSTAR A publication for the staff of Horizon Health Network OFFICIAL LANGUAGES TEAM HELPS ENSURE LANGUAGE CHOICE REMAINS PRIORITY DURING CHALLENGING TIMES Page 18 Deliveries of pizza and appreciation are ‘not cancelled’ at Horizon’s MRH Page 8 Top 10: The characteristics our employees value most in a co-worker Page 17 Contents 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 Going for gold: TMH RN Apps? eBooks? Internet? Deliveries of pizza and Orthopedic oncology “Freedom Bell” rings at An ”EPIQ“ idea to help Physician recruitment competes in Olympic-style What Library Services is – appreciation are ‘not success in Miramichi Horizon’s DECRH babies stay warm advisor wins national photography competition and isn’t cancelled’ at Horizon’s MRH leadership award It takes a team to end TB: SJRH long-term care patient Horizon staff work Social Shout-Out grateful for care together 13 14 15 16 17 18Wear a mask. Community celebrates #ResearchatHorizon: Horizon’s COPD Health Top 10: The characteristics Language choice Prevent the spread 10 years of HOPE Current COVID-19 Studies Literacy Project receives you value most in a remains important during of COVID-19 Wellness Centre international attention co-worker challenging times On our cover: This magazine is published by Horizon Health Network’s Communications In Every Issue Lorna Mansfield, Official Languages Advisor Department, and is distributed free of charge to Horizon staff, physicians Message from CEO in the Fredericton area, is photographed at and volunteers. A French version can be found online at fr.horizonnb.ca. Editor’s Note Horizon’s Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Colleagues’ Corner Editor: GinaBeth Roberts Hospital in late June. Design and layout: Hudson Creative Agency Look Who’s Shining Top 10 Printed by: Advocate Printing Please send comments and/or story ideas to [email protected]. A welcome Going for gold: TMH RN competes in note from the editor Olympic-style photography competition Amanda Beers, registered nurse (RN) in the Amanda had planned to attend the event in Medical Surgical unit at Horizon’s The Moncton Rome and will hopefully have the chance to Hospital, has always had a passion for make it to Italy once the event is rescheduled. photography and began exploring the world “Creative people tend to be their own through her camera lens more than ten worse critics,” she said. “Sometimes I get years ago. discouraged and don’t know why I do this A self-taught photographer, much of her anymore. Being recognized in this way helps. Dear Staff, Physicians and Volunteers, Welcome to the 22nd edition of the Horizon Star! practice came from “taking a lot of photos If I can do this, it must be worth continuing to From introducing a collaborative provincial health care reform plan earlier this June marks the halfway point in the year. of ducks at Centennial Park.” take photos.” year to responding to unprecedented global pandemic over the past several Usually in this space in the June issue, I’m reflecting on what we Her preferred subjects are wildlife. Amanda To see more of Amanda’s beautiful work visit months, it has been an extraordinary year for Horizon. have accomplished in the first six months, and looking forward take photos in her backyard or drives hours to her website, amandabeers.com/ or scroll to what’s to come in the next six months. capture a great animal shot. Through it all, you have quickly shifted your priorities to build capacity within through her photography page on Instagram your teams and adjust your daily workload — all while prioritizing safe and Looking back, this year has been different. It’s been full of lots of Last year she even managed to snap a shot of (@Amanda_Beers_Photography). quality patient care. highs and lows, success stories and challenging situations. And, a saw-whet owl, who was sitting in her yard, looking forward, it will continue to be different. The daily changes and challenges of the novel just eight feet away from her window. You can learn more about the World Photographic Amanda Beers, registered nurse (RN) in the Medical coronavirus (COVID-19) still exist, and there While we’re working in a much more virtual environment, there “Bird watchers will look for saw-whet owls for Cup at worldphotographiccup.org. Surgical unit at Horizon’s The Moncton Hospital are many of you — on the ground and behind- is still so much direct and meaningful patient care everywhere years,” said Amanda. “It made some of the the-scenes — who continue to work diligently you look. I see it daily, even if it’s on a phone call or through birders jealous, since he was sitting outside my Skype. to support one another and our health care house all day.” partners across the province during these I saw it recently during a Facebook Live (if you didn’t get the Nursing is her full-time job, but she shares her 4 challenging times. You have gone above and chance to watch it live, you can check it out on Horizon’s 5 beyond your call of duty in this work, and it Facebook page). Jessica and Heather, two nurses at Horizon’s photographs on her website and Instagram has not gone unnoticed. Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital answered breastfeeding page, but didn’t expect her photography to be questions from new and expecting parents. viewed on a international stage. You understand the severity of this disease, and also the small, everyday actions we need While their advice and tips were fantastic, their patient-centered, That is, until a fellow photographer friend to take to ensure we play a part in preventing conversational way of responding to those who asked questions suggested she enter the World Photographic its spread. This includes washing your hands was exceptional. The care was still there — even through a Cup (WPC). frequently, physically distancing from colleagues camera. On a whim and with the encouragement whenever possible, and wearing masks when Speaking of cameras, it’s difficult to look at my work now from her friend, she entered the WPC, a entering and in all Horizon facilities. without the lens of COVID-19. There are many considerations unique Olympic-style competition where By doing these things, you are living your and changes to my daily work environment, but they are all photographers and artists represent their Karen McGrath truly minor inconveniences when compared to the hours, weeks Horizon values. You are a role model for the country. President and CEO and months of adapting to change experienced (with grace) by patients, clients and essential family caregivers all of you. “I can’t win if I don’t try,” she thought to who enter our facilities and the community members who see you out herself at the time. and about. This issue includes some COVID-19-related stories, as well as stories from earlier in the year that I planned on sharing in the And win, she did. Not only Our staff and physicians, stakeholders and communities continue to be a major April issue. We’ve revisited some of these stories, updating them source of guidance for Horizon. to reflect our current realities. Here, I will note that some photos did she make the top three As you know, over the last year Horizon reviewed current strategic plan and were taken at different stages in our mask-wearing policy and I for the Nature (Landscape began consultation to develop a new strategic plan. Due to health care reform will re-iterate how important it is to wear a mask. and our COVID-19 response that work has been put on hold, but, before You can read how our Official Languages team is supporting our and Wildlife) category, she these delays, in-person consultations with more than 600 major stakeholders organization in providing access to reference material in a crisis was crowned the Best of — including staff and physicians, patients and clients, provincial health care on Page 18, and how our Research Services team is contributing partners, and community leaders — were held. As well, our online engagement to advancement in COVID-19-related studies on Page 14. Nation for Canada. platform, LetsTalkHorizon.ca, had more than 2,400 visits. And if you’re looking for ways you can support your co-workers Finalists were determined through a vote, The information collected through this consultation is integral to our strategic (which is so crucial all the time, but especially during challenging which Amanda was able to watch live online. planning process, and will help us identify future priorities for our organization times), turn to Page 17 for our Top 10 list of characteristics your When her name was announced as a finalist, and serve as the roadmap in achieving them. colleagues’ value most in a co-worker. she screamed so loudly she was sure her neighbours would call the police. Times such as this can be extremely challenging. The COVID-19 pandemic As always, it’s an honor to share your stories, and I hope you’ll is something health care systems all over the world are coping with, and it is continue to reach me at [email protected] with new “It was so unexpected,” she said. “And I’m something none of us has experienced in our lifetime. We do not know for ideas. very happy.” certain what the summer and fall will bring, but I want to assure you that we, as Happy reading, Her winning photo of two common terns in One Horizon, are prepared for whatever comes our way.