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Lakeisha “Swish” Sutton, Harlem Globetrotter, recently visited The Children’s Center Rehabilitation Gretchen Chafey, RN, BSN can be found at Integris Community Hospital. With four locations, Del Hospital. City, I-40 and Rockwell, Moore, and Council and NW Expressway, Gretchen is a float nurse and Lakeisha “Swish” Sutton, Harlem Globetrotter, BY 6ICKIE *ENKINS 3TAFF 7RITER barefooted! When was my last tetanus shot? recently visited The Children’s Center Rehabilitation What about that sprained ankle? Hospital. The team will be in town for their show at Emergency- an unforeseen combination of It is a natural reaction to go to the ER the Chesapeake Arena scheduled in March. circumstances or the resulting state that calls room, right? Integris Community Hospital Sutton played at the University of South Carolina for immediate action. is the place where you will be taken care leading the team to an appearance in the 2012 NCAA I am sure we can all relate to an of with the utmost care as you see the women’s tournament where the team advanced to the unexpected events happening to us and we find doctor and nurses. They offer the dedicated Sweet 16. At South Carolina, Sutton accumulated ourselves taking someone to the emergency nearly 1,300 career points and 350-plus assists. The 5-7 emergency medical care that every patient guard scored double figures in more than half of her room. Remember when your son climbed that deserves, and the convenience of being right appearances, earned All-SEC honors and was named to tree, falling to the ground, breaking his arm? in your neighborhood. the SEC All-Defensive Team. Oh no, I stepped on an old rusty nail while 3EE #(!&%9 0AGE 3EE ',/"%42/44%2 0AGE 0AGE &EBRUARY /KLAHOMAS .URSING 4IMES
ER does have a few disadvantages #(!&%9 also. Since there is no surgery #ONTINUED FROM 0AGE done here, we can’t always take Integris Community Hospital, care of all of the injuries that located at NW Expressway and occur due to the patient needing Council has been opened for about surgery,” Gretchen stated. “We a year. They are considered an are open 24/7 and even though emergency room with inpatient the number of patients varies at beds. Any patient that requires each location, we see about forty surgery will be sent to a regular to forty-five patients a day on an hospital; there is no surgery done average,” she added. “That is quite here. There are eight medical beds a few accidents.” if a patient needs to stay overnight Gretchen seems to possess the and cared for. qualities of; compassion, awareness, One particular nurse that you quickness and patience all rolled will meet is Gretchen Chafey, RN, into one equaling the qualities of BSN. Gretchen has been a nurse a good ER nurse. “I like the for fifteen years now, spending the fact that we all get support from last nine months here at Integris each other here; working together, Community Hospital. “When I first no matter what,” she commented. became a nurse, I worked in the “We are big on teamwork. When Midwest City area. Personally, I everyone works together, things just prefer a smaller place like this over fall into place,” Gretchen added. a big hospital. Integris Community When I asked Gretchen to Hospital has four locations; here at describe herself, she said, “I am NW Expressway and Council, Del very aware of my surroundings, City, Moore, and I-40 and Rockwell. she emphasized. I am very laid I am a float nurse and I travel to back and can stay calm in an each location, working where ever emergency situation; that is really I am needed,” Gretchen explained. good if you work in an ER,” she Gretchen grew up in Bethany, said with a smile. Oklahoma, attending Rose State Gretchen’s advice for someone College for her RN and Oklahoma going into the medical field is City University for her BSN. “I like to keep on going. I always being a nurse for several reasons. try to put myself in the patient’s I enjoy caring for those that need place, knowing how they must be help and I like being a positive feeling. light in their time of sickness. I When not working, Gretchen have a real desire to help others,” stays busy with her husband, she said. I also chose nursing as Brady and their three sons, Paytyn, my career due to nursing allows twenty years old, Trapper, seven many opportunities to reach out years old and Cub, five years old. to. It also opens the door if I They have three dogs, an English ever need to travel or move to setter, a lab and a blue heeler, another state. We have such a good all of which are twelve years old. team here and it feels like I work Gretchen likes spending time with with family. Good teamwork is her family. “In the winter, I like important in everything running to play card games with the boys, smoothly,” Gretchen explained. while sitting by the fire and just “My favorite part of my job hanging out. In the summertime, is assisting the individual patients I like swimming and anything that come in. We are the first outdoors,” she said. people they see in their time of Ask i ng Gretchen what one word sickness and we always treat them sums up her life, she said, “That with respect. Being in a small would be blessed.” #HECK /UT /KLAHOMAS "%34 .URSING AND (EALTH #ARE *OBS WWWOKCNURSINGTIMESCOM CLICK JOBS
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Basketball is 40 minutes of the game ',/"%42/44%2 and you go home. But to be able to #ONTINUED FROM 0AGE put the ball away and not worry about Prior to joining the Globetrotters, making shots or losing the ball, to Sutton played professionally overseas just talk to kids, interact with them, in Taiwan, Finland, Ecuador, Germany, share stories and make them smile, and Bulgaria from 2013-2016. that means more than basketball,” said Sutton put on a great show at Sutton. the hospital, entertaining patients and The Harlem Globetrotters Smile staff members with her incredible ball- Patrol is a hospital community outreach handling skills. It was a memorable program. Smile Patrol visits over 100 time for all who attended, and a visit children’s hospitals annually. the patients look forward to every To learn more about the medical year. staff and services provided at “It’s a privilege and honor to be The Children’s Center Rehabilitation here, I can’t really put it into words. Hospital, please visit our website at This means more than basketball. www.miracleshappenhere.org. 0AGE &EBRUARY /KLAHOMAS .URSING 4IMES CAREERS IN NURSING TEAMWORK - IMPECCABLE COMMUNICATION BY 6ICKIE *ENKINS 7RITER0HOTOGRAPHER Naadi Vascular and Interventional are all about teamwork here! It is the patient feel comfortable and I so rewarding and worthwhile,” Ali Center is the first outpatient center in so rewarding to watch a patient’s think I provide very good quality replied. Oklahoma City dedicated to vascular progress. When they come to see care.” Ali mentioned one of her favorite and interventional radiology. us, they are usually having some Asking Ali what she wanted nurses, teacher and mentor. That One of the highly qualified nurses problems with some wounds or with to do when she was a little girl, person is Lisa Halman. “She at Naadi Vascular and Interventional the blood flow in their feet and legs. she smiled and answered, “Well, I was a nurse when I was in the Center is Ali Shellhorse. With a I like to see the healing process; always wanted to do something in LPN program at Western Technology caring heart, she is there for the making sure the patient is having management, like managing a resort Center in Burns Flat, Oklahoma. She patient from the beginning to the better mobility and getting back to on a tropical island,” she said with never degraded anyone for asking end. “I truly enjoy working here, their daily activities, without pain a laugh. “I guess I could always be questions, and had a way of making seeing the results and watching the and increasing their mobility. The a nurse on a tropical island, but I us eager to learn. I will never forget patients progress,” Ali commented. patients are always surprised how really don’t think that is going to her and the influence she had in Growing up in Miami, Florida they feel so much better after they work out right now,” she added. my life,” Ali commented. “She was and moving to Oklahoma City was come here,” she said. “We have Why do you feel like this job full of encouraging words along the a big change for Ali. “I moved to have excellent and impeccable is so special to you? “When the way and I will always be grateful to to Oklahoma City in 2001. Yes, communication,” Ali added. patients come in, they are struggling her.” Oklahoma was quite different than What qualities make a good with blood flow in their feet and Ali is motivated by her patients. Florida. “I know that Oklahoma City, nurse? “First of all, a nurse needs legs. They feel like this is their “I love the patients and we have a OK has made some great changes to have compassion. They need to be last chance and they can’t imagine fun time together. There is lots of since then and I am glad that I live able to put their self in the patient’s that anything can be done for them. laughing and it is easy to come to here,” she added. shoes. A nurse needs to make When they see Dr. Ramana, he has work since this is such a positive “My favorite part of my job is a patient feel comfortable, wanting a plan for them and they get excited environment,” Ali replied. When caring for the patients and watching them to have a good experience,” Ali when he tells them that there is everything is over and done with, their progress. When the patients said. What is your strongest quality? a way they can be healed. Just the patients have better mobility, they come in for the first time, they Ali replied, “I think I am a very knowing that I helped in a small way are healthier and we know we did a are not sure what to expect. We good caregiver. I always try to make in the healing process makes this job 3EE 3(%,,(/23% 0AGE /KLAHOMAS .URSING 4IMES &EBRUARY 0AGE OU College of Medicine Honors First African- American Woman to Earn Medical Degree
The OU College of Medicine honored Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler, the first African-American woman in the United States to earn a medical degree, during a ceremony on Feb. 20. OU medical students who are members of the college’s chapter of the American Medical Women’s Association initiated the idea to recognize women from diverse backgrounds and their contributions to the field of medicine. To honor Crumpler, the OU College of Medicine will rename a student module after her. Modules are rooms where students spend many hours studying and having group discussions during their first two years of medical school. Upon entering medical school, students learn about the namesakes of their modules, a symbolic step that sets the stage for their education. “This ceremonial event is reflective of the empowerment that OU College of Medicine students feel as they pay homage and celebrate the pioneering work of women doctors who have come before them,” said Robert C. Salinas, M.D., Assistant Dean for Diversity, Inclusion and Ali Shellhorse, RN, is one of the nurses that can be found at Naadi Vascular Community Engagement. and Interventional Center. Ali’s strong compassion for others keeps the OU medical student Carlie Pearson, president of the college’s chapter patient’s happy. of the American Medical Women’s Association, said she hopes that when potential students tour the halls of the building, they see themselves 3(%,,(/23% love to travel. I have a little Maltese reflected in the faces around them, including the honorees on the walls. and his name is Harry.” “As the first black female U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Joycelyn Elders #ONTINUED FROM 0AGE Advice you would like to give to someone going into the medical said, ‘You can’t be what you can’t see.’ By highlighting a side of history good job.” field? “When you are in school, that is often excluded from the mainstream, we can change the narrative Ali has four children ranging make friends and depend on your and demonstrate the pivotal roles that women of color have played in the from twenty years old to twenty eight fellow students to help carry you on field of medicine,” Pearson said. years old. “My youngest daughter, through school. Always have a study Crumpler was born in 1831 in Delaware and was raised by her aunt, Grace is applying for nursing at group but most of all, be thankful a nurse who cared for neighbors and community members and inspired OCCC,” Ali said. “My hobbies include for everything,” Ali replied. her niece to do the same for eight years. After that time, Crumpler was reading and gardening but most of Summing up Ali’s life in one accepted as the first African-American student at the New England Female all, I love planning trips because I word, she said, ‘Blessed.’ Medical College in Boston, where she earned her medical degree in 1864. At the end of the Civil War in 1865, Crumpler moved her practice to Virginia and provided medical care for freed slaves for the Freedmen’s Bureau, a time when she faced harsh racism and sexism as an African- American female doctor in the postwar South. Crumpler focused her care on women and children, and she kept a journal during that time that was published as a book in 1883 called “A Book of Medical Discourses in Two Parts.” It is one of the first medical publications by an African-American. “We believe that displaying empowering images of women like Dr. Crumpler can instill confidence in the next generation of physicians of color and build a legacy for increasing access to healthcare for minority communities,” said Stephanie Schatzman-Bone, president of the OU College of Medicine Class of 2020. Along with the student chapter of the American Medical Women’s Association, the event was hosted by the OU College of Medicine Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Community Engagement, and the OU College of Medicine Office of Student Affairs. 0AGE &EBRUARY /KLAHOMAS .URSING 4IMES
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Tammy Powell, President, SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital; Jenny Love Meyer; Father William Novack; Joe Hodges, Regional President, SSM Health in Oklahoma.
SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital Frank C. Love Cancer Institute recently announced the opening of to enhance the exceptional care a newly expanded area designed to and comfort for our patients and enhance exceptional care for cancer their families,” stated Tammy Powell, patients. The opening of the newest President, SSM Health St. Anthony addition to the Frank C. Love Cancer Hospital. “The project was made Institute was commemorated in a possible by generous donations to the blessing ceremony on Friday, February SSM Health St. Anthony Foundation 14. from The Chickasaw Nation, the J.E. The expansion of the Institute was & L.E. Mabee Foundation, the Tom necessary to respond to the growing and Judy Love Family, physicians, number of patients needing cancer employees, board members, volunteers, care at St. Anthony Hospital. With patients, individuals, businesses and the opening of the new clinical space, Foundations.” the Institute more than doubles its Foundation Board members Mike size to nearly 16,000 square feet. The Milligan and Jamie Farha, along with cancer program moved from its former Dr. Thy Nguyen, Section Chair of location on the ground floor to a Oncology, led the philanthropy efforts spacious third floor space with natural to fund the expansion. The Institute’s lighting and many amenities conducive team of medical oncologists Dr. Michael to healing and comfort. Bowen, Dr. Thy Nguyen, Dr. David “We are pleased to expand the 3EE %80!.3)/. NEXT PAGE /KLAHOMAS .URSING 4IMES &EBRUARY 0AGE
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Oklahoma Center for Orthopedic & Multi-Specialty Brooke Wix, RN Telina Everett, RN Surgery, LLC Amy Taylor, RN Ella Lynette Lord, RN %80!.3)/. #ONTINUED FROM 0AGE Lam and Dr. Todd Kliewer were actively involved in all aspects of the design of the expanded space, being mindful of the overall experience of both patients and staff. The physician offices will be adjacent to a chemotherapy infusion area for patient comfort and convenience. The space features updated finishes that extend beyond the clinical space into the four-story atrium. REES Architecture & Design served as the architecture firm for the project, and Waldrop Construction was the general contractor. The atrium acts as a physical connection between the various floors that make up the Institute. A refreshing palette of bright whites and creams is contrasted by rich navy blue. Crisp wood tones and dramatic lighting are evident throughout the space. Beyond the aesthetics, the space was carefully planned to focus on the needs of patients and their families seeking treatment, as well as the staff dedicated to their care. For more information about the Front Row: Dr. David Lam, Dr. Michael Bowen, Dr. Gary Rahe, Dr. Thy Nguyen, Jamie Farha, Tammy Powell, Frank C. Love Cancer Institute or for Mike Milligan, Sherry Rhodes - Back Row: Stacy Coleman, Dr. Todd Kliewer, Dr. Ralph Ganick, Jenny Love Meyer, a physician referral, call 405-231-8866. Danny Hilliard, Joe Hodges, Brent Stockwell
/KLAHOMAS .URSING 4IMES &EBRUARY 0AGE Edmond North High School BALTO Campaign Raises Funds for The Children’s Center Rehabilitation Hospital Field of Dreams Edmond North High School recently held its 25th annual BALTO (Bring a Light to Others) campaign, raising $568,082 for The Children’s Center Rehabilitation Hospital. The students at Edmond North started fundraising for the Hospital in Fall 2019, and revealed the total amount raised at the BALTO final assembly where students, faculty, parents and community members were in attendance. Funds raised by the BALTO campaign will help build The Children’s Center Rehabilitation Hospital’s “Field of Dreams.” The field will be an adaptive sports complex for inpatients and outpatients allowing them to participate in recreational sports on campus. “We held many fundraising events throughout the year. Some of our largest community events The staff at Naadi Healthcare Vascular and Interventional Center helped give June Brown a new lease on life. included a golf tournament, 5k race and a silent auction. In addition to the community events, we held various fundraising tournaments at the school such as BALTO volleyball, 3 on 3 basketball, dodgeball and more. We worked really hard this year to ensure that BALTO was fun and successful not only for The Children’s Center Rehabilitation Hospital but the community as well,” said Paige Diamond, BALTO Chair, Edmond North High School. The BALTO campaign is a student led campaign. From recruiting sponsors and organizing said Lauren Minnix, BALTO Chair, events to interviewing and choosing Edmond North High School. a BALTO recipient, the students are “The Children’s Center involved from start to finish. Rehabilitation Hospital is “The Children’s Center overwhelmed by the generosity of Rehabilitation Hospital had the the Edmond North High School opportunity to come and talk to our com mun ity. T he students at Ed mond student council class. Every student North went above and beyond to loved talking with them, and we make our Field of Dreams a reality, all felt the impact of the ‘Field and for that we can’t thank them of Dreams.’ We knew this project enough,” said Heidi Russell, vice would reach so many people, and president of communications and we wanted to help in any way we development, The Children’s Center could to make this field a reality,” Rehabilitation Hospital.