Catawba Valley Medical Center Recognizes June 2009 CARE Employee

Catawba Valley Medical Center’s CARE employee, nominated monthly by employees and guests, embodies Courtesy, Attitude, Respect and Enthusiasm for commitment to maintaining a positive guest relations atmosphere while demonstrating a sincere compassion and concern for patients and fellow staff members. Catawba Valley Medical Center is a not-for-profit, public healthcare system providing and ...

CVMC Day Surgery Lobby Now Includes Personal Computer Use

In an effort to make waiting more convenient for patient family members, Catawba Valley Medical Center (CVMC) recently added three personal computers for public use in its Day Surgery lobby. “For many people, waiting feels very unproductive,” said Susan Knowles, RN, MSN, CVMC day surgery and PACU clinical development coordinator. “If day surgery patient family members and friends ...

CVMC Nurse Anesthetist Speaks to Congressional Committee

CVMC Awarded Three-Year CARF Accreditation

“Being the only CARF accredited rehabilitation program in our region offers patients quality and state-of-the-art care during their needs of rehabilitation,” said J. Anthony Rose, CVMC President & CEO. “Patients experiencing stroke, trauma, or orthopedic conditions need comprehensive, quality nursing and therapy care. Catawba Valley Medical Center is qualified and ...

CVMC Auxiliary Announces Scholarship Recipients

The auxiliary gives the awards for the annual Slemp/Volunteers Health Career scholarships to students in area high schools. Funds are generated primarily through the hospital gift shop, operated by the auxiliary. The scholarship is named for long-time hospital volunteers Willie and Frances Slemp. Eligible students must be graduating with a grade of C plus or better and plan to study for a health ...

"Can We Legally Mandate Prevention Through Drugs?" Topic of CVMC's May 'Conversations in Ethics'

This month’s case study, taken from the McGraw General & Human Biology website, is called “Can We Legally Mandate Prevention Through Drugs?” The Amos Drug Company has developed a new drug that will prevent osteoporosis, one of the most dangerous conditions affecting older people, especially older women. In osteoporosis, calcium is leached out of the bones, which then become ...

Catawba Valley Medical Center Recognizes May 2009 CARE Employee

Catawba Valley Medical Center is a not-for-profit, public healthcare system providing and promoting the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being of the public in addition to serving as a center for health education, wellness services, preventative medicine and acute care. CVMC, twice recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a Magnet facility, was recently named as a ...

CVMC Joins WHO Hand Hygiene Initiative

More than 4,500 health-care facilities globally are supporting this new initiative designed to highlight and promote hand hygiene, the correct techniques and how to inform and educate health-care staff as well as patients and the general public. Significantly, the WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care will be launched May 5, 2009 together with a revised suite of hand hygiene implementation ...

Catawba Valley Medical Center Recognizes April 2009 CARE Employee

Catawba Valley Medical Center’s CARE employee, nominated monthly by employees and guests, embodies Courtesy, Attitude, Respect and Enthusiasm for commitment to maintaining a positive guest relations atmosphere while demonstrating a sincere compassion and concern for patients and fellow staff members. Catawba Valley Medical Center is a not-for-profit, public healthcare system providing and ...

High School Senior Creates, Completes Successful Bowl for Breast Cancer Cure Event

When Kyle Troupe, a senior at Alexander Central High School in Taylorsville, was assigned a senior class project, his choice was easy. Kyle’s mother, a breast cancer survivor, inspired him to choose breast cancer as his project topic. His project included creation and completion of an event called Bowl for a Breast Cancer Cure. Through his recent project event held at Colonial Lanes in ...

Local Coalition Celebrates Safe Kids Week on Saturday, May 2 with 'Raising Safe Kids: One Stage At A Time'

“The more kids can be aware of preventing injuries, the more fun they can have doing their favorite summertime activities,” says Debbie Leger, Registered Nurse, Bachelor of Science Nursing, Critical Care Registered Nurse and CVMC’s Safe Kids Catawba County coordinator. “The safety fair’s activities will help teach and reinforce the common-sense risk prevention ...

Catawba Valley Medical Center Recognizes March 2009 CARE Employee

Catawba Valley Medical Center is a not-for-profit, public healthcare system providing and promoting the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being of the public in addition to serving as a center for health education, wellness services, preventative medicine and acute care. CVMC, twice recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a Magnet facility, was recently named as a ...

Catawba Valley Medical Center Receives High Marks From Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

“The American Academy of Pediatrics has identified that breastfeeding is important for optimal infant and child health and development,” said Ms. Andreu. “Evidence has demonstrated that hospital practices in maternity care settings can significantly affect breastfeeding rates and duration of breastfeeding among women. At CVMC we strongly support and encourage breastfeeding by not ...

"Octomom Drama" Topic of Catawba Valley Medical Center's March 'Conversations in Ethics'

The discussion topic for March is “Octomom Drama.” Before the octuplet mom, Nadya Suleman, even left the hospital, the whole country had gone from “Gee whiz!” to “Are you kidding?” What was originally heralded as a medical miracle is now an ethical morass: Nadya, 33 and single, already had six children and all 14 children were conceived using a sperm donor. ...