May 2015 Baker Buzz - Department of Oncology

VOLUME 2, ISSUE 2
MAY 2015
The Baker Buzz...
Exceptional Nursing at TBCC
To celebrate Oncology Nursing Day,TBCC’s Nursing Council
and the ONIGA-South CANO Chapter announced the third
DAISY Award Honoree and the Chapter Champion Award on
April 7th, 2015.
DAISY nominees:
Marcia Culham
Systemic Clinics
Nadine Grahn
BMT
Jo-Anna O’Donnell Systemic Therapy
Belinda Osz
Systemic Clinics
Glenda Mee
Systemic Clinics
Stephanie Sanden Systemic Therapy (not shown)
Joyce Stilborn
Systemic Therapy (not shown)
Melissa Vicencio
BMT
Janine Wagner,
Systemic Therapy (not shown)
Congratulations to Joyce Stilborn, our third DAISY Award
Honoree!
WHS Update: May 5 STOP!
Clean Your Hands Day
The TBCC has registered for the Canadian Patient
Safety Institute’s “Stop! Clean Your Hands Day” on May
5, 2015. This year’s theme is “Clean Care is Safe Care”
and the TBCC is committed to sharing hand hygiene
awareness to the patients and staff. The May 5 th
activities will include asking the patients to participate in
our hand hygiene audits, surveying the staff for hand
hygiene barriers and, of course, free swag!
President’s Excellence Award
Finalist at TBCC
Sabine Moritz, Manager of the Clinical Research Unit
was informed by Vickie Kaminski that the TBCC
Clinical
Research
Program has been
selected as one of five
finalists
for
the
President’s Excellence
Award in the category
of
Outstanding
Achievement in Clinical
Congratulations also goes Theo Johnston, the Research! Send your
recipient of the Chapter Champion Award. congratulations to their
Her story is on the CANO Oncology
team for
Nursing Day website.Thanks to all
their
So much to be
of the TBCC nurses providing
great
outstanding care to our patients!
proud of!
work!
We recently invested in a
The winner
new website that puts
of the award will clinical trials information at
be announced in
the patient's finger tips.
National Physiotherapy Month
May.
Speech-Language & Audiology Month
FACT Accreditation
May 1
Stop! Clean your Hands Day
May 5
National Nursing Week
May 11-17
Victoria Day
May 18
Clinical Trials Day
May 20
May 31st is World No Tobacco Day. CancerCare AlberWorld No Tobacco Day
May 31
ta is making strides toward tobacco cessation!
Scotiabank Marathon: ACF Charity Challenge
May 31
For more information click here!
Save the Date
World No Tobacco Day
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