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Westways Staff News for May 2011 was sent out today. Did you get it in your inbox? If not, you can view it here. Make sure to visit our home page and fill out the subscription form on the right side of the page to receive Westways Staff News once a month in your inbox.

I almost didn’t do it. I almost didn’t accomplish what I had disciplined myself for. But on May 1st, I started and completed the Half-Marathon I had been training for since the first of the year. My initial goal was to lose weight, which I wrote about a couple of newsletters ago. In order to achieve my weight loss goals, I instituted the help of a running club whose goal was to train members to run a Half-Marathon. As the race date approached, I missed a couple of practices. Anticipating the pain and exhaustion of the run, I considered not participating in the race. Since there were a number of people aware of my race training, this was my motivation to keep moving forward. I would rather prepare and prevent, then repair and repent.

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Do you remember the feelings you had on the first shift you worked as a registry/agency nurse? Sure, you had years of experience, but that was at your “home” hospital. Now you were starting a shift not knowing anyone or anything about the facility. If you think about it, that is how all new graduate nurses feel. We’ve all been newly licensed nurses trying to find our way.

Now, as a more experienced nurse, if you see someone who could use a helping hand, do you offer advice or do you hide behind the title Registry Nurse and avoid getting involved.

It doesn’t matter if you are an employee of the hospital or just there for the shift as “outside registry.” We all have an obligation to step up and help those nurses just starting out.

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Every month Westways recognizes an outstanding healthcare professional from each one of our branch offices. Westways management and staff would like to congratulate the following individuals in becoming May 2011′s Nurse of the Month. Thank you for all your hard work and dedication.

Orange – Tom A.

Long Beach – Amos A.

San Diego – Elizabeth A.

San Bernardino – Sherrez M.

Bakersfield – Randall T.

Las Vegas, NV – Kevin T.

Albuquerque, NM – Jennifer M.

Texas – Christine B.

Westways Staff News for April 2011 was sent out today. Did you get it in your inbox? If not, you can view it here. Make sure to visit our home page and fill out the subscription form on the right side of the page to receive Westways Staff News once a month in your inbox.