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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 March 2011′s Nurse of the Month. Thank you for all your hard work and dedication.

Orange – Robin A.

Long Beach – Erneshya M.

San Diego – Ayan A.

San Bernardino – Maryann S.

Bakersfield – Mondria M.

Las Vegas, NV – Donna S.

Albuquerque, NM – Kimberly N.

Texas – Cliffa H.

Food for Thought…Wise Words of Wisdom from Experienced Nurses.

• The Nursing Profession has no room for bullies or whiners.
• Every day I’ve held a hand but forgot to chart vitals, I still may have come out ahead.
• Nursing is the hardest and easiest thing you’ll ever do.
• Healing the spirit is as important as healing the mind.
• If you don’t take care of yourself, you won’t have energy to care for anyone else.
• If I don’t get emotionally involved with my patients, it’s time to change professions.
• The more unloving a patient acts; the more he needs to be loved.
• If I can’t cure, I can still CARE!

Donna Couturié, Director of Clinical Operations

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February is American Heart Month. So why not make this the year you’re going to break away from the pack and set reasonable, achievable goals to keep your heart beating strong for years to come? Make this the year you’re going to get through your whole list, so you can reach even higher in 2012.

Last November my 14 year old daughter set a goal to shed some pounds and improve her health. I thought she wouldn’t be able to stick with a diet and exercise routine during the holidays, so her goal would not be reached. She chose to follow the dietary schedule of a national diet company, which set milestone weights to shoot for, until she met her goal weight. Remarkably, as of this writing, she has met her milestone weights, and is close to hitting her goal weight, by sticking to her diet and exercise routine.

Needing to shed a few pounds of my own, I was inspired by my daughter’s tenacity and I decided to see if I could follow a routine of diet and exercise. If my daughter could do it, I should also be so disciplined. I have joined a running club which has a weekly training schedule and every Saturday we go for a long distance run. The club supervises my progress and expects results from my training. This keeps me motivated to continue on. If it wasn’t for them, I probably wouldn’t follow the routine or wake up early on a Saturday to run 6-10 miles. As a result, I am achieving my milestone weights and will soon reach my goal weight, and my incentives have kept me moving past January.

Call them New Year’s resolutions, personal goals or just your to-do list. Whether personal or professional, I am finding out goals need a clear basis and direction.Goals need to be specific – “being a better person” wasn’t enough. Before I actually set goals, I needed to consider these fundamentals:

• I needed to know what I really wanted. A goal should be a response to a stated need. I needed to drop a few pounds.
• I had to know my motivations. Asking myself how will achieving this goal change my life or my attitude? I feel better about myself if I drop a few pounds. It is a great feeling to have your clothes fit again. The by products of my goals achieved, would be health and happiness.
• I zeroed in and focused on the one area where I could make real improvements. Any goal that is too overwhelming will soon become a good intention.
• I needed to involve those around me. I let my family know what my goals were and that I would need their support. I joined a running club to train for a half-marathon. Look for support wherever you can find it, to help you face new challenges and achieve results.

Setting goals is all about taking charge of a situation. If you walk backwards you’ll never stub your toe. But you won’t move ahead either. Once you figure out where you want to be, find a path that is practical, manageable and bold enough to make a change. Reasonable, measurable goals are the difference. – Harold Sterling, CEO

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 February 2011′s Nurse of the Month. Thank you for all your hard work and dedication.

Orange – Marilyn N.

Long Beach – Lovelyne N.

San Diego – Joseph L.

San Bernardino – Marilyn B.

Bakersfield – Andrea G.

Las Vegas, NV – Raeann M.

Albuquerque, NM – Kathy S.

Texas – Sara G.