A moment of thanks for our community partners
The outpouring of community support for our frontline staff during COVID-19 has been immense. We have received nearly 80,000 food donations for our healthcare teams. In addition to thousands of delicious and nutritious meals, donors have given Girl Scout Cookies, hummus, bottles of olive oil, garlic dip, cupcakes, protein bars, popcorn, coffee drinks, and more.... Read More
CRNA group puts best foot forward in fight against COVID
A group of us decided to sign up to do a virtual 10k run through virtualstrides.com. It helped us raise over $85,000 of PPE for healthcare workers. The majority of our “CoRUNavirus” squad are Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists at M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center, who are tackling COVID-19 daily. We challenged ourselves... Read More
St. Joseph’s nurse picks up well-earned award
Sheila Mummert, RN and lead preceptor in the St. Joe’s ED, won the Nurse Excellence award! Sheila has been part of the team for over three years and has made an impact as a unit preceptor, charge nurse, and now lead preceptor. She’s been active in system and hospital committees such as workplace violence and... Read More
New bank improves milk donation process
We recently received our first shipment from the new Minnesota Milk Bank for Babies, our first local HMBANA milk bank. Now, instead of our donating moms shipping their milk to Denver to be processed and returned, moms can donate curbside at our hospital and have it processed right here in the Twin Cities. In addition... Read More
St. John’s nursing leaders ‘target’ victory over COVID-19
To celebrate National Nurses Month, M Health Fairview St. John’s Hospital nursing leaders staged a “Nerf war” against COVID-19. A huge shout-out to these resilient and amazing leaders and the nursing teams they lead! 3
Home Care social workers make most of times by “vacationing” together
The majority of our Home Care Social Work team members are “walking” to the southernmost point of the United States: Key West, Florida. Due to COVID-19, several spring vacations were cut short or cancelled and our miles traveled to see patients also have had a shift. In an effort to support mind, body, spirit, and... Read More
Heartfelt gesture captures compassion in a bottle
I wanted to share a heartwarming tribute that our ICU nurses at Bethesda Hospital came up with for patients who are passing away there: A group of M Health Fairview nurses, led by Laura Triplett from the St. Joe’s ICU, are sending electrocardiogram strips and heartfelt messages to families who have lost loved ones to... Read More
A Year of Dedication and Difference
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