NACC Week of 09/25/23

Morning Huddle: Every Tuesday and Thursday

https://mnachc.zoom.us/j/8029150113

!!Staff Shoutouts!!

  • Shout out to Courtney for always helping the new nurses in the lab with patience and guidance.

  • Shout out to Katrina M, for helping nursing with patient folders this week.

  • Shout out to the MA, Nursing, Provider and Scribe team for always hustling and getting things done for our patients here at NACC!

  • Shout out to Neva and Molly for working across departments, to keep things running smoothly for the Community.

  • Thanks to Kelly Firesteel and Front Desk Staff for holding down the front desk, running outside to find patients and putting out fires left and right. Kelly especially for all her training!! We see you!

September NACCaversaries:

  • Mary Raukar - 8 years

  • Nikki Giardina - 6 years

  • Emily Pietig - 6 years

  • James Schmidt - 5 years

  • Laurie App - 4 years

  • Shawn Burt - 1 year


All Staff Updates this Week

  • Fall Harvest Potluck this week on 9/28

  • Security Contact: MIB can be reached at 763-760-3735 if you cant reach them on Vocera

  • Staff Ceremony: 10/4 at MIWRC from 9 am to 3 pm.

  • Voter Registration forms to be made available at medical/behavioral health desks

  • Animal Therapy:

    • 11/15; 12/13


New Staff

  • Jazzmin Bauer- Clinical Support Assistant

  • Alexandra Lifto- MAT Registered Nurse

  • Nikki Mitchell- MAT Coordinator


Upcoming Events + Meetings + Groups + Risk Management Trainings


Risk Management + Area of Focus

Policy & Procedure

  • Vocera: Please use the Red Panic Button to alert staff in Code Blue or Dr Strong situations.

    • Press and hold for 3 seconds until you hear the beep

    • Broadcast where you are and what the situation is

    • Your vocera is now a microphone that broadcasts to everyone.

    • Press the big button to shut off the panic

Wellness + Wins

  • The wellness room has moved to Felicia’s old office between the Care Corridor and DT!

  • Motorcycle returned!

Email Tips

  • NEVER CLICK ON LINKS FROM an email unless you have checked and confirmed with the sender that the link is legit. Text me if you have a question.

  • Never send any information or patient data to anyone without confirming both the email name and the email address the message was sent from.

  • Email Encryption: Please do it when sending emails with PHI or PII


Department updates

Outpatient Behavioral Health

  • BH has 2 half hour same day appointments each day with rotating providers throughout the week. Same day appointments operate on a first come first served basis and may be in person or virtual depending on the day. These must be scheduled by BH.

  • To schedule elder/spiritual care: call the BH front desk OR enter a request in referral tracker for BH to follow up with clients

  • Behavioral Health Home referrals (for patients who need long term behavioral health supports) Should be placed through orders, please contact Molly at mkrause@nacc-healthcare.org or 612-476-2017.

Groups: call BH front desk to get clients registered: 612-843-5981


Operations + IT + Traditional healing

  • Use Vocera “Call IT” to get in contact with Sara or Johanna

  • Johanna provides IT support for late afternoons.

  • Nicky (Facilities): 612-201-9786

  • Travis’ Cell Phone: (763) 760-9983

  • Security coverage Starting Monday 7/3

    • Mon: 8 am - 6: 30 pm

    • Tues: 8 am - 6:30 pm

    • Wed: 8 am - 6:30 pm

    • Thur: 8 am - 6:30 pm

    • Fri: 8 am - 6:30 pm


Patient advocates + Transportation


Community Health

  • Aldi gift cards for completed Well Child Checks from 1/1/23 to 9/15/23.  Contact Mike or Trudy to provide to patients.

  • Jessica Geier (Thurin) will be going on maternity leave.


Dental

  • Dental open normal hours.

  • Eastside clinic in St. Paul takes walk-ins 8:30-3 M-F for emergencies


Outreach

  • Weekly syringe clean-up around the neighborhood every Wednesday at 2 PM. All staff are invited to join. James and Tina will be the main contacts for this weekly event.

  • HIV Testing Event in Hinterland every Monday from 11 am -2 pm

  • Outreach at Avivo Village every other Thursday afternoon from 2pm-4pm

  • Street outreach every Thursday at encampments

  • Every 2nd Tuesday we join Southside HRS popup on Cedar

  • NACC staff are welcome to grab syringe or narcan kits from the DT harm reduction space. When taking supplies, please write down number of kits, type of kit, and date they are taking on White Board in back of DT.



Ashlee Jallen