2012 employee service party

On May 15, 2012 at our monthly Employee of the Month party LaSalle General Recognized the employees who have been at our hospital from 5-35 years. They were given, certificates, pins, plaques, and our retiring employees were given rocking chairs. Below is a listing of those employees and the years of service that have given to LGH along with a slide show from the reception.

Retiring Employees 

 Lilly F Butler

James Dosier Norris

Christine Wright

35 Year Employees

Ann Paul

Connie Parker

30 Year Employees

 Lynn Huffman

Karen Wilkinson

25 Year Employees

 Sallie Teague

Stephanie McCarroll

Kathy Lambeth

Sheryl Paul

20 Year Employees

Vicky Bignar

Todd Fannin

Daneen Walters

Connie Lambeth

15 Years Employees

Rachael Stevens

Gloria Purvis

10 Year Employees

Ellen Brown Douglas

Hank Brown

Stephanie Thacker

Cassandra Trisler

Marquitta Reeder

Norma Jean Brown

Carrie Porter

Tariq Ahmed, MD

5 Year Employees

Raymond Phillips

Ilene Capps

Leslie Bruner

Becky Estis

Amy Franklin

Phillip Postlewait

Ernest Peyton, Jr.

Edna Thompson

Barbara Brown

Sarah Hudnall

Sherrie Allison

Gloria McCoy

Michelle Sanders

Cheryl Dorsey

Julie Barton

Teresa Nelson

June 14th is National Nursing Assistant Day!!

June 14th is National Nursing Assistant Day!!

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 A Certified nursing assistant provide invaluable services for the elderly in  hospitals, nursing homes, and assisted living  facilities. They also work with hospice patients and persons confined to home  but in need of nursing care, including helping with daily living (hygiene,  mobility, nutrition). WE have a great group of CNA’s that help keep our patients happy! We thank you for everything yall do.

Please take a moment to THANK our great group of CNA’s… These ladies provide wonderful care to our patients and we appreciate everything that they do!

Rod Brady Technical College BLOOD DRIVE

Rod Brady Technical College will be holding a
BLOOD DRIVE
Thursday, June 14 @ 9-12 am 
They are located at 521 Bradford Street, Jena. 
For information call 318-992-2910.  
Please take the time to go out and donate!! 

May is Better Hearing and Speech Month

~May is Better Hearing and Speech Month~

We would like to recognize our speech therapy department here at LaSalle General Hospital and say THANK YOU for all you do for the hospital and your patients! Pictured below are:

Rosalyn Hall, SLP and Amanda Greer, M.S., CCC-SLP

Speech Language Pathologists (SLPs) can evaluate, treat, and help prevent communication disorders and other specific impairments with individuals of all ages.  SLPs can work in a wide range of settings. Clinical environments may include: public and private hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, long-term acute care facilities, hospice, home health, and school settings.

Acommunication disorderis impairment in the ability to receive, send, process, and comprehend concepts or verbal, nonverbal and graphic symbol systems. A communication disorder may be evident in the processes of hearing, language, and/or speech. A communication disorder may range in severity from mild to profound. It may be developmental or acquired. Individuals may demonstrate one or any combination of communication disorders. A communication disorder may result in a primary disability or it may be secondary to other disabilities.

Aspeech disorderis an impairment of the articulation of speech sounds, fluency and/or voice.

Anarticulation disorderis the atypical production of speech sounds characterized by substitutions, omissions, additions or distortions that may interfere with intelligibility at   the word, sentence, or conversational levels of speech.

Afluency disorderis an interruption in the flow of speaking characterized by atypical rate, rhythm, and repetitions in sounds, syllables, words, and phrases. This may be              accompanied by excessive tension, struggle behavior, and secondary mannerisms.

Avoice disorderis characterized by the abnormal production and/or absences of vocal quality, pitch, loudness, resonance, and/or duration, which is inappropriate for an individual’s age and/or sex.

Alanguage disorder is impaired comprehension and/or use of spoken, written and/or other symbol systems. The disorder may involve (1) the form of language (phonology, morphology, and syntax), (2) the content of language (semantics), and/or (3) the function of language in communication (pragmatics) in any combination.

Form of Language

Phonologyis the sound system of a language and the rules that govern the sound combinations.

Morphologyis the system that governs the structure of words and the construction of word forms.

Syntaxis the system governing the order and combination of words to form sentences, and the relationships among the elements within a sentence.

Content of Language

Semanticsis the system that governs the meanings of words and sentences.

Function of Language

Pragmaticsis the system that combines the above language components in functional and socially appropriate communication.

Communication Variations

Communication difference/dialectis a variation of a symbol system used by a group of individuals that reflects and is determined by shared regional, social, or cultural/ethnic factors. A regional, social, or cultural/ethnic variation of a symbol system should not be considered a disorder of speech or language.

Augmentative/alternative communication systems attempt to compensate and facilitate, temporarily or permanently, for the impairment and disability patterns of individuals with severe expressive and/ or language comprehension disorders. Augmentative/alternative communication may be required for individuals demonstrating impairments in gestural, spoken, and/or written modalities.

Dysphagia is a swallowing disorder that may be due to various neurological and/or structural impairments.  Dysphagia most often reflects problems involving the oral cavity, pharynx, esophagus, or gastro esophageal junction. Dysphagia can cause food to enter the airway, resulting in coughing, choking, pulmonary problems, aspiration or inadequate nutrition and hydration with resultant weight loss, failure to thrive, pneumonia, and possible death.

If you recognize any of these problems and would like more information please contact our knowledgeable speech department at LaSalle General Hospital at (318)992-9200 Ext 2270 or contact your physician for more information.

We love the support that our therapy  departments show one another. Pictured below are the OT and PT department in the shirts they made in support of our Speech Therapists!!

Our Ladies auxiliary bunch are a great asset to LaSalle General Hospital

Our Ladies auxiliary bunch are a great asset to LaSalle General Hospital. A request was submitted to them about looking into getting some equipment better suited for our female wellness members and PT patients as well as the general public. These ladies came through!  Many times lighter weight patients or members can not lift the bars to add or subtract weight on it.  These are fixed bars with lower weights that can be used by a wide variety of members.  Since prevention and improved health is the direction /goal of the hospital we are daily looking for ways and equipment to expand our abilities to help our members.  We sincerely appreciate our ladies auxiliary for their help in obtaining this equipment.

Our Ladies auxiliary with the new equipment

The Ladies with our new equipment and wellness director Scott Hargrove. Below is a message from Scott to our Ladies!

On behalf of the staff & members of the Wellness Center, we would like share our gratitude & appreciation for the Pink Ladies of LaSalle General Hospital.  The Pink Ladies helped with the recent purchase of some much needed equipment for our facility.  We feel this equipment will benefit everyone who uses it.  Thank you very much for your contribution, Pink Ladies.

job shadow different departments of the hospital

On May 2, 2012 we had 15 8th grade students come and shadow different departments of the hospital. We were very glad that they chose to find out about all the different things that we do here at LaSalle General! We hope that each student learned alot and enjoyed themselves!!

These students followed in the following departments:

Ultrasound/X-Ray: Harley Lisenby and Destinee Mannon

Nursing Services: Sierra Smith, Johneshia Fair,  Jalisca Day, and Macy Moss

Information Technology: Jessey Mason who worked together with Centrylink on a project that day who were: James Mason, Todd Norris,(both with Centrylink) and their job shadower Sam Engles

Speech, Occupational, and Physical Therapy:  Katie Drewett, Tami Jo Ray

Diagnostics: Kourtney Bacle

Dr. Gallaspy: Jacob Peters

Purchasing: Bethsadia Suarez

Pediatrics: LeAndra Brown

 Job Shadowers 2012

Nurses: Advocating, Leading, Caring.

Nursing……….often described as an art and a science, nursing is a profession that embraces dedicated people with varied interests, strengths and passions because of the many opportunities the profession offers. As nurses, you work in emergency rooms, home health settings, hospitals, and clinics to name a few. You have many roles – from staff nurse to educator to nurse practitioner and nurse researcher – and serve all of them with passion for the profession and with a strong commitment to patient safety.

Every year, National Nurses Week focuses attention on the diverse ways America’s 3.1 million registered nurses work to save lives and to improve the health of millions of individuals. Nurses Association’s 2012 theme:

 ”Nurses: Advocating, Leading, Caring.”

Annually, National Nurses Week begins on May 6, marked as RN Recognition Day, and ends on May 12, the birthday of Florence Nightingale, founder of nursing as a modern profession.  The purpose of the week-long celebration is to raise awareness of the value of nursing and help educate the public about the role nurses play in meeting the health care needs of our community.

In honor of the dedication, commitment, and tireless effort our nurses provide to our patients health and safety, we at LaSalle General Hospital, would like to  say THANK YOU and recognize our nurses for the quality work they provide seven days a week, 365 days a year.