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New life is celebrated and enriched at Joyful Beginnings, a child birth center at St.
Anthony Hospital, says Angela Strickland, RN, women’s and pediatrics educator at the
Oklahoma City hospital.
A newborn takes his or
her first breaths at St. Anthony
Hospital, hearing its voice for
the first time as the baby’s
strong voice filters down the
hallway of Joyful Beginnings,
a childbirth center at St.
Anthony Hospital, located in
midtown Oklahoma City.
Mother and baby bond
in early moments of life
following the miracle of
childbirth. Moments last a
lifetime and the health of
mother and infant is fortified
with care by a staff that
focuses on nothing but the
best.
An expectant mother can
expect Joyful Beginnings to
live up to its name when
coming to St. Anthony Hospital
for labor and delivery.
“We’re
very
patient
centered,”
said
Angela
Strickland, RN, women’s and
pediatrics educator. “We are
in the process of becoming
‘baby friendly’ through Baby
Friendly USA. We are doing
skin-to-skin at delivery.”
More than 157 newborn
infants have received a healthy
start in life since the hospital
first opened more
than 110 years ago.
A newborn is
immediately dried
and placed skinto-skin with the
mother for bonding.
They stay there until
after the first breast
feeding, usually for
an hour or more
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Kelly Rice, RN, works at Integris Baptist Medical Center in
the Renal Care unit. Even though it is a challenging job,
Rice keeps a positive attitude and always finds the silver
lining.
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Sitting across from Kelly Rice, RN at Starbucks, I see that
she is bright and cheerful as she sips one of her favorite
drinks, a Chai latte.
You can find Rice working at Baptist hospital in the Renal
Intermediate Care unit where she did her internship in 2006.
She enjoys working in this area and has worked with the
patients here ever since.
“How did you become interested in being a nurse?” I ask.
“I actually come from a four generation family of nurses, but
that is not why I became a nurse. It’s kind of a funny story,”
she said. “When I went to UCO, I had three roommates
who wanted to go into nursing. I hadn’t really decided
what I wanted to do. All of my roommates were very well
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Every birth is celebrated with the
“Brahms’ Lullaby” playing throughout
the hospital to announce a newborn
has arrived. Newborns also stay in
the room with their mother during
their time at St. Anthony, Strickland
said.
Her role encompasses teaching
fundamental nurses classes about CPR,
neonatal resuscitation, fetal monitoring,
staff oversight with childbirth
education. She also collaborates with
other educators related to the operating
room, her department and hospitalwide education with new technology
as well as the Ebola pediatrics
program.
“It’s really exciting for me to be
invested in all of those things and to
help our nurses be the best that they
can be, and to know the things they
need to know to do their job well,”
Strickland said.
St. Anthony’s mission statement,
“Through our healing health care
services, we reveal the healing
presence of God,” has kept Strickland
focused for her 15 years of working
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there.
“The specific population that we
take care of is dear to my heart and
I have never wanted to go anywhere
else,” said Strickland, who did her
college nursing rotation at the hospital
when she was a nursing student
at Southern Nazarene University. She
earned her Master of Science in
Nursing degree at Kramer School
of Nursing at Oklahoma City
University.
Mothers can expect to have the
support of the nursing staff as well
as a lactation consultant while at
the hospital and as an outpatient
following discharge. Joyful Beginnings
is very supportive of breastfeeding,
Strickland said.
“For babies, it reduces the risk of
sudden death syndrome,” Strickland
said. “It also decreases the risk of
allergies, asthma, some childhood
cancers. It also boosts the child’s
immunity to things mom has been
exposed to. The baby will get those
through breast milk.”
This is especially important during
the first months of life when the baby’s
immune system is not functioning
like an adult’s would, Srickland
said. Breastfeeding also helps babies
maintain the best weight they can.
Breast milk is the best way to promote
healthy digestion, she said.
About 50-55 people, mostly
registered nurses, work at Joyful
Beginnings, she said, as well as a
few support staff. A lot of education
has focused this year on treating
postpartum hemorrhage.
“There’s always education, drills
and updates on maternal risks before
and after delivery,” she continued.
“We also participate in the American
Academy of Pediatrics program, which
is provided at the OU Health Sciences
Center.”
Strickland said she loves that
every day is different for her in her
nursing career. Even what she plans
for a day may fluctuate with many
different aspects of nursing at St.
Anthony, she said.
“I am also involved community
wide with the Oklahoma Prenatal
Nurses Forum,” Strickland said. “And
I love our facility and I’m really
invested in the things that we do, the
projects that we do and the ongoing
education of all of our nurses as well
as other staff.”
When not at work, Strickland and
her husband spend most of their time
raising their two children, one in
high school and another who just
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started pre-kindergarten.
“We do a variety of things on
both ends of that spectrum. Right
now we’re teaching our teenager to
drive and it’s terrifying,” Strickland
said. “I love a night out with my
friends, but we’re mostly with our
kids. I love to read.”
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The geriatric population has kept
Linda Chance engaged at Epworth
Villa since she began working there
in 2008, she said. As a registered
nurse, Chance is happy with her role
as a charge nurse in the Epworth
Villa skilled nursing center.
“That’s just kind of my niche,”
she said. “I went through other
rotations in nursing school and
nothing else hit me as being
something I was interested in.”
Chance earned her nursing
degree at OSU/OKC in Oklahoma
City and has been a registered
nurse since 2006. Her career has
encompassed working at an arthritis
clinic and pharmaceutical sales. At
Epworth, she has also worked in
the households of assisted living,
memory care and long-term care.
Working with the geriatric
population is not for everybody,
Chance said. When she was in
nursing school, a lot of the nursing
students wanted to work in labor
and delivery and other pediatric
care, she said.
“I had already done that with
my family and it just wasn’t my
calling,” she said. “So I definitely
think this population needs nurses
with a calling for it.”
Chance never considered a
nursing career until after she earned
a bachelor’s degree in journalism at
Oklahoma State University. Nursing
was definitely not her calling during
the late 1980’s, she continued.
She did a lot of television work
in advertising in Dallas and in
Oklahoma City before becoming a
stay-at-home mom for about 10 years,
she said.
“I became interested in nursing
there when I was doing medical
transcription at the house with the
kids,” Chance said.
At home she enjoys reading and
relaxing. She makes beaded bracelets.
This quiet environment she creates
is calming for her, she said.
Now working full time, she
recalled working part time at
Epworth on Saturdays when she
realized good nurses are needed to
care for the expanding population
of elders.
“The baby boomers are all
headed that way,” Chance said. “It’s
just a compassion that I feel and I
think it’s really needed after seeing
how many older people don’t have
family around and they just need
compassionate people to be their
advocates.”
Epworth
Villa
has
four
households, two of which are in
the skilled nursing area. They
are neighborhoods. Household 3 is
devoted to long-term and traditional
care. And the fourth neighborhood
serves the long-term care and
memory needs of residents.
Being a resident at Epworth
includes a holistic continuum of
care, but it’s not a requirement of
being in the skilled nursing unit.
“We get people from all the
hospitals from all over Oklahoma,”
Chance said. “Medicare pays for
their stay for the most part in the
skilled unit.”
Skilled nursing rehabilitation is
for anyone who has been hospitalized
but is not able to return home
without additional care. Patients may
come to Epworth’s skilled nursing
unit for up to 100 days, according
to their insurance. Therapy is a key
component of healing, she said.
“We do have such a good team,”
Chance said. “Our therapy is very
good and they work very hard
with the people and they really
care. I hear really good things
about our therapists and our therapy
department, so that makes a huge
difference, because at the end of the
day it’s the goal to get the patients
out and back to where they were
before they broke their hip or had
knee surgery or whatever they’re
here for.”
Chance said she see’s a lot of
people come to Epworth without
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Providing opportunity and care for each patients keeps Linda Chance, RN,
fulfilled in her career at Epworth Villa, she says.
any family nearby. They may have
relatives in other states. So she
spends a lot of time communicating
with them about their loved one at
Epworth.
“I just feel this population needs
more of an advocate,” she said of
her role. “Some people may have
cognitive issues or not understand
why they are being cared for at
Epworth.”
Her nursing career at Epworth
blends with compassion to be an
affirmative voice for those people
she cares for, she said.
The skilled nursing neighborhood
employs registered nurses, licensed
practical nurses, certified nurse aides
and also certified medication aides
along with the therapists. A nurse
practitioner and a physician are also
on staff.
Chance feels she has a voice
at Epworth that is heard by
management whenever she wants to
contribute new ideas for improving
care.
“They definitely listen to new
ideas, especially since we built all
these new areas. It’s always good to
hear from people who work the floor
to get their opinion and strategies to
make every place the best.”
It takes a lot of patience and
speaking with family members to
piece together one’s understanding
of an elder living with cognitive
problems, she said. Some people have
had accidents or falls while living
alone, she said.
“We look at a lot of physical
movements to see what they
are thinking,” Chance said of
communicating with a person living
with dementia. The nurses are
trained to understand the facial
and body language of individuals
with limited means of expressing
themselves, she said.
“We just have to be in tune with
each patient and their needs,” she
said.
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structured and so well organized. I
liked the fact that I liked what I
saw. One day, they were going to a
meeting about ‘becoming a nurse’ and
they suggested I come along. After
that, I wanted to be a nurse.”
Rice continued. “Ever since I was
a little girl, I have always been
interested in Science and what makes
up everything behind it. I‘ve always
been fascinated with the human body
and what makes it work and why.
I like the fact that we could work
with cadavers and explore the human
body. Most of the other students
didn’t like that part but for some
reason, I did,” giving a big smile.
“Do you want to hear something
funny?” Rice asked me. “Out of us
four roommates at college, I was the
only one to pass the exam and was
the first one to go on, becoming a
nurse.”
“What is the most rewarding part
of being a nurse?” I ask. “Everything
I do, I do for the patients; whether it
is getting a warm blanket for them
or just the fact that I say something
to them so they feel better about
themselves. Sometimes, it’s just the
little things that matter, like when
a patient steps down from ICU and
gets put into a regular room,” she
says with a smile. “Then, there are
also our very critical ill patients and
sometimes, the patient has to have
a kidney transplant or be placed on
Hospice. I always try to stay positive,
no matter what. Somehow, I think
a nurse forms a special relationship
with their patients. I always find a
silver lining, no matter what.”
Rice can be found carrying on
many responsibilities throughout her
busy schedule. Rice takes care of
4-5 patients a day and also uses her
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“One of my other favorite things
is teaching. I love the way the
nurses are like a sponge, absorbing
everything. I like to see the nurses
start a new life, full of energy
and willing to help care for others.
If I hadn’t been a nurse, I would
have been a teacher,” she comments.
She also assists the doctors with
transplants. “I know it takes a special
person to be a nurse. I love it!” she
adds.
As far as changes in Integris
Baptist Medical Center over the years
that Rice has been there, Rice explains
how much better things are now;
regarding the hospital staff, the
doctors and even the patients having
easier access to their own records.
“The patients can get more involved
with their health. Technology has
come a long way over the years and
we can do our jobs better.”
Rice’s hobbies include reading, arts
and crafts, painting and yoga. One
of her favorite things is just hanging
out with friends and enjoying life.
Rice likes to take long walks and
enjoys being outdoors. She loves to
travel and likes taking road trips. “I
am definitely an adventurist and I
like trying something new,” she says.
She also has a passion for nutrition
and continues to learn all she can
about the subject. It’s easy to see that
Rice is aware of what she eats. She
believes in nutrition and finding the
right exercise and right food for her
body. “I am a very well organized
person and like things in order. I
like to stay active and feel like I
have to be on the go all the time.
In fact, you could call me a type-A
person,” she replies. “I especially like
my quiet time though, relaxing for
a few minutes with a Chai latte. It
does the trick. Then, I’m ready to go
again.”
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Two hours of CLE credit offered 20 Percent of U.S. Children
by St. Anthony Foundation
Share a Sad Statistic
The event will be
held Tuesday, December
9, 2014 from 4:00-6:30
p.m. at the Saints
Medical Plaza at St.
Anthony.
Rapp
Foundation Conference
Center, 535 NW 9th
Street, 4th floor in
Oklahoma City.
Complimentary wine, beer
and hors d’oeuvres will be
served two hours of CLE
credit, including required Ethics
credit.
REGISTER NOW
Topics: Recent Developments
in Probate and a Few Do’s
and Don’t’s from the Bench
by The Honorable Richard W.
Kirby, Associate District Judge
for Oklahoma County, and The
Honorable Allen J. Welch, Jr.,
4 Ways You Can Help
Alleviate the Problem
BY,OIS"RANDT
Special Judge for Oklahoma
County. Ethics Trends 2014 by
Travis Pickens, Ethics Counsel,
Oklahoma Bar Association.
Fee for this event is $50
(save $10 by registering on
or before December 5). For
more informaition please contact
Kathleen Bartlett at (405)
272-7070.
This event is presented by
St. Anthony Foundation and
Johnson Hanan & Vosler
While most Americans will worry
about eating too much this holiday
season, 16 million of our country’s
children live in households that
struggle to afford food, according to
a 2012 report from the United States
Department of Agriculture.
“We hear about ‘food insecurity’
quite a bit, especially after the 2008-09
economic crash, but I think most people
don’t have a clear picture of what that
means,” says Lois Brandt, a former Peace
Corps volunteer and author of “Maddi’s
Fridge,” (www.MaddisFridge.com), a
children’s picture book that asks the
question: what do you do if your best
friend’s family doesn’t have enough
food?
“Food insecurity means an empty
refrigerator. Food insecurity means soda
instead of milk. Food insecurity means
a child coming to school hungry
and unable to focus. Poverty may
not look exactly the same in our
country as it does in a war-torn
region or a developing country, but
it is affecting our children and their
futures. Sometimes, working parents
have to choose between rent and food,
medicine and food, or gas and food.
Brandt suggests four things you
can do to help prevent childhood
hunger.
• Support non-profit organizations
like
Feeding
America
(www.FeedingAmerica.org). Previously
known as Second Harvest, Feeding
America is a national network of food
banks that feeds more that 37 million
people through food pantries, soup
kitchens and shelters. It’s the nation’s
leading organization for countering
hunger and educating the public about
this crisis.
“Public awareness is important,”
Brandt says. “Many people simply do
not know that we’re surrounded every
day by hungry children.”
• Talk to your children about
childhood hunger and how they can
help. “When I was a child I opened
my best friend’s refrigerator to get a
snack and was shocked to see it held
almost nothing,” she says. “I didn’t
know what to do.”
As an adult, Brandt says she’s
amazed by the number of people who
share with her their own stories of
childhood food insecurity.
“Rather than sheltering your
children from this sad fact of American
life, talking to them about it can help
nurture their compassion and empathy,”
she says. “And there’s plenty they can
do to help, from making posters to
raise awareness, to organizing a food
drive at school.”
Taking action teaches children that
they do have the power and ability to
change the world for the better.
• Don’t make childhood hunger a
political issue. Of course, childhood
hunger doesn’t exist in a vacuum;
issues like welfare, minimum wage,
income inequality and access to health
care – all of which are heavily
politicized – surround the problem.
Whatever your take on these topics,
realize that no matter the decisions a
parent has made in his or her lifetime,
children are innocent and have no
control of their family’s circumstances.
• Volunteer with your family at
a shelter or food pantry during the
busy holiday season. While serving
or cooking food for a holiday-themed
meal at a shelter during Thanksgiving
or Christmas does not solve the larger
problem, it will affect every person
whose life you touch that day. Your
efforts and kind words can become
a fond, lifelong memory for a child,
or remind adults that others care and
they’re not alone.
Volunteering also has personal
benefits, not the least of which
is knowing that, despite whatever
problems you’re facing, you were able
to help someone else.
Lois Brandt is a children’s fiction writer
whose work has appeared in Highlights and
other fine children’s magazines. Her new book
“Maddi’s Fridge,” (www.MaddisFridge.com),
illustrated by Vin Vogel, is the first picture
book to address child hunger in the United
States. It was inspired by Brandt’s childhood
memory of opening her friend’s refrigerator
and finding only condiments and a lunch
milk carton her friend had saved from
school for her little brother. Ten percent of
proceeds from sales of “Maddi’s Fridge” go
to hunger solutions. Brandt, who holds an
MFA from Northwest Institute of Literary
Arts, served as a Peace Corps volunteer in
West Africa.
/KLAHOMAS.URSING4IMES .OVEMBER
PATHOLOGIST JOINS OU PHYSICIANS
0AGE
FACEBOOK FUNNIES - SHARED - JOIN US!
Pathologist Rachel Conrad, M.D., has
established her practice with OU Physicians.
She is also a clinical instructor of pathology
with the University of Oklahoma College of
Medicine.
Conrad is board certified in pathology and
cytopathology (the branch of pathology that
studies and diagnoses diseases on the cellular
level). She completed a cytopathology fellowship
at the University of California, Los Angeles.
She completed her residency in anatomic/clinical
pathology at Loma Linda University School of
Medicine, Loma Linda, California, where she
also earned her medical degree.
Conrad is a member of the American Society Rachel Conrad, M.D.
of Clinical Pathology, the College of American
Pathologists, U.S. and Canadian Academy of Pathology and the American
Society of Cytopathology.
With more than 600 doctors, OU Physicians is the state’s largest
physician group. The practice encompasses almost every adult and child
specialty. Many OU Physicians have expertise in the management of
complex conditions that is unavailable anywhere else in the state, region
or sometimes even the nation. Some have pioneered surgical procedures or
innovations in patient care that are world firsts.
Oklahoma’s Nursing Times
Hospice Directory
- another free service provided by Oklahoma’s Nursing Times Alpha Hospice:
7512 N Broadway Ext., suite 312
Okc, 405-463-5695 Keith Ruminer/
volunteer coordinator/chaplain
Alleve Hospice: 405-605-7787
Autumn Bridge Hospice:
405-440-2440
Cornerstone Hospice:
Vicky Herrington, Vol. Coordinator,
918-641-5192
Hometown Hospice:
Robin Boatman, Com. Relations, Broken
Arrow: 918-251-6441; Muskogee:
918-681-4440.
Autumn Light Hospice:
580-252-1266
Crossroads Hospice:
Sheila Guffey, Vol. Coordinator,
405-632-9631
Carter Healthcare & Hospice:
OKC - Adam Colvin, Vol. Coordinator,
405-947-7705, ext. 134; Tulsa - Mike
Gregory, Vol. Coordinator,
918-425-4000, ext. 114
Cross Timbers Hospice:
Ardmore-800-498-0655
Davis-580-369-5335 Volunteer
Coordinator-Shelly Murray
Centennial Hospice:
Becky Johnson, Bereavement
Coordinator 405-562-1211
Chisholm Trail Hospice:
Tiffany Thorne, Vol. Coordinator,
580-251-8764
Harbor Light Hospice:
Randy Pratt, Vol. Coordinator,
1009 N Meredian, Oklahoma City, OK
73107 405-949-1200
Horizon Hospice:
LaDonna Rhodes, Vol. Coordinator,
918-473-0505
Heartland Hospice:
Shawnee: Vol. Coor. Karen Cleveland,
405-214-6442; Norman: Vol. Coor. Lisa
Veauchamp, 405-579-8565
Heavenly Hospice:
Julie Myers, Coordinator 405-701-2536
Hope Hospice:
Bartlesville: 918-333-7700, Claremore;
918-343-0777 Owasso: 918-272-3060
Interim Healthcare Hospice:
405-848-3555
Image HealthCare :
6116 S. Memorial Tulsa, Ok. 74133
(918) 622-4799
LifeSpring In-Home Care
Network:
Terry Boston, Volunteer and
Bereavement Coordinator 405-801-3768
LifeLine Hospice:
April Moon, RN Clinical Coordinator
405-222-2051
Mays Hospice Care, Inc.
OKC Metro, 405-631-3577; Shawnee,
405-273-1940
Hospice by Loving Care:
Connie McDivitt, Vol. Coordinator,
405-872-1515
McCortney Family Hospice
OKC/Norman metro 405-360-2400
Ada, 580-332-6900 Staci Elder Hensley,
volunteer coordinator
Excell Hospice:
Toni K. Cameron, Vol. Coordinator
405-631-0521
Hospice of Green Country:
Tulsa: 918-747-2273, Claremore:
918-342-1222, Sapulpa: 918-224-7403
Mercy Hospice:
Steve Pallesen, Vol. Coordinator,
405-486-8600
Faith Hospice of OKC:
Charlene Kilgore, Vol. Coordinator,
405-840-8915
Hospice of Oklahoma County
& the INTEGRIS Hospice House
Ruth Ann Frick, Vol. Coordinator,
405-848-8884
Mission Hospice L.L.C.:
2525 NW Expressway, Ste. 312
OKC, OK 73112 405-848-3779
Choice Home Health & Hospice:
405-879-3470
Freedom Hospice:
Tulsa: 918-493-4930; Claremore:
918-343-0493; Tollfree: 866-476-7425
City Hospice:
Beth Huntley, Vol. Coordinator,
405-942-8999
Frontier Hospice: Pat McGowin,
Vol. Coordinator, 405-789-2913
Comforting Hands Hospice:
Bartlesville: 918-331-0003
Full Life Hospice:
Vicki Barnhart, Vol. Coordinator,
405-418-2659
Companion Hospice:
Steve Hickey, Vol. Coordinator, Guthrie:
405-282-3980; Edmond: 405-341-9751
Good Shepherd Hospice:
4350 Will Rogers Parkway Suite 400
OKC OK 73108 405-943-0903
Compassionate Care Hospice:
Amy Legare, Bereavement/Vol.
Coordinator, 405-948-4357
Grace Hospice Foundation:
Sharon Doty, Dir of Spec. Projects Tulsa 918-744-7223
Hospice of Owasso, Inc.:
Todd A. Robertson, Dir. of Marketing,
877-274-0333
Hospice of the Cherokee:
918-458-5080
Humanity Hospice:
Kay Cole, Vol. Coordinator
405-418-2530
InFinity Care of Tulsa:
Spencer Brazeal, Vol. Director,
918-392-0800
Indian Territory Home Health &
Hospice: 1-866-279-3975
Oklahoma Hospice Care
405-418-2659 Jennifer Forrester,
Community Relations Director
One Health Home
Health in Tulsa: 918-412-7200
Palliative Hospice:
Janet Lowder, Seminole, & Sabrina
Johnson, Durant, 800-648-1655
Physician’s Choice Hospice:
Tim Clausing, Vol. Coordinator
405-936-9433
Professional Home Hospice:
Sallisaw: 877-418-1815; Muskogee:
866-683-9400; Poteau: 888-647-1378
PromiseCare Hospice:
Angela Shelton, LPN - Hospice
Coordinator, Lawton: (580) 248-1405
Quality Life Hospice:
405 486-1357
RoseRock Healthcare:
Audrey McCraw, Admin. 918-236-4866
Ross Health Care:
Glenn LeBlanc, Norman, Chickasha;
April Burrows, Enid; Vol. Coordinators,
580-213-3333
Russell Murray Hospice:
Tambi Urias, Vol. Coordinator,
405-262-3088; Kingﬁhser 405-375-5015;
Weatherford-580-774-2661
Seasons Hospice:
Carolyn Miller, Vol./Bereavement
Coordinator, 918-745-0222
Sequoyah Memorial Hospice:
Vernon Stone, D. Min. Chaplin, Vol.
Coordinator, 918-774-1171
Sojourn Hospice:
Tammy Harvey, Vol. Manager
918-492-8799
SolAmor Hospice:
Lisa Riggs, Vol. Coord. 405-842-0171
Sooner Hospice, LLC:
Matt Ottis, Vol. Coordinator,
405-608-0555
Tranquility Hospice:
Kelly Taylor, Volunteer Coordinator
Tulsa : 918-592-2273
Valir Hospice Care:
Kelly Morris, Vol. Manager OKC Metro:
405.609.3636 Chandler
Shawnee/Cushing: 405.258.2333 Toll
Free: 888.901.6334
Woodard Regional Hospice
580-254-9275 Cathy Poe, RN Director
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.OVEMBER
Vicki L Mayfield, M.Ed., R.N.,
LMFT Marriage and Family
Therapy Oklahoma City
If you would like to send a
question to Vicki, email us at
[email protected]
Q. I am engaged to a wonderful man and believe
we have what it takes to make our marriage
work. Unfortunately the statistics seem to be
unfavorable to marriages lasting. We have thought
about therapy to deal with any issues that we
might have that could become bigger issues in
the future. Do you see people before they get
married?
A. Pre-marital therapy is a very good idea. For some couples
there might be issues that have not been discussed, either
intentionally or unintentionally. There are a few issues that
couples might want to discuss before the big day. The following
is a list of topics:
1. Finances - who is the spender/who is the saver?
2. Religion - are you the same faith/does it matter/how will
you raise your children?
3. Career - will both of you keep working full time when
you have children? Do you desire to continue your education?
4. Travel - do both of you like to travel/if not, are you ok if
your partner travels with his friends/her friends/family?
5. Friends - do you both have friendships that are important
to you and would like to continue after marriage?
6. Housework - Is it mutually shared/or is it woman’s work?
7. Discipline - are you on the same page with spanking or
not to spank your children?
8. Leisure/Recreation - do you enjoy the same things/are you
ok for your partner to hang out occasionally with friends who
do?
There is no way to answer everything. Some things, such
as having children, might not even happen for several years.
The best intervention for dealing with any of these issues is to
actively communicate. Unfortunately one of the biggest travesties
of marriage is the breakdown of communication. The very thing
that brings people together is often the very thing that breaks
them up.
This is where therapy can be very helpful, establishing
effective communication skills. If couples can focus on really
talking to each other, most problems can be solved. Or at
least recognizing when things are not working and getting the
attention of the other.
If it is something you are talking to your friends about
then you probably should be talking to your spouse. So here is
something to think about:
A perfect MARRIAGE is just two imperfect people who refuse
to give up ON EACH OTHER!!!!!!
/KLAHOMAS.URSING4IMES
Governor Fallin, Kevin
Durant Kick Off Governor’s
Get Fit Challenge
to Fight Childhood Obesity
NBA MVP Joins Governor’s Challenge
Encouraging Kids to be More Active
Oklahoma
Governor
Mary
Fallin, the NBA’s reigning most
valuable player Kevin Durant and
Oklahoma City Thunder mascot
Rumble were joined by several
hundred school children to launch
the 2014 Governor’s Get Fit
Challenge on the north lawn of
the state Capitol.
The Governor’s Get Fit Challenge
complements existing youth-focused
programs to help children and
families in Oklahoma make the
healthy choice the easy choice.
Highlights of the challenge
include:
*FitnessGram - A free tool
available to Oklahoma schools
(grade 3-8) that assess five
areas of physical health – body
composition,
aerobic
capacity,
muscular strength, endurance and
flexibility. FitnessGram, sponsored
by
the
Tobacco
Settlement
Endowment Trust (TSET), the
Oklahoma State Department of
Health (OSDH) and BlueCross
BlueShield of Oklahoma determine
whether students are in a “healthy
fitness zone” for their age.
*Parks Passport Fitness Program
– The Oklahoma Tourism and
Recreation Department (OTRD),
OSDH and TSET are releasing the
first State Park Passport this fall.
The Passport rewards students for
visiting state parks and further
rewards them for completing fitness
challenges that are tailored for
each park.
*Get Fit Challenge Curriculum
– OSDH has created a program of
videos and handouts that encourage
healthy eating and increased
physical activity. The eight-week
program is recommended for
use in schools three days a
week and helps children develop
balance, coordination and muscular
endurance.
“Close to one out of every
three youth in Oklahoma is obese
or overweight, and obese children
are five-to-10 times more likely
to be obese adults,” Fallin said.
“I’m committed to the future of a
healthier Oklahoma and I’m asking
everyone to do their part in helping
to shape that future.
“We have all the tools we need
to become a healthier state: partners
who are committed to helping
people become healthy; communities
that recognize the importance of
having vital citizenry; teachers and
parents who dedicate themselves
to produce physically strong and
capable children; and businesses
that understand that employees are
their most valuable resource.”
Durant echoed many of those
sentiments while talking to the
kids and issued a challenge of his
own.
“Being active as a child can
positively influence your health for
a lifetime,” Durant said. “But you
don’t have to be an NBA player or
a professional athlete to be active.
You can take the stairs instead of
the elevator, walk your dog, go for
a bike ride in the park, or my
personal favorite - shoot hoops.”
In November, Durant will be
issuing the Shape Your Future KD
MVP Challenge. For more details
visit ShapeYourFutureKDMVP.com.
After speaking to the crowd
of 3rd-8th graders from around
the state, the Governor and Durant
joined the group of kids in
a progressive dance challenge,
showing how much fun activity can
be in any setting. The Governor is
encouraging all students to share
their dance moves through videos
on social media using the hashtag
#GovGetFitAddOn.
/KLAHOMAS.URSING4IMES .OVEMBER 0AGE
What character would you be on Grey’s Anatomy? Healthplex Orthopedic & Spine Center
Let’s go with April
Kepner because’s
she’s with Avery.
That McDreamy
guy.
Each week we visit with health care
professionals throughout the Metro
Never seen Grey’s
but I’d be Olivia
Pope in Scandal
easy.
Dr. Hunt because
he’s pretty
hardcore and I was
in the Army.
Ebonie Pankey, RN
Ben Hearne, PT Asst
Please Let us know Your Thoughts
Krystal Parmar, RN
Justin Smith, PT Asst
Email:
[email protected]
or mail to
Oklahoma’s Nursing Times
P.O. Box 239
Mustang, Ok. 73064
Ladies Auxiliary makes 49th
annual gift for cancer research
For the 49th consecutive year,
the Oklahoma chapter of the Ladies
Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign
Wars has given a gift to support cancer
research at the Oklahoma Medical
Research Foundation. This year’s gift of
$3,860 brings the group’s total giving
record to $155,877.
Ladies Auxiliary members raise
funds through bake sales, garage sales,
bingo games and individual donations,
as well as the group’s annual Cancer
Bazaar. This year they injected even
more variety into their efforts, putting
on a quilt auction and spoofing the
popular show “Dancing With The Stars”
with their own spin called “Dancing
With A Vet” to raise money.
“The Ladies Auxiliary has shown
tremendous generosity and consistent
support for OMRF’s efforts to fight
cancer throughout the years,” said
Allison Coleman, OMRF senior
development associate. “We are honored
to have them as one of our
philanthropic partners and their track
record speaks for itself.”
Since it was established in 1914, the
Ladies Auxiliary has served veterans
and communities nationwide.
The Auxiliary has more than
767,000 members, including 7,200 in
Oklahoma. It has chapters in more
than 80 Oklahoma cities and towns,
including: Bartlesville,
El
Reno, Enid, Lawton, McAlester, and
Woodward.
In addition to its fundraising
activities, the Auxiliary, combined with
the VFW, provides more than 11 million
hours of service to the community,
and its Voice of Democracy Program
helps provide scholarships to students
in grades 9-12 across the U.S.
“We are amazed every year by the
creative and inspired fundraisers the
members of the Ladies Auxiliary come
up with to raise money for cancer
research,” said Coleman. “Finding new
treatments for cancer is vital and
serious work, but there’s no reason you
can’t have fun raising money to help.
We are grateful to them for 49 years
of support.”