Nurses in History
Shadyside tidbits
Unit Director trivia
Magnet
Safety initiatives
100

"The Lady with the Lamp"

Who was Florence Nightingale?

100
Oscar
What is the name of the statue in front of UPMC Shadyside Hospital?
100
This unit director knows a great deal about mushrooms - the legal kind.
Who is Jill Sweeney?
100
This UPMC hospital was the first in the system to achieve Magnet status.
Who is UPMC St. Margaret?
100

This lab initiative keeps our patients safe and was rolled out this week.

What is Collection Manager?

200
Few people realize that this famous poet was also a volunteer nurse.
Who is Walt Whitman?
200
This professor brought nursing students from Japan to learn from Shadyside nurses.
Who is Dr. Kodera?
200
This Unit Director has a labrador retriever with a mind of his own.
Who is Julie Graham?
200
This council is the most recent addition to the shared leadership structure.
What is the Support Services council?
200
Maintainence is installing these devices to enhance patient safety.
What are Posey alarms?
300
During the Civil War she worked tirelessly as a nurse, tending wounded soldiers.
Who is Mary Todd Lincoln?
300
Opened in 1866 as Homeopathic Medical and Surgical Hospital and Dispensary in downtown Pittsburgh.
What was Shadyside Hospital?
300
This UD has a daughter with a broadcast career in sports.
Who is Cindy Matthews?
300
This program recognizes healthcare organizations for quality patient care, nursing excellence and innovations in professional nursing practice.
What is Magnet Recognition Program?
300
According to statistics this handoff improves patient safety and satisfaction.
What is bedside report?
400
Known as the founder of the Red Cross, which began as she carried supplies to the battlefield during the Civil War.
Who was Clara Barton?
400
Shadyside Hospital became part of UPMC in this year.
What is 1997?
400
This Unit Director has a spouse with a talent for baking.
Who is Nina Kovach?
400
Hospitals with lower mortality rates have a percentage of these nurses
What are BSN nurses?
400
This type of "gathering" helps to identify patient issues and enhance communication.
What are safety huddles?
500
The first African-American professional registered nurse .
Who was Mary Eliza Mahoney?
500
Shadyside Hospital had Pittsburgh’s first unit of this type.
What is coroanary care?
500
This Unit Director has a new grandson.
Who is Mary Long?
500
The percentage of hospitals that achieve redesignation by the Magnet Recognition Program.
What is 3%?
500

This initiative is intended to enhance sleep and healing.

What is "rest assured"?

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