Category - Mt. Sinai St. Luke’s Media

#Repost @mountsinainyc ・・・ “@MountSinaiMorningside is proud to celebrate heroic staff members assigned to our 9W Geriatric Unit: Lynelle Laboy, RN; Terrence Mitchell, Transporter; Rahmo Omar Ahmed, Patient Care Associate; Jessica Chun; and Roozbeh Rajaei, RN, Nurse Manager. Around lunch time on June 15, Lynelle heard a banging noise coming from inside the room of an elderly patient for whom she>>>

#Repost @barackobama As President I had the chance to review requests for clemency from people who were incarcerated. It was a task I never took lightly, since I knew my decision could change the course of someone’s life. That was certainly true for John Gargano, Jr. I granted John clemency in 2016, and just last month, he graduated from NYU with an impressive 3.9 GPA and a Bachelor of Science in>>>

Today, we hosted a farewell celebration to bid Dr. Lindsey Gottlieb, Director of Infection Prevention, farewell and good luck in her future beyond Mount Sinai Morningside. For the celebration, leadership and staff members across the hospital came together to commemorate Dr. Gottlieb and all her accomplishments during her time at MSM. The event, which was held both in-person for fully vaccinated>>>

Please join us in congratulating the 7 West (7W) Nursing Unit on receiving the inaugural Resilient Together Award! The newly implemented Department of Nursing’s “Resilient Together” Award recognizes and honors teams who have demonstrated courage, tenacity, and resiliency in the face of uncertainty and adversity. As Mount Sinai Morningside’s first COVID-19 endemic unit during the first wave and>>>

Today is Juneteenth. Today is a very important day. Also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, and Liberation Day, Juneteenth celebrates the emancipation of the remaining enslaved African American people in the Confederacy. On this day, we commemorate June 19, 1865, when Union General Gordon Granger read federal orders in Galveston, Texas, which stated that all previously enslaved people in Texas>>>

Yesterday marked the beginning of National Nursing Assistants Week! This year, National Nursing Assistants Week is being celebrated June 17-23, 2021. The theme of this year’s National Nursing Assistants Week is “Nursing Assistants: Creating a Community of Caring.” The week honors the commitment of nursing assistants who are key players in the lives of the people in their care>>>

“Resilience is showing up as who you are and doing what you were called to do to meet whatever challenge you are facing, and holding onto that strong person throughout that challenge. At Mount Sinai Morningside, we didn’t give up and we always showed up to face the challenges we all went through.” – Esther Roman, Chaplain, Spiritual Care & Education. Esther is the last person of the>>>

“Maintaining great relationships with the people that I work with and maintaining a positive attitude contributed to my resilience this past year.” – Amy Bush, Director, Volunteer Services. #ResilientTogether #FacesofResilience • • • #resilienttogether #resilience #weareresilient #weareresilience #resilient #team #teamwork #essentialworkers #hospital #covid #covid_19 #mountsinai>>>

Yesterday, Mount Sinai Morningside hosted a Juneteenth tabling event in the Main Lobby! Hosted by the Mount Sinai Morningside Diversity Council, staff had the opportunity to stop by to learn about Juneteenth and the many events the Mount Sinai Health System has planned to celebrate, educate, and advocate for equality and equity in recognition of this important celebration. June 19th is an>>>

“There is no word better to describe “Resilience” than “Nurse.” We will never give up. Not now. Not ever.” – Jocelyn Carasco-Alviar, Registered Nurse, Institute for Advanced Medicine (IAM), Morningside Clinic. #ResilientTogether #FacesofResilience • • • #resilienttogether #resilience #weareresilient #weareresilience #resilient #team #teamwork #essentialworkers #hospital #covid #covid_19>>>

Mount Sinai Morningside is recognized on the inaugural list of Newsweek’s World’s Best Smart Hospitals in 2021. Congratulations to our hospital on achieving this incredible distinction! #Repost @mountsinainyc ・・・ The Mount Sinai Hospital has earned top honors on Newsweek’s list of “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals 2021.” The hospital ranked No. 1 in the New York City metropolitan area and No. 4>>>

“What has helped me with resilience this past year were two things. One was gratitude. We felt grateful that we survived, but we also felt the gratitude from our community and from our hospital.” – Janet Shapiro, MICU, Chief, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Medicine. #ResilientTogether #FacesofResilience • • • #resilienttogether #resilience #weareresilient #weareresilience #resilient>>>

“Over the past year, resilience has shifted for me. I now focus on reprioritizing the things that are most important to me, and I make sure that I put what I think is most important on top of my mind.” – Mary Ghaly, Process Improvement Manager, Lean Process Improvement. #ResilientTogether #FacesofResilience • • • #resilienttogether #resilience #weareresilient #weareresilience #resilient #team>>>

Check out this incredible story of a Staten Island grandmother who underwent a rare heart surgery at Mount Sinai Morningside—and recovered just in time for Mother’s Day. ♥️ #Repost @mountsinainyc ・・・ When Nancy Lopez developed a life-threatening aortic aneurysm, the team at Mount Sinai Heart at Morningside knew they had to get creative. Nancy’s journey began when she had a sudden, massive>>>

“What’s left for us to work on as individuals and as a community is to try to process, unpack, and make peace with the moral distress that we all suffered from through this terrible experience. This will take time and reliance on each other, but we will overcome.” – Mirna Mohanraj, Attending Physician, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Medicine. #ResilientTogether #FacesofResilience • • •>>>

Last Friday, we concluded the “Resilient Together” initiative at Mount Sinai Morningside. Although this chapter has ended, we have stories of resilience we would like to share to celebrate how far we have come this past year and to continue the journey of resilience. “2020 made me more resilient. My team—and being resilient—helped me through many different moments.” – Carmen Sampson>>>

Yesterday kicked off the start of #PrideMonth! 🏳️‍🌈 We are proud to celebrate Pride Month this year and every year, to stand in solidarity with our LGBTQ+ colleagues and community, and to continue to support the rights of all Americans to access high quality, compassionate care, to walk their streets without fear, to love whomever they choose to love. 🌈❤️ Happy Pride Month>>>

“Resilience is about helping each other so we can all be strong together.” – Vani Gandhi, Attending Physician, Infectious Disease, Medicine. #ResilientTogether #FacesofResilience • • • #resilienttogether #resilience #weareresilient #weareresilience #resilient #team #teamwork #essentialworkers #hospital #covid #covid_19 #mountsinai #mountsinaimorningside #morningsideheights #westharlem #nyc>>>

“Resilience to me now is saying to myself that not only are you a nurse, but you are a champion, and you are a rock. You have to be resilient for each other, but also you have to be resilient for yourself.” – Yuderka “Judy” Goris, Clinical Coordinator, Institute for Advanced Medicine (IAM) Morningside Clinic. #ResilientTogether #FacesofResilience • • • #resilienttogether #resilience>>>

“Resilience is acting together and being there for each other.” – Steven Miss, Locksmith, Engineering
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“Whatever obstacles were thrown at me, I was able to dig into my inner spirit and focus on the big picture. This helped me help patients gain their strength and to help them carry on with a better life.” – Nestalee Samuels, Medical Office Assistant, Institute for Advanced Medicine (IAM) #ResilientTogether #FacesofResilience • • • #resilienttogether #resilience #weareresilient #weareresilience>>>

“Resilience brought us together and has kept us together.” – Julie Infante, Clerical Supervisor, Radiology. #ResilientTogether #FacesofResilience • • • #resilienttogether #resilience #weareresilient #weareresilience #resilient #team #teamwork #essentialworkers #hospital #covid #covid_19 #mountsinai #mountsinaimorningside #morningsideheights #westharlem #nyc #newyorkcity #newyorkby>>>

This past year has been both challenging and life-changing. Yet, throughout it all, we have witnessed the strength and determination of our staff at Mount Sinai Morningside. We have endured so much together. We want to honor all that we have been through during the pandemic, and we want to prepare ourselves to step into a bold, hopeful, and optimistic future at Mount Sinai Morningside. We cannot>>>

Dogs + ice cream? The perfect formula for a perfect day. 🐶🍦 On Wednesday, Mount Sinai Morningside was delighted to host Moby from @mountsinai_pawsandplay and an ice cream truck! We are super grateful to have opportunities like this come to our hospital—it certainly made our staff happy (just look at those smizes!). Thank you to Moby (and to our wonderful community) for stopping by and celebrating>>>

Yesterday during the Reenergize Town Hall Week for Resilience Together, the Wellness Committee hosted a virtual ribbon cutting in the newly named The Oasis! Last month, the Wellness Committee hosted a hospital-wide contest to provide a permanent name for the Wellness Center—one that reflects the unique character and spirit of MSM. Congratulations and thank you to Dr. Brian Radbill, Chief Medical>>>