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March 5, 2001
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Lifestyles
Clinic
employees spruce up surrounding, brighten outlooks
Clinic
employees spruce up surrounding, brighten outlooks
Staff members of Kentucky Clinic's
Pediatric and Medicine clinics are sprucing up their patient care rooms
at nearly no cost.
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After the four Medicine
Clinic pods were painted green, blue, lavender and maize rather
than gray, staff members asked Cheri Tudor, clinical nurse manager,
if they could decorate individual rooms.
The "Adopt-a-Room" concept was born. Nearly all staff members in
the clinic have contributed to the renovation of the patient rooms
either by helping decorate or supplying wallpaper border, photos
or other decorative items.
"Our patients are different and unique so why shouldn't each of
our rooms be different and unique," said Linda Brown, clinical support
technician in the Medicine Clinic. "Plus, it shows we care about
our patients and enhancing our customer service."
In the Pediatric Clinic,
Phyllis Kirkpatrick, clinic manager, found a University of Kentucky
art studio student to paint murals on the patient care walls.
"I want to see our rooms look more child friendly," Kirkpatrick
said. "Now that our art student has painted one room, staff
members have asked if they could decorate more rooms."
Sarah Westbrook, a 22-year-old
art studio student, responded to Kirkpatrick's flyer asking for
help.
"I like doing murals, and this project appealed to me,"
Westbrook said. "It's been a lot of fun, and I know it's for
the children."
In the first room, Westbrook painted large characters from the room's
existing border. In other rooms, she plans to paint carousels, trees
with wildlife, playground equipment and other child-friendly scenes.
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Chandler
Medical Center Public Relations
After the four Medicine Clinic pods were painted green, blue, lavender
and maize, staff members asked if they could decorate individual
rooms. Sarah Westbrook, a UK art studio student, reviewed her mural
in the Pediatric Clinic.
Chandler
Medical Center Public Relations
Beth Holder and Phaon Hayden, patient relations assistants, sit
in the patient care room they decorated in the Medicine Clinic.
They won an award in the clinic's decorating contest for their work.
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Both Tudor and Kirkpatrick
agree the projects are for the patients.
"The patient response has been great. They have gone on and on about the
new decor," Tudor said.
Instead of being known by numbers, Medicine Clinic rooms are now known
for their decorations -"tractor room," and "balloon room."
Recently, the Medicine Clinic rooms were judged and awards were given
to the top three. Peggy Hopper, clinical support technician, Vicki Kezele,
clinic manager, and Mitzi Sawyer, staff support associate, won first place;
Brown won second place; and Phaon Hayden and Beth Holder, both patient
relations assistants, won third place.
"Decorating brings a room alive," said Sharon Elston, medical records
supervisor in the Medicine Clinic. "To go in a gray room at your health
care provider's office isn't fun. This makes it more personal."
The Medicine Clinic staff also have spruced up the lobby area with new
paint and antique quilts in the entryway.
"It's been great because staff members who work in the different pods
have been working together decorating the rooms," Tudor said. "It's been
a wonderful team-building experience."
Tammy Gay
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