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Beacon Light: October 1987, St. Cloud Hospital

Beacon Light

Competency-Based Nursing Orientation Gives Credit for Skills, Experience

Cardiologists, Surgeon Gear Up for Implementation of Program

St. Cloud Hospital's Adolescent Program Reprieve for Troubled Teens

St. Cloud Hospital Expands Services as Regional Medical Center

Construction of New Maternity Unit Underway

Beacon Light: September 1987, St. Cloud Hospital

Beacon Light

Cardiac Team Prepares to Implement Cardiovascular Surgery

Outpatient Diabetes Education Program Begins in October

New A and C program Helps Patients Learn Job Search Skills

Addition of Tumor Registry Broadens Cancer Program

Hospital Incorporates Changes in CPR Standards

St. Cloud Hospital Approaching Smoke-Free Target Date

President Welcomes Physician Groups to Hospital Campus

Beacon Light: August 1987, St. Cloud Hospital

Beacon Light

• Saint Cloud Hospital offers patients escort, shuttle services
• Explanation for the Hospital's logo change
• Hospital staff takes part in various summer activities
• Sponsorship of schools deemed important at the Hospital
• Interns have become valuable addition to the Hospital

Beacon Light: June/July 1987, St. Cloud Hospital

Beacon Light

Tradition Ends with Closing of Nursing School

Employee Assistance Program Benefits Management, Employees

Same Day Surgery Expands, Remodels

Rehabilitation of Children Calls for Teamwork

All Enjoy National Hospital Week Events

New Incinerator Makes Waste Disposal Safe, Cost-Effective

St. Cloud Hospital Plans Innovative Ways to Meet Nursing Shortage

Beacon Light: May 1987, St. Cloud Hospital

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• Pictures of various nursing positions in the hospital
• Hospital begins to offer Chronic kidney dialysis services
• Profile on the Saint Cloud Hospital Exercise Trail and Fun Course
• The use of Biofeedback to treat chronic pain
• Expansion of the hospital's cardiac capabilities
• Overview of the role of nurses in the Hospital
• John Frobenius on patient satisfaction

Beacon Light: April 1987, St. Cloud Hospital

Beacon Light

• Overview of the Lifeline system
• Profile of the Hospital's Occupational therapists
• Feature on the Hospital's art exhibits
• Community supports hospital's smoke-free initiative

Beacon Light: March 1987, St. Cloud Hospital

Beacon Light

• Corporate Health Systems mallwalking program explained
• Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS) diminished but still occurred
• Profile on the Saint Cloud AIDS task force
• Changes to the Hospital's maternity unit
• New option offered to families of caesarean-born babies
• Article about a family overcoming fertility issues
• Overview of the Personnel Advisory and Activities Committee (PAAC)
• Improvements in the laboratory's Coulter S-PLUS 4 hematology
• StayWell wellness program explained
• Hospital's marketing restructured

Beacon Light: February 1987, St. Cloud Hospital

Beacon Light

• Overview of the Saint Cloud Hospital's Cardiac Rehabilitation Program
• Two Article on infertility and menopause
• Recommendations to prevent osteoporosis
• Motherhood: from planning the conception to the balancing act of family life and a career
• Strategic plan, additional services to be implemented
• Completion of the Saint Benedict Center's assisted living apartments

Beacon Light: January 1987, St. Cloud Hospital

Beacon Light

• Profile of the Optifast weight loss program
• Recommendation that the Hospital become smoke-free by November 20 1987
• Women's Treatment program of the Chemical Dependency Program featured
• Nursing Quality Circle develops snowstorm transportation plan
• Winners of the Hospital's photography contest
• John Frobenius on the Hospital's goals for 1987
• Holly Ball raises $26,500 for Hospice program

Beacon Light: January 1984, St. Cloud Hospital

Beacon Light

Memories of Sister Cunegund Kuefler

Five-year Construction Project completed in Outpatient Services

Profile on Protestant Chaplain Rev. Richard Tetzloff

Health Information service called Tel-Med begins

Marketing director Jim Peterson hired