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

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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

Annual Report: 1987 Report To The Community, St. Cloud Hospital

Annual Report

Report to the Community. Statistics of conditions treated at St. Cloud Hospital in 1987

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

Beacon Light: Annual Report 1985-1986, St. Cloud Hospital

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• Commentary by John Frobenius on the reduction of inpatient use
• Sister Dolores Super, O.S.B. on the Hospital's centennial
• Article on the expansion of specialty care
• Timeline of the Hospital's history (1886-1986)
• Profile of the Occupational Therapy Department
• Hospital begins to offer electrophysiologic testing
• Linear accelerator acquired
• Home Care helps baby recover at home
• Start of the acute dialysis program
• Construction of independent living apartments at Saint Benedict's Center
• Explanation of the benefits from an association with the Voluntary Hospitals of America (VHA)
• Fiscal overview
• Continuation of the Hospital's timeline

Beacon Light: October 1986, St. Cloud Hospital

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• Introduction of the Volunteer Patient Representative program
• Discussion of the Hospital's Benedictine values regarding patient care
• North Central Cancer Treatment Group receives international acclaim
• Profile on Sue Omann (Oncology Clinician)
• Patient satisfaction and Guest Relations
• Information on Patient questioners

Beacon Light: September 1986, St. Cloud Hospital

Beacon Light

• Hospital acquires a patient controlled analgesia infuser
• Acute kidney dialysis added to hospital services
• Physician's weight loss story
• Challenges of controlling communicable diseases
• Sr. Dolores testifies before Senate subcommittee
• Acute kidney dialysis added to hospital services weight reduction plan which began in
• Article on the importance of early detection in treating cancer
• Overview of the hospital accreditation process
• Rosemary Krauel, on the changes to the Post Anesthesia Care Unit

Beacon Light: August 1986, St. Cloud Hospital

Beacon Light

• Second grade students tour the hospital
• Article on Pre-school examinations/immunizations
• Methodology for choosing room names in the hospital
• Hospital hosts a career day for high school students
• Profile on Alice Rueter teacher-coordinator for youth in the Chemical Dependency Unit
• Shapedown program for overweight adolescences

Beacon Light: June/July 1986, St. Cloud Hospital

Beacon Light

• 25 year anniversary of the Hospital volunteer program
• Brief history of surgery at the Saint Cloud Hospital
• Clinician helps patients learn to live with diabetes
• Carol Mossey (qualified rehabilitation consultant) reflection on her time as a junior volunteer
• Article on managing Diabetes
• Various employees honored for their years of employment

Beacon Light: May 1986, St. Cloud Hospital

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• Profile on Wellness programs
• Everett Schmitz publishes a book on the history of the Hospital's medical staff
• Article concerning traffic safety
• Overview of common spring insect pests
• Various news concerning the Saint Cloud Hospital
• Hospital Board of Trustees adopt a new values statement

Beacon Light: April 1986, St. Cloud Hospital

Beacon Light

• Junior volunteers begin working in Emergency Trauma Unit
• Profile on Same Day Surgery volunteers.
• Innovations to the laboratory
• John Frobenius commentary on potential challenges due to Medicare changes
• Overview of programs offered by the hospital to the community

Beacon Light: March 1986, St. Cloud Hospital

Beacon Light

• Pain Management Program profiled
• Article on the use of hydrotherapy to manage pain
• Profile on organ donation
• Saint Cloud Hospital and St. Gabriel's Hospital collaborate on chemical dependency
• Expansion of the Saint Benedict's Center announced
• Kitty Helget (LPN) profiled

Beacon Light: February 1986, St. Cloud Hospital

Beacon Light

• Article detailing the daily activities of patients at St. Benedicts center
• Reflections by S. Giovanni Bieniek for the 100th anniversary of the hospital
• The affect of the aging population on health care
• Profile of the "Adult Day Care" program
• The state of Alzheimer's research as of 1986
• Lifeline program detailed

Beacon Light: January 1986, St. Cloud Hospital

Beacon Light

• Article concerning eating disorders, and the opening of the eating disorders clinic
• The use of handwashing to prevent colds and the flue
• Common issues with sinuses
• Photo contest winners
• Commemoration of the hospitals 100th anniversary
• Profile on MEDLARS medical data software
• John Frobenius on the hospital's goals for 1986

Beacon Light: October 1985, St. Cloud Hospital

Beacon Light

• Profile on the treatment of emphysema
• The use of Respiratory Rehabilitation to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (C.O.P.D)
• The hospital begins offering respiratory homecare
• Brief article on Asthma
• Feature on the role Raspatory therapists
• Change in hospital employees' benefit plan
• Holly Ball profile
• Various news concerning the hospital community

Beacon Light: September 1985, St. Cloud Hospital

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• Article on the Senior Helping Hands chemical dependency program
• Mary Hall (volunteer) sews stuffed animals for child patients
• Advice on proper etiquette when visiting the hospital
• The role of hormones in causing acne
• Hunting safety tips
• Commentary by John Frobenius on the state of the hospital and future goals
• Profile on the innerworkings of the Business Office

Nursing News: August 1985, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

Nurse Intern Program Update

Refrigerator in Food Service Room

IV Flow Sheet Addition

PAS/ACG Screening Program

Facts in Brief about Lung Disease

Blood Transfusion Patient Teaching Brochure

Beacon Light: August 1985, St. Cloud Hospital

Articles

• Lifeline program provides "peace of mind" for subscriber
• Credit Union offers many services to members
• A look back at 1984-85
• List of donors
• Commentary from John Frobenius on the hospital's new affiliation with the affiliated as a partner with the Voluntary Hospitals of America (VHA)
• Dr. Hans Engman and Robert J. Obermiller appointed to the Board of Trustees
• No room-rate increase expected during '85-'86 fiscal year

Beacon Light: June/July 1985, St. Cloud Hospital

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• Profile on S. Consilia Nesges and her rose garden
• Prolonged sun exposure and skin cancer
• Safe sun tanning tips
• Various healthy recipes
• Guide to purchasing proper sunglasses
• Feature on Wood Duck houses behind the hospital
• Alcohol and Chemical Dependency Treatment Center receives $30,000 federal grant
• Commentary from John Frobenius
• Various announcements

Beacon Light: May 1985, St. Cloud Hospital

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• Profile on Audiology and children
• Hearing loss in aging population
• The role of stimulants in producing ulcers
• Three Saint Cloud Hospital programs receive national recognition
• Patient poetry
• Article detailing the hospital's "Tel-Med" program

Nursing News: April 1985, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

Nurse Recognition Week

Report from Administrative Council Meeting, Department Head Meetings, Nurse Council and Nursing QA Meetings

Supervisor and Clinician Changes

Diabetic Classes

IV reminders

Beacon Light: April 1985, St. Cloud Hospital

Beacon Light

• Story on Ardelle Mueller a gift shop volunteer and auxiliary charter member
• John Frobenius named new executive vice president
• Profile on 'Bone Banks' and the use of donated bones in procedures
• Lasers used to assist surgeons
• Multiple articles on volunteerism and the hospital
• Hospital acquires and implements a VAS recorder

Beacon Light: March 1985, St. Cloud Hosptial

Beacon Light

• S. Georgeanna Burr (Hospital Chaplin) profile
• How computers are used in the hospital
• Multiple stories on the use of computers in the hospital
• Profile on patients medical records
• Overview of the Emergency Trauma Unit
• S. Joan Schafer places fourth in the Quaker Oats Company recipe contest

Beacon Light: February 1985, St. Cloud Hospital

Beacon Light

• Profile on Endoscopic retrograde cholangio pancreatiogram (ERCP) procedures
• Interstitial implant as an alternative cancer treatment
• Radiology Department overview
• Hospital acquires new mammography equipment
• Implementation of a new procedure to remove kidney stones
• Thallium stress test shows blocked arteries
• Community engagement with the mental health unit
• Article on the changes in Medicare reimbursement

Beacon Light: January 1985, St. Cloud Hospital

Beacon Light

• Etymology of the Beacon Light
• Advantages of offering same day surgery
• Profile on blood transfusions and safety
• Winter safety tips
• Various employees take advantage of retirement benefits
• Overview of the discharge process
• Reaccreditation process for the hospital lab
• Hospice program receives Medicare certification
• Holly Ball raises $21,500 for Radiology Department

Beacon Light: Annual Report 1984-1985, St. Cloud Hospital

Beacon Light

• John Frobenius on Outpatient revenue increases
• Letter from S. Dolores Super, President of the board of trustees
• Dr. Philip VanderStoep on new technology and services offered by the hospital
• Feature on the services provided by Saint Benedicts center
• A series of stories featuring individual health care providers from different departments
• How to hospital responded to the change in Medicare reimbursement