The Huron Expositor, 1989-11-22, Page 34DIRECTOR OF PATIENT CARE, Yvonne
Kitchen
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Patient Care job a challenge
Yvonne Kitchen has enjoyed the
challenges offered her by her position
as Assistant Executive Director of Pa-
tient Care at the Seaforth Community
Hospital.
A graduate of the Hamilton Civic
Hospital's School of Nursing and the
University of Western Ontario's
Bachelor of Science Nursing Program,
Mrs. Kitchen was Head Nurse on a
surgical floor in Hamilton before em-
barking on a teaching career in
Neurological, Psychiatric and Communi-
ty Health Nursing.
She taught the Registered Nursing
Assistant Program at Whiteoaks Secon-
dary School in Oakville, and spent two
and a half years on a Mental Health
Research Project in Denver, Colorado
to compare the effectiveness of treating
the identified patient in an In -Hospital
Program or admitting the entire fami-
ly to home treatment.
She started working at the Seaforth
Community Hospital in 1972.
Head nurse Seaforth born and raised
Janice Leonhardt has been Day
Supervisor of nursing at the Seaforth
Community Hospital for three years,
and has a number of responsibilities in
that capacity.
In addition to assisting clients with
activities of daily living which include
health teaching specific to their in-
dividual requirements, Mrs. Leonhardt
accompanies the doctor on his rounds
and processes orders. She also does the
medication rounds which include in-
travenous therapy and oxygen therapy,
etc.
Mrs. Leonhardt is also responsible for
staffing according to client needs, and
for evaluating the care given.
Born and raised in Seaforth, Mrs.
Leonhardt is a graduate of the St.
Mary's School of Nursing in Kitchener.
She began working at the Seaforth Com-
munity Hospital in 1975, and prior to
taking over as Day Supervisor three
years ago, worked for seven years as
night supervisor.
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'assisting the Activation Group to im-
prove the quality of life for longe term
care patients.
The Volunteer Palliative Care and
Support Service, under the direction of
Laurie Erb, provides a specialized com-
fort care to patients with special needs.
The Pastoral Care program
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