Projects

Current Projects Calendar

• click the above link for the current projects that scholars can engage in at Mission Hospital!

• any questions about projects can be sent to msnhpc1@copehealthscholars.org 

Mission Hospital Health Scholar Projects

scholar testimonials for projects-ex: jacket distribution

subcategories: caregiver shadowing, physician shadowing

URGENT (DOUBLE HOURS!): Mission Week T-shirt Packing (now until 9/19, 2 hour shifts)

Patient Experience needs your help with packing T-shirts to provide to Mission Hospital Caregivers and staff. This is a similar project to our Jacket Distribution, where the PX team, Health scholars, and volunteers helped to deliver almost 3000 jackets! Due to the urgent nature of this request, all project hours will be doubled. 

The PX team appreciates your support! Please sign up with this link:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050948A4AF22ABF94-mission1#/

and email me at msnhpc1@copehealthscholars.org so that I can open an availability for you.

Shoe and Socks Drive (9/22-9/30, 1 hour for donations)

Mission Hospital is honoring Emilie Gamelin by hosting a shoe and socks drive. Please donate new socks or new/used shoes for this good cause! Donation bins can be found at the East Pavilion and West Pavilion Entrances at our Mission campus, and at the Main Lobby and Emergency Department at our Laguna Beach campus.

You will need to clock in under the Project shift labeled "Shoe and Socks Drive" and upload a picture of yourself with your donation. Please be in Health Scholar uniform when you drop off your donation! 1 project hour per scholar will be given for all donations.

Also in honor of Emelie Gamelin, the cafeteria will be celebrating the Table of The King by providing a complimentary meal of soup, a bread roll, and a cookie on Friday, 9/22 from 11am-10:30pm. Stop by to get a free meal before or after your shift!

More information for both the Sock and Shoes drive and the Table of the King celebration can be found in the attached flyers.

UPCOMING: MISSION WEEK! (9/25-9/29)

The Patient Experience (PX) team is requesting support for Mission week, celebrating the culture of healing at Providence Mission Hospital. You will assist with event setup, managing table activities, greeting attendees, ensuring a smooth transition between rotations, and handing out certificates and goodie bags. This is an incredible networking opportunity, as staff from all units will be present for these various sessions!

Shifts are available Monday-Friday in roughly 2.5 hour increments. The listed shift times vary, so please take a look at the shift sign up with this link:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050948A4AF22ABF94-culture2#/ and email me at msnhpc1@copehealthscholars.org so I can schedule an availability for you.

NEW INCENTIVE for Hand Hygiene Secret Shoppers!

Imaging and Leonard Cancer Institute (LCI) – Outpatient Endoscopy (Monday-Friday, 2 hour shifts)

Requirements: In order to participate in this project, you MUST have completed the hand hygiene training with the Infection Prevention team.

In an effort to enhance the educational experience while contributing to hand hygiene Leapfrog scores, our imaging and LCI teams have agreed to integrate shadowing opportunities for you all. 

Email me at msnhpc1@copehealthscholars.org the month prior to open up 2-hour time frames for your shift. Please specify imaging or LCI in your request. 

Hours:

Imaging – Monday-Friday, 8am-8pm

LCI – Monday-Friday, 7:30am-3:30pm

The day of your shift, stop by the Health Scholar office (if on the weekend/not regular office hours, stop by a department binder) to get 1-2 hand hygiene sheets.

Report to the unit you are assigned to and let them know you are there to shadow.

While shadowing, complete your hand hygiene observations as discretely as possible. If it’s easier, pull out the sheet from your pocket after the procedure (especially if in OR and sterile fields) and record any hand hygiene observations that occurred.

After your shift, thank the staff for giving you the chance to observe.

Before leaving the hospital, return to the Health Scholar office to drop off the observation sheets you completed. If no one is in, slip them under the 464A door.

We hope that you can observe some memorable procedures during your time there!

Possible procedures include:

Imaging:

Radiology

CT

MRI

Sonography

Nuclear Medicine

CAT scan

LCI:

EGDs

Colonoscopies

Manometry – assessing esophageal motility

This project is also available in other departments as 1+ hour flexible shifts Sunday-Saturday between 6:30am-10:30pm. You will move between different departments based on current priorities, so this is a great opportunity to explore the hospital and observe various departments. More info is listed below.

ED Lobby Ambassadors

(2-hour block shifts, available Sunday-Saturday, 4pm-12am)

Pre-requisites:

48 floor hours

30 minute tour/training – email alim@copehealthsolutions.com to schedule one today!

You will be providing critical assistance during peak hours in the ED Lobby! This includes assisting with guiding patients from one area to the next in the ED lobby, comforting and communicating patients, and help maintain safe infection prevention practices by wiping down equipment. One of the most important contributions you can make will be checking vital signs for patients every 2 hours!

Please email Zeth (msnhpc2@copehealthscholars.org) to open up a shift for this project.

Incentive – Meeting with Executive Leaders at Providence Mission Hospital

Our Executive Leadership lunch and micro-mentoring incentive is still on! Don’t miss out on the opportunity to network with a Providence Mission Hospital leader by completing an extra 16 or 24 hours per month of hand hygiene or ED Lobby project hours. The breakdown is below for our time frame from September 15th-November 15th.

16 hours a month

1st month: group lunch with a Mission Hospital Executive Leadership Team Member

2nd month: 1:1 lunch with Mission Executive Leadership Team Member

24 hours/month

1:1 lunch with a Mission Hospital Executive Leadership Team Member

Two 1:1 lunches with two different Mission Hospital Executive Leadership Team Members

You can learn more about the Executive Leadership team members you may get to meet here: https://blog.providence.org/regional-blog-news/providence-mission-hospital-executive-leadership-team

Central Supply

(1+ hour shifts; Sunday-Saturday 6:30am-10:30pm)

In this department, you will assist the Central Supply team with organizing and delivering much needed supplies to different departments of the hospital. This is a great way to learn more about the hospital layout and its departments and to gain some behind the scenes knowledge on the supplies you'll see on the floor.

Communications

(2-4 hour shifts, ideally for a 3 month period, Monday-Friday between 7:30am-6:30pm)

Work on communications projects such as PR pieces, social media content, and newsletter articles. In this department, you'll have the opportunity to work on a full range of projects, such as drafting editorial pieces and newsletter articles based on research and interviews with subject matter experts, participating in strategy calls with PR agencies, and editing and creating social media content.

Please keep an eye out for our upcoming suture clinic! Please fill out this survey so that we know what day to plan this activity:

https://forms.gle/ervZdsotLwoWQTYX6. Please email msnhpc1@copehealthscholars.org or Zeth (msnhpc2@copehealthscholars.org) if you have any questions.