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Good Night Pediatrics offers nighttime pediatric urgent care

New clinic to treat children, free up availability in hospital emergency rooms Most parents have experienced that panic late at night when a child gets a high fever, sore throat or breaks a bone and only has the emergency rooms at the local hospitals to turn to. Phoenix-based Good Night Pediatrics, which opened its doors in Henderson Jan. 22, eases that panic in parents and offers a place for pediatric urgent care. Open every night of the year, including weekends and holidays from 5 p.m. to 5 a.m., Henderson's latest medical facility ensures that every child needing after-hours care has the opportunity to see a pediatrician. With five locations previously established in the Phoenix area, Good Night Pediatrics focuses on treating children suffering from asthma, the flu, pneumonia, sore throats, rashes and injuries such as sprains, minor broken bones and eye infections, among other illnesses. "Good Night Pediatrics is an important and unique addition to the health care industry in Henderson, and we're looking forward to seeing them thrive in the community," said Bob Cooper, economic development division manager for the City of Henderson and an SNMIC Board Member. "Good Night Pediatrics has shown great success in the Phoenix area and we're happy that they chose Henderson as their first out-of-community expansion location." Located at 2651 North Green Valley Parkway, on the corner of Sunset Road and Green Valley Parkway in Henderson, Good Night Pediatrics offers bilingual services in English and Spanish. The staff at Good Night Pediatrics is trained to treat children from birth through 18 years of age, and the facility accepts almost all major insurance plans and offers a discounted flat rate for cash-paying clients. "The right care at the right time" is the motto Good Night Pediatrics follows. On each visit, every child is seen by a pediatrician, and the facility has X-ray and lab services on site. The care provided at Good Night Pediatrics frees up space at area emergency rooms for adult patients, assisting with the overflow problem facing many Nevada hospitals. For more information on Good Night Pediatrics call 702-933-5610 or visit www.goodnightpeds.com for English services and www.buenasnochespediatrics.com for Spanish.

Employment Project sees early success with 96 participants and 33 graduates.

SNMIC urges employers to consider hiring graduates. The project, a partnership among the Area Health Education Center of Southern Nevada, SNMIC and the College of Southern Nevada, focuses on areas of the healthcare sector that are underserved including Certified Nursing Assistants, Emergency Medical Technicians, Health Unit Coordinators and Medical Billing/Coding Specialists. 33 students graduated from the program during the fall semester and 96 participants are currently involved at various stages of the program. Twenty-five percent of the graduates have found employment in their respective fields. Ninety-eight percent of the students who are in or have gone through the program were unemployed, and the few who had jobs were underemployed or in transitional positions that did not allow them to earn a sustainable living wage. SNMIC urges our local healthcare facilities to consider hiring these highly trained and qualified individuals. "A majority of the students enrolled in the program previously worked in some of our hardest hit industries in Las Vegas including real-estate, finance, insurance, gaming, construction management and construction trades and more," said Doug Geinzer, chairman of SNMIC. "It's our mission to provide them with the skills and training they need to transition to the health care industry. In turn, we need our healthcare community to provide jobs to these students upon graduation." For more information on hiring or providing on-the-job training to a graduate of the program, please contact Janice Greer at (702) 214-9598 or e-mail jgreer@snahec.org

SNMIC, Area Heath Education Center, CSN team up for training program

SNMIC has partnered with the Area Health Education Center of Southern Nevada (AHEC) and the College of Southern Nevada (CSN) to launch the Southern Nevada Healthcare Industry Education, Training and Employment Project. The project combines the workforce development experience, educational and employment resources of the three partnered organizations to provide entry-level health career training for the program's clients. "The project is intended to enable clients to pursue a career in the health care field thus reducing our critical shortage of healthcare workers," said Marcie Jackson, CHES, deputy director for AHEC. "With unemployment rates over 13 percent in Las Vegas, job training programs like this are a vital component to economic recovery." Established in 1989, AHEC of Southern Nevada has become Southern Nevada's primary source of education, support and information resources regarding healthcare professions and consumers in urban under-served, rural and frontier communities. AHEC strives to improve quality healthcare through education and outreach and striving toward a culturally diverse workforce. AHEC provides programmatic and fiscal management, case management and job development services for the project. CSN will offer four programs to individuals in the Workforce Development Program including training for emergency medical technicians, phlebotomy, certified nursing assistants and health unit coordinators. "This effort is truly demonstrating that potential workers can be case managed through initial assessment, education and then placement into a healthcare job," said Dr. Hyla Winters, PhD, RHIA, interim associate vice president of academic affairs for CSN. "These jobs help not only local employers but the families of these students. CSN is proud to participate." Established in 1971, CSN is the fourth largest two-year college of its kind in the United States and Nevada's largest institution of higher learning. Each semester, CSN, which educates a professional and technology savvy work force, registers nearly 40,000 students. The College employs over 2,800 people while operating three main campuses and 11 academic centers and sites in four counties. SNMIC's involvement includes conducting outreach and marketing for the program. "SNMIC exists to provide better access and delivery to health care in Southern Nevada, and by fostering a program that encourages individuals to pursue careers in the health care field, not only are people who may not have options in other fields given a new career path, but the health care system is strengthened," said Doug Geinzer, who serves as chairperson of SNMIC's Board of Directors. "It's a win-win situation for everyone." Southern Nevada Healthcare Industry Education, Training and Employment Project targets clients that include adult, dislocated workers as well as unemployed and underemployed persons, recipients of public assistance, low-income individuals, seniors, veterans and disabled. The program focuses on the healthcare industry because of the shortages of entry level and advanced healthcare workers combined with the high unemployment rate in Southern Nevada. Workforce Connection, formerly known as the Southern Nevada Workforce Investment Board, awarded a $1.1 million contract to AHEC, SNMIC and CSN for the project.

Leadership and Followership: Teamwork in a Recession

Presented by the SNMIC Retention Task Force, Captain Stephen Wilkinson and Stephen Montoya M.D. of Medical Management Resources LLC (MMR) will speak on the topic of Leadership and Followership: Teamwork in a Recession. The event will take place Wednesday, May 13, from 8-10 a.m. at St. Rose Dominican Hospital - St. Martin Campus - located at 8280 W. Warm Springs Rd. in Las Vegas. Check-in begins at 7:30 a.m. The event is open to the public. There is no cost to attend and coffee will be served. MMR is a unique blend of aviation and medicine. MMR has applied aviation's Crew Resource Management (a tool used throughout the world to train flight crews) to the medical field and modified the process so doctors, nurses, hospital, clinical and office staff benefit from better communication, better leadership and better teamwork. Learn how this process can be beneficial to your organization during our current recession. Reservations for the event can be made by e-mailing <a href="mailto:info@snmic.com">info@snmic.com</a>.