Tip Sheets

Edition 9 - 2003 9/1/2003

Florida Hospital celebrates unity and diversity on September 11.
Florida Hospital has more than 14,000 employees representing more than 60 different countries. On Thursday, September 11 at 12:10 p.m. Florida Hospital employees from 67 countries will raise their native flags in an expression of unity against the forces that tried to divide the country on September 11, 2001. Join us for this moving tribute of song and prayer.

Firefighter’s fitness challenge pays tribute to 9-11.
Train like a New York Firefighter at Florida Hospital Celebration Health. In honor of the heroes and victims of September 11, fitness classes will hit the deck for a boot-camp style work out. Find out if you are up to the challenge Thursday, September 11 at 7:00 p.m. or Friday September 12 at 10:15 a.m.

Life-threatening illness drives nurse to health care career.
She knows what it’s like to be a patient, now graduate nurse Carrie Fong is taking care of patients on Florida Hospital Orlando’s bone marrow unit. Fong, who suffers from primary pulmonary hypertension, recently completed her nursing degree and is now drawing on her own experience dealing with a life-threatening disease to better understand what her patients are going through.

Taking Coumadin just got easier and more convenient.
Coumadin is an effective blood-thinning medication that helps prevent heart attacks and strokes for patients with blood clots, but it requires such careful monitoring that patients must constantly have their blood drawn and dosage adjusted. Now, instead of going to a laboratory or doctor’s office, Coumadin patients can visit Florida Hospital Celebration Health’s Coumadin Clinic. Run by pharmacists, the clinic offers a simple finger-stick blood test and immediate results that allow pharmacists to change the dosage during the visit.

Shop for a cause.
Florida Hospital Cancer Institute and Saks Fifth Avenue team up to offer "Key to the Cure Street Chic 2003." Find out why compassion is always in fashion on September 17 from 7-10 p.m. at the Florida Mall. A portion of the proceeds will go to Florida Hospital Cancer Institute.