Oconee Memorial Hospital has provided care to the local community since 1939. The internship involved shadowing the Labor and Delivery department manager and education coordinator to understand their roles and responsibilities. Projects included coordinating a celebration for receiving the Baby-Friendly designation, creating educational materials for employees, and assisting with fundraising events for the March of Dimes. The internship provided valuable hands-on experience in hospital administration.

1. INTERNSHIP WITH
OCONEE MEMORIAL
LABOR AND DELIVERY
Kara Morris

2. OCONEE MEMORIAL
HOSPITAL

3. OCONEE MEMORIAL
HOSPITAL
Oconee Memorial Hospital has been caring for the
residents of the greater Oconee County community since
1939. Throughout its history, the highest priority has
been on providing compassionate, exceptional care to
the families it serves.
Today, Oconee Medical Campus consists not only of
a 169-bed hospital featuring both a comprehensive
range of inpatient and outpatient services, but also a
host of community-based services. These include
physician practices, a long-term nursing care facility and
a residential hospice house.

4. MISSION & VISION
Mission
To ensure optimal health to the people of the community, through
the delivery of quality, cost efficient services, with active cooperation
from physicians, staff, employers, community, and other providers
Vision Statement
To be the healthiest community in South Carolina as measured by
physical, mental, spiritual, social, and economic factors.

5. LABOR AND DELIVERY
DEPARTMENT
The skilled, supportive
physicians and nurses make
every family’s childbirth
experience as rewarding as
possible. They understand
that every family and every
birth is unique.
The Family Birthplace
features private rooms
where mothers will go
through labor, delivery,
recovery and post-partum.
Mothers and family
members may participate in
the array of childbirth
education classes offered by
the Wellness Center
covering prenatal care,
childbirth, physical recovery
and breastfeeding.
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6. ANGIE CROMER –
DEPARTMENT MANAGER
I mainly shadowed Angie
on a daily basis through
her daily activities and the
Labor and Delivery
manager
Helped or observed both
patient and employee rounding
Attended safety management
meetings
Occasionally assisted with
patient care on the floor
dependent on the number of
patients

7. SARA BARKER – EDUCATION
COORDINATOR
I shadowed with Sara on
several education
experiences.
LiftTech Certifications for
Employees
Neonatal Resuscitations
Education courses
Also observed as she made the
schedule bi-weekly and
completed payroll

8. SITE PROJECTS

9. BABY FRIENDLY – SURPRISE
CELEBRATION
The Baby-Friendly Hospital
Initiative is a global program
that was launched by the
World Health Organization
and the United Nations
Children’s Fund to
encourage and recognize
hospitals and birthing
centers that offer an optimal
level of care for infant
feeding and mother/baby
bonding.
After OMH Family
Birthplace received this
honor I coordinated a
celebration to honor the
employees who worked so
hard to help earn this
award.

10. EMPLOYEE EDUCATION
BOARD
I created an educational
board for the employees
based on the survey sent
to patients after receiving
care in order to improve
patient care and
responses.

11. MARCH OF DIMES

12. MARCH OF DIMES
The March of Dimes has led the way to discover the
genetic causes of birth defects, to promote newborn
screening, and to educate medical professionals and the
public about best practices for healthy pregnancy. They
have supported research for surfactant therapy to treat
respiratory distress and helped initiate the system of
regional neonatal intensive care for premature and sick
babies.
Fundraising for March of Dimes became a large part of
my internship at Oconee
From selling bar-b-q tickets for the EMS responders, to
organizing silent auctions, to assisting in the
coordination of the ‘field day’ that will take place April
16 on the hospital grounds, it has been a challenge but
the work will be worth the monetary outcome and

13. NEONATAL RESUSCITATION
BOXES
In accordance with an A3
(improvement method as
created by GHS) the
neonatal resuscitation
boxes were to be
reorganized and locked so
as to be completely
prepared for an emergency
situation
The organization of these
boxes save nurse time
looking for necessary
supplies

14. EMPLOYEE EDUCATION
I assisted with the
coordination of employee
education revisions
Boards such as this one, with a
short quiz are left out in the
employee break room, the
quizzes are then collected and
employees checked off for
‘Continuing education hours’.

15. CONCLUSION
I had a educational experience that I will be grateful for
as I continue into a professional career.
I learned invaluable lessons, in a hands on setting that I
would have otherwise learned the “hard way” through my
own misfortune
Such as how to directly handle employee gossips
How to diffuse tensions between physicians and nurses
How to educate, rather than scorn employees after mistakes have
been made
Speaking with others managers as well I picked up tips
that I can only hope to help me better serve my future
employer