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Linda M. Arfele, MHA, BSN, RN, CRRN

Candidate for President-Elect
2005-2006 SE Texas Chapter ARN

 

Current Employment:  Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital

Position:   Director – Inpatient Rehabilitation

Responsible for planning and operations of the Inpatient Rehabilitation department – Rehabilitation Nursing, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Speech Therapy departments. 

ARN Member Since:  1978

 

SETX Chapter ARN Member:  1978

 

SETX Chapter ARN Involvement:   Secretary: 2003-2004

      Expo Committee: 2002, 2005

 

Why did you decide to join SETX Chapter ARN?

The networking opportunities attracted me; seeing best practices from other local facilities, as well as benchmarking from other facilities . Chapter involvement also provides awareness of rehabilitation practices/processes which I may be unfamiliar with.

 

Awards:   Employee of the Quarter nomination, Memorial Hermann SW (MHSW) – 1997 and 2000

                   Nominated for 2004 Nurse Excellence Award

       Leader for the Memorial Hermann Skin Care Team - team who won Memorial Hermann Healthcare System

            Quality team of the year for Clincal Improvement - 1996

       Patient Falls/Restraints Performance Improvement Team facilitator

      Coordinator for MHSW Emergency Care Exchange Program – April 2000

 

Community Involvement:   St. Matthews Women’s Club – Treasurer and Vice President

                                                   Volunteer Award recipient – St. Matthews Catholic Church 

                                                   Previously liaison for MHSW to ARC of Ft. Bend County

 

Exceptional Accomplishment:  Linda writes, “In 2000, I started back to graduate school (after having been out of school for 28 years) and earned my MHA in 2003. 

 

Hobbies, Special Interests:

Linda enjoys gardening, and is an avid book reader. She also enjoys sewing and cooking.  

 

Previous Experience:   Assistant Head Nurse – Rehabilitation Unit Rosewood General Hospital – 1972-1976

                                            Nursing Supervisor and Nurse Manager – Rehabilitation Unit MHSW – 1976-1991

                                            Inpatient Rehabilitation Director MHSW – 1991-2000

 

What Rehabilitation Nursing Means to Me – A Look at the Entire Patient

Linda writes, “Rehabilitation nursing is one of the few fields of nursing in which you can really do what you are taught in school – look at the entire patient, which includes not only the physical but also the psychosocial, family and spiritual aspects. The practice of rehabilitation nursing allows the nurse to fully utilize the other disciplines to provide “complete” care for the patient from dietary to physical therapy to chaplain services.

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