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November 12, 2019 Tableau User Group Meeting Webex and Agenda
The Lake Success Training Room and the Albany Mohawk Conference Room has been reserved for the onsite meeting.
Proposed Agenda for the next Tableau Tuesday*:
1. Introductions
2. Learning-
-Video (TBD)
- Waterfall charts, when to use and how to build ( @Sybil_D , @Shaina_Bass )
3. Sharing-
-Dashboard Demonstration Digestible - @smalik
-Open Floor discussion for sharing tips and tricks, show off your recent work or ask the group your questions for help
Lunch is provided for the onsite attendees. For IPRO employees unable to attend onsite, see Webex call-in information on the IPRO Calendar
- Tableau Tuesday - The second Tuesday of every month
Re: October 8, 2019 Tableau User Group Meeting: Agenda and WEBEX
Links below to the datasets for tomorrow's mapping demonstration. Download the datasets, bring your laptop and follow along!
October 8, 2019 Tableau User Group Meeting: Agenda and WEBEX
The Lake Success Training Room and the Albany Mohawk Conference Room has been reserved for the onsite meeting.
Proposed Agenda for the next Tableau Tuesday*:
1. Introductions
2. Learning-
-Building Maps - @johnd
3. Sharing-
-Dashboard Demonstration - @smalik
-Open Floor discussion for sharing tips and tricks, show off your recent work or ask the group your questions for help
Lunch is provided for the onsite attendees. For IPRO employees unable to attend onsite, see Webex call-in information on the IPRO Calendar
- Tableau Tuesday - The second Tuesday of every month
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Patient Appreciation Activities
I am attaching summary of activities celebrated last week back to back to cover MWF and TTS patients to thank each patient for being with us and trusting us as part of their IDT for quality of life care at our facility.
THE THEME WAS TO BE AN EDUCATIONAL BINGO THEMED HEALTH FAIR SO PATIENTS WOULD BE PASSING THESE TABLES OUTSIDE AS THEY CAME IN OR EXITED THEIR DIALYSIS TREATMENTS. NURSING HOME PATIENTS WERE ESCORTED OUTSIDE TO ENSURE THEY ALSO PARTICIPATED IN GAMES, SOCIALIZING AND GRABBED THEIR GIVE-AWAYS AND LUNCH.
For these activities, I invited some of my contacts/ special guests :
- Prohealth- provided education in access care and give-aways.
- New York Psychotherapy Counseling Center- provided give-aways, informational brochures in Eng and Span, and appointments as requested for patients. ( This is a great community resource I have used for community patients regarding clinical depression screenings and KDQOL survey positive results. ( Open 7 days a week/ until 10pm/ psychiatrist available and no appointment necessary.)
- Mt. Sinai Kidney Transplant Liaison- provided education, appointments and informational handouts in Eng and Span.
- Ambutrans Ambulette – provided donuts/ muffins/ water bottles and give-aways. Also spoke to their patients to address complaints/ questions.
- Care Pro NY home attendant services – They also provided bilingual education on benefits/ requisites and give-aways.
- Dieticians - provided education on renal diet and give-aways.
- P.A.C. – Patient Representatives - meet your P.A.C. members table. Patients had an opportunity to meet P.A.C. members from each day. ( MWF & TTS)
** As you can see, I covered access care, mental health, transplant education/ option, transportation modalities (cab or ambulette), home care benefits/ requisites, renal diet and patient engagement with their PAC reps as well.**
I welcome your feedback 
Re: Mental Health Resources
I have used NYC wellness and New York Psychotherapy Counseling Center- ( This is a great community resource I have used for community patients regarding clinical depression screenings and KDQOL survey positive results. ( Open 7 days a week/ until 10pm/ psychiatrist available and no appointment necessary.)
Re: Self Care
going out to dinner, yoga exercises, and forcing myself to socialize even when I want to cancel plans bc the truth is I always end up enjoying myself out of routine of going straight home.
Re: Self Care
I agree, I think it is so important to laugh to help let go of all the stress that we encounter and take on from our patients. I just started knitting and I agree it really helps relaxing because you have to focus on that task. Thanks for sharing!
Re: New York Social Work In Person Meeting
What would feel good to me is a time and space for camaraderie. An opportunity for easeful networking, guided communication exercises, and encouragement of self-care for nephrology social workers. We all know that stress and turnover are high in our field and nephrology SWers often work in isolation and have few opportunities to really connect with colleagues. Our employers may be competitors, but we are not.
I encourage considering how IPRO might offer a time of in-person connection and sharing, with the intention of creating support and sharing resources through relationship building. These are the real roots of social work that are being squeezed out in our field.
The cost to organizations, patient quality of life, team culture, quality outcomes and the financial bottom line that result from the stress and high turnover in renal social work is not directly measurable, but we can all agree it is significant.
An IPRO-offered in-person gathering dedicated to the quality of life of SWers is a worthwhile dream, it seems to me. I'd be willing to help brainstorm further if this strikes a chord. Maybe at a spa?
Marilyn Babcock
