SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb., – More than 200 Regional West Health Services employees are starring in a soon-to-be-released video for the national Pink Glove Dance competition, an event that promotes breast cancer awareness and prevention.

The volunteer cast includes staff from nearly every Regional West department – from the Breast Health Center to ICU, Food Service to physicians, administration to Air Link, and even residents of The Village at Regional West.

The Regional West video was a volunteer effort by oncology nurse practitioner Sue Schoeneman, MSN, ACNP-BC, and medical/oncology nurse Megan Anderson, RN, OCN, who choreographed it. It was produced by Charter Media.

The video will be posted October 12 on www.pinkglovedance.com along with the videos of other national participants, and can be viewed by the public. It will also be shown throughout the day Friday, October 12 in The Park Bench Café at Regional West.

Viewers can vote for their favorite video (voting requires a Facebook® account) October 12 through October 26. The top three winners will receive a donation of up to $10,000 in their name to the breast cancer charity of their choice. The winners will be announced November 2 on pinkglovedance.com.

“We hope everyone in the region who has a Facebook account will watch the video and vote for Regional West,” said Anderson.

“Our oncology team of nurses has three breast cancer survivors. When we saw the advertisement for the pink glove dance contest we questioned whether we could pull it together to make a video and decided, ‘Lets go for it.’ Everybody was very excited to help and participate in the video. Whether we win or lose it was worth the time and effort to make the video,” Anderson added.

The song used in Regional West’s video is “Part of Me” by Katy Perry. An interesting side note is that the artist gave permission to use this song specifically for the Pink Glove Dance competition.

The original Pink glove Dance video premiered in November 2009 and featured 200 Portland, Ore. hospital workers wearing Medline’s pink gloves and dancing in support of breast cancer awareness and prevention.

“Gloves are the first point of contact between the health care worker and the patients. And, because the glove is pink, we hoped it would get people talking about breast cancer,” said Andy Mills, president of Medline.

As a result, Medline received hundreds of calls from health care facilities, breast cancer survivor groups, schools and other organizations throughout the U.S. and the world inquiring about participating in another video. The first nationwide video competition in 2011 included 139 teams and was won by a South Carolina hospital.

Regional West Health Services, with over 1,800 employees, provides comprehensive and innovative health care services for the people and communities of western Nebraska and the neighboring states of Colorado, South Dakota and Wyoming. With over 110 active physicians, 95 percent of whom are board certified or board eligible, plus an additional 25 consulting specialists, Regional West offers care that spans more than 30 medical specialties. Regional West Medical Center, a subsidiary of Regional West Health Services, is accredited by The Joint Commission and is one of three Level II Trauma Centers in Nebraska.