American Sentinel University, an online accredited university, has developed a Bachelor of Science Nursing (BSN) Readiness Worksheet to help nurses assess how they feel about continuing their education and gauge their readiness to pursue a BSN. Nurses ...

Pediatric nurse staffing ratios are significantly associated with hospital readmission for children with common medical and surgical conditions, according to a new study led by Heather Tubbs-Cooley, PhD, RN, a nurse scientist at Cincinnati Children's ...

The Joint Commission announced Cape Fear Valley has achieved Advanced Certification as a Primary Stroke Center under the Joint Commission's Disease-Specific Care Certification Program.Disease-specific programs that successfully demonstrate compliance ...

One Nurse At A Time and Barco's Nightingales Foundation announced a collaborative effort to send a team of nurses to the Edna Adan Maternity Hospital in Hargeisa, Somaliland, to work with local medical staff and teach current nursing practice, techniques ...

Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center announced the addition of Margaret Sullivan, MSN, APRN, to the Mt. Ascutney Physicians Practice. Sullivan is a primary care clinician who sees adult patients for their primary care needs, including managing chronic ...

IDG's Computerworld Honors Program has announced Miami Children's Hospital (MCH) as a 2013 Laureate. The annual award program honors visionary applications of information technology promoting positive social, economic and educational change.Most ...

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Boston Children's Hospital announced they have reached an agreement that limits cost increases to below inflation, improves access for patients to get care at Boston Children's lower-cost outpatient satellites in Peabody, ...

Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital, Newport News, VA, recently won the 2013 Pathway Award from the American Nurses Credentialing Center and Cerner Corp. The award was presented at the Pathway to Excellence Conference in Baltimore, May 2-3.The ...

MacNeal Hospital has appointed Kathleen Benjamin, RN-BC, MSN, BSN, as the new chief nursing officer. The role has her overseeing more than 400 full-time nursing employees working in inpatient nursing services, the emergency department, women's health ...

This week, the Centura Health Cancer Network was awarded silver accreditation by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer, becoming the first Integrated Network Cancer Program in Colorado. Leveraging the strength of our statewide cancer ...

Cape Fear Valley Neurosurgery has been named among the best neurosurgery programs in the U.S.The designation was announced in the "100 Hospitals with Great Neurosurgery and Spine Programs" list published by Becker's Hospital Review on March 11, 2013. The ...

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) is among 11 hospitals nationally - and the only one in New England - to be singled out by the Hitachi Foundation's Pioneer Employer Hospitals Initiative, a program based on the idea that employers who do good, ...

The Trenton Health Team, a community health-improvement collaborative in Trenton, NJ, recently adopted galectin-3 blood testing throughout its organization to identify patients at risk for heart failure rehospitalization. Higher levels of galectin-3 are ...

Joyce Despe, RN, was named Loyola University Health System's Fanchon Knight Nurse of the Year during its annual Nursing Excellence Award Ceremony on May 8. Despe is a nurse on a surgical services floor at Loyola University Medical Center. "Joyce ...

Cancer Care Northwest, Kootenai Health and Providence Health Care - regional healthcare leaders in cancer services - have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to form a new regional cancer alliance aimed at elevating the quality, coordination and care ...

Billings Clinic and RegionalCare Hospital Partners, a national hospital system, recently announced a new joint venture that draws on the clinical excellence, operational expertise and financial resources of both organizations. The new relationship will ...

Nazareth Hospital, Philadelphia, was recently designated a Blue Distinction Center+ in Knee and Hip Replacement by Independence Blue Cross. The Blue Distinction Centers for Specialty Care program is a national designation awarded by Blue Cross and Blue ...

MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando has received a national certification from the Quality Oncology Practice Initiative (QOPI) Certification Program, an affiliate of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). The QOPI® Certification Program ...

Denise Thornby, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, former director of education and professional development at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, VA, and former president of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, was posthumously awarded ...

All six Sutter hospitals in the greater Sacramento area were recognized with an "A" Hospital Safety Score by The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit run by employers and other large purchasers of health benefits. The A scores were awarded ...

Monmouth University professor Laura Jannone, EdD, MSN, RN, received the NJ State School Nurse Award from the NJ State School Nurses Association (NJSSNA) at its annual conference dinner held on March 18.Jannone was honored for her hard work and dedication ...

Beaufort Memorial Coastal Care MD recently welcomed Mary Beth Donovan, ACNP-BC, who will support Clark Trask, MD, in facilitating faster access to medical care for patients.Donovan earned her bachelor's of science in nursing from the Medical College of ...

The Dorothea Hopfer School of Nursing announced two of its students have won scholarships. One was presented at the recent 2013 Westchester County Women's Hall of Fame Awards and Scholarship (WCWHF) event and the second was announced by the National ...

TriHealth, Cincinnati, was recently named one of the nation's top 15 health systems by health analytical company Truven Health Analytics, formerly the healthcare business of Thomson Reuters."This is a tremendous accomplishment and a testament to the ...

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia recently announced plans to build a 115,000-square-foot specialty care center in a new development on North Gulph Road in King of Prussia, PA. The hospital will break ground this summer on the center, which will ...

The Healthcare Division of ASQ has awarded a $2,000 Nightingale Scholarship to Colleen O'Brien from Green Bay, WI, for demonstrating an outstanding commitment to pursuing quality improvement in the healthcare field. The scholarship was awarded during ...

Julianne Stoddard Keehan is the 2013 Salt Lake Community College Graduate of Excellence from the School of Health Sciences. Keehan, originally from Salmon, ID, majored in Nursing and graduates with high honors."I've always had the desire to be a nurse, ...

In May 2003, Chandler Regional Medical Center's Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Oxygen Center opened its doors to treat various wounds that require specialized care. Since then, the Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Oxygen Center has become an integral part of ...

Cook County Health & Hospitals System (CCHHS), the third largest public health care system nationwide, implemented its second Annual Professional Registered Nurse Clinical Excellence Award Program. In an effort to raise awareness of others to these ...

Spectrum Health Blodgett Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI, was recently admitted to Practice Greenhealth's Environmental Leadership Circle, which honors facilities that exemplify environmental excellence and are setting the highest standards for environmental ...

Diana M. Bontá, RN, DrPH, president and CEO of The California Wellness Foundation; Children's Hospital of Los Angeles; and Kaiser Permanente Southern California were among the recipients honored for their leadership in advancing health and their ongoing ...

In a ceremony held at South Nassau Communities Hospital, MedicAlert Foundation recognized emergency department nurse Katie Sobey, BSN, RN, for her coordination and partnership in assisting a MedicAlert member who experienced medical complications during ...

Florida Hospital Fish Memorial has implemented a new program designed to help protect patients from falls and staff from injuries. It's called the Diligent Safe Patient Handing and Early Mobility Program.Florida Hospital Fish Memorial is the only ...

Northeast Georgia Medical Center has been named to the Becker's Hospital Review 2013 annual list of "100 Great Hospitals."According to Becker's Hospital Review, "Each of these organizations have an interesting story behind them, some dating back to the ...

Brattleboro Memorial Hospital announced it has established regular hours for electroencephalogram (EEG) testing and made an upgrade to its pulmonary function testing (PFT) system.Laurie Kuralt, BSN, RN, CCRN, respiratory services manager, said a staff ...

Three faculty members from the University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, were recently named to StateStats.org's list of Top 18 Medical and Nursing Professors in Maryland: Jane M. Kirschling,  PhD, RN, FAAN, dean; Susan Dorsey, PhD, RN, ...

Martha N. Hill, PhD, RN, FAAN, dean of the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, was recently awarded an honorary fellowship by London's Royal College of Nursing in Liverpool. "Martha is a world-renowned researcher, educator and champion ...

Chandler Regional and Mercy Gilbert Medical Centers, Dignity Health Members, each received the Partner for Change award by Practice Greenhealth, a nonprofit organization that recognizes healthcare facilities for going above and beyond in keeping and ...

Practice Greenhealth, the nation's leading membership association devoted to environmentally responsible healthcare, has announced its 2013 Environmental Excellence Award winners. These coveted Awards are given to institutions within the health care ...

Donene Jones, Intermountain Logan Regional Hospital, was among five national winners of Tangent Medical's 2013 Nurses' Choice Awards. The Nurses' Choice Awards were created to honor nurses during National Nurses Week and to recognize those clinicians who ...

American Sentinel University, an online university accredited by the Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC), a recognized member of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, recently announced that it has ...

Tamara M. Kear, PhD, RN, CNN, assistant professor in the Villanova University College of Nursing, Villanova, PA, recently received the 2013 Research Abstract Award from the American Nephrology Nurses Association for a symposium presentation on ...

St. Mary Medical Center, Langhorne, PA, is partnering with Nashville-based Centerre Healthcare Corp. to open a 50-bed acute rehabilitation hospital across the street from the main hospital. The St. Mary Rehabilitation Hospital, located on the former site ...

This year, the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society (WOCN) is hosting its 45th Annual Conference in Seattle, Wash., June 22-26. The 45th year of WOCN's annual conference marks a milestone and is a testament to the hard work of each and every ...

For the sixth year in a row, Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital has received the platinum quality award from the Midas quality review organization. The award is given to organizations that rank in the top 5 percent of more than 650 hospitals evaluated by ...

The MetroHealth System, Cleveland, recently announced that, effective June 1, it will no longer hire tobacco users. According to the health system, which said it is joining a national trend among employers, the policy change reflects a desire to increase ...

Rows of small cots and stacks of IV trees cloud the room. Victims with smoke-charred faces and blood-covered fabrics scream for immediate medical attention. Stretchers chug through the lobby as the cries of pain echo off the crisp, white walls. That was ...

Supplemental Health Care, a healthcare workforce solutions provider, recently debut its new "You Bring the Magic" program to honor this year's National Nurses Week. Through its Local Nursing, Travel Nursing and Advanced Practice divisions, Supplemental ...

With an eye on the health needs of Rhode Island's aging population, Roger Williams Medical Center and Fatima Hospital have opened senior-friendly emergency departments. The hospitals launched their senior-focused units March 25. For nearly a year, both ...

Tangent Medical, an innovator in IV therapy products and creator of the NovaCath Integrated IV Catheter System, announced the finalists of the 2013 Nurses' Choice Awards. The Nurses' Choice Awards were created to honor nurses during National Nurses Week ...

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) received a top honor from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) for its commitment to improving its quality of care to stroke patients. The 2013 Stroke Collaborative Reaching for Excellence (SCORE) ...

Two Vidant Health ambulatory clinics have been added to the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Patient-Centered Medical Home 2011 Program, a program for improving primary care.The NCQA recognized Vidant Family Medicine-Wallace and Vidant ...

The Margaret H. Rollins School of Nursing at Beebe Medical Center, Lewes, DE, will offer a 10-week nursing assistant class beginning May 13.The classroom portion of the course will meet Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the ...

A new chapter in the history of Stanford Hospital & Clinics begins with the recent official groundbreaking for the new Stanford Hospital. The facility will add 824,000 square feet to the existing hospital, increase patient capacity to 600 beds, and ...

The Healthcare Value Network (HVN), which seems to unite healthcare leaders who share a commitment to providing high-quality, cost-effective care through the application of lean concepts, recently welcomed new members including the Carolinas Lean ...

Chilton Hospital celebrated Certified Nurses Day by inviting all of the hospital's 126 certified nurses for an event in their honor. Certified Nurses Day is celebrated annually on March 19 to honor nurses who contribute to better patient outcomes through ...

Alison M. Trinkoff, ScD, MPH, RN, FAAN, professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, was recently awarded a research grant from the National Council of State Boards of Nursing to explore effective methods of evaluating long-term ...

Nurses share their talents in diverse settings and many choose to specialize their practice and expertise in highly defined areas or types of patient care. To honor these professionals, HIMSS is joining the American Nurses Association, the Alliance for ...

On a recent Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle to Los Cabos, Mexico, one of the passengers suddenly experienced extremely low blood pressure and fainted.As it happened, there were two people of Providence on the flight, and both came to the man's ...

Centegra Health System celebrated its nurses the week of April 22 with Nurses Week activities that aim to help them recharge and relax. "Centegra's nurses are at the heart of the community," said Neil Murphy, senior VP and chief nursing officer at ...

The Memorial Health System, Marietta, OH, recently began construction on a new 24-hour emergency department in Belpre, OH. The facility will be located at the Belpre Medical Campus on Farson Street. The facility is expected to open next spring.The $25 ...

The North Shore-LIJ Cancer Institute announced its breast cancer centers at both North Shore University Hospital (NSUH) and Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Medical Center have been granted three-year, full accreditation by the American College of Surgeons ...

Officials from St. Luke's Health System and Elmore Medical Center announced that effective April 1, Elmore Medical Center joined St. Luke's Health System.Over the last six months, representatives from both organizations have been working closely to ...

The Children's Hospital at Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to show off renovations within the facility, including the Ronald McDonald family room. The new improvements include:• Moving the pediatric special ...

The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, recently opened registration for its first-ever massive open online course, or MOOC. Open to anyone interested in patient safety, the Science of Safety in Healthcare will be offered June 3-30 by ...

Deborah Wachtel, MPH, MS, ANP, joined the Central Vermont Medical Center Central Vermont Endocrinology practice. Conditions treated include polycystic ovary disease, osteoporosis, menstrual and gonadal problems and diabetes. The practice offers advanced ...

What would it be like to test-drive a robot in a surgical operating room? Methodist Mansfield Medical Center and Mansfield Independent School District (MISD) are partnering to give elementary students with an interest in robotics a chance to find ...

 Loyola University Health System will celebrate Nurses Week from May 5-10 with activities that recognize nurses for their contributions and commitment to patients. This event takes place each year just prior to May 12, the birthday of Florence ...

American Sentinel University, an online university accredited by the Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC) and a recognized member of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, recently announced the ...

Emory University Hospital (EUH) joins only 20 national providers focused on complex stroke care with its Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification from the Joint Commission and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. EUH says it is ...

Imagine being pregnant and spending two hours with your health care provider each visit. Imagine becoming friends with other expectant moms as you meet together for seven months. Imagine learning how to take better care of yourself and your family.All ...

Greater Hazleton Health Alliance, Hazleton, PA, and Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown and Bethlehem, PA, recently signed an agreement for a full-asset merger pending regulatory approval. The organizations began to develop formal clinical ...

With the goal of enhancing the delivery of behavioral health care in the region, Care New England (CNE) and The Providence Center (TPC) entered into an affiliation agreement that will integrate and strengthen behavioral health services across ...

Scripps Health recently purchased the former San Diego Hospice hospital and eight-acre property in Hillcrest for $16.55 million, by offering the highest bid in an auction in federal bankruptcy court downtown. Scripps will use the facility for in-patient ...

GetWellNetwork Inc., a leader in Interactive Patient Care (IPC) solutions, recently announced the recipients of this year's IPC Awards, which recognize healthcare organizations and leaders for improving clinical care and outcomes through the use of IPC ...

Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, and Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA, recently partnered to open the Autism and Developmental Medicine Center, Lewisburg, PA. The new facility is expected to reduce the amount of time patients with autism spectrum ...

New London Hospital announced it has increased the number of hospital beds available for inpatient care from 15 to 20. An internal analysis was completed and approved by the board of trustees' finance committee that confirmed the need to increase the ...

Boston will receive one of 12 grants to build on the city's work to reduce domestic violence homicides. As part of a new initiative, the Boston Public Health Commission family justice center will receive $200,000 for a one-year program that will address ...

Dignity Health Urgent Care in Maricopa recently cared for its first patients. Located at 20750 N. John Wayne Parkway in the Shops at Maricopa Fiesta, the center is Dignity Health's fourth in Arizona.In addition to physicians, registered nurses will treat ...

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center recently broke ground on a family pet center that will enable patients on extended stays to visit with their family pets. The center's visitation bays will be wheelchair and stretcher accessible.The center is ...

Marquette University College of Nursing will host its fourth annual Health Care Forum, "Access to Mental Health Care Services in our Community," Monday, May 6, from 7:15 a.m. to 9 a.m. in the Alumni Memorial Union, located at 1442 West Wisconsin Avenue. ...

It was the ultimate tool for visual learners: a giant inflatable colon. To recognize March, which is National Colon Cancer Awareness Month, MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando invited the public to walk through the 30-foot long, 10-foot high replica of the ...

Healthy babies are dying because they sleep in unsafe places and suffocate - a shocking reality for families in Taney and Stone counties who don't have access to proper sleeping environments for their babies. Thanks to a $3,000 grant from the Ozarks ...

Southern Maine Medical Center is offering a "Walk Away From Cancer" program for patients diagnosed during the past six to 12 months or who are currently in treatment. It provides survivors with the tools and motivation to begin and sustain a program of ...

Billings Clinic recently became the only certified site within a five state region to offer a novel therapy treatment option for adult cancer patients battling Gioblastoma Multiforme (GBM), a form of brain cancer. This treatment uses a system called the ...

MedWest-Haywood Chief Nursing Officer Dwayne Hooks, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, FACHE, recently became a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. Hooks has been with MedWest-Haywood since June 2009. Prior to joining MedWest, he was employed by ...

Virtua Memorial, Mount Holly, NJ, recently opened a pediatric pavilion for inpatients and outpatients younger than 18. The new $9.5-million expansion is equipped with both emergency treatment beds and inpatient beds and features a central nursing ...

Trident Medical Center recently became the first hospital in the country to perform a Precision Spectra Spinal Cord Stimulator (SCS) implant. The device relieves pain by delivering electrical pulses to the spinal cord. Instead of feeling pain, patients ...

K. Hovnanian Children's Hospital at Jersey Shore University Medical Center announced a $750,000 donation from the Earle family of Monmouth County toward the hospital's pediatric expansion. The gift, donated in honor of their parents Walter and Marianne ...

By Stephanie BaunachDuring the recent spring break, a group of 24 nursing students, faculty, alumni and community nurses from Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA, visited London for a study abroad opportunity. The group visited the Queen's Nursing ...

Kansas City-area couple has donated $2.5 million to the University of Kansas Cancer Center. The money from Tom and Teresa Walsh of Leawood, KS, will support the nurse navigators program. Nurse navigators guide patients through appointments, tests, ...

Sarah Miller, RN, a Labor and Delivery nurse at White Memorial Medical Center, was recently nominated to receive the DAISY Award by her patients. "Miss Sarah Miller, I really enjoyed you teaching me and my pregnant daughter, and educating us on what you ...