Hospital leaders and state lawmakers held a press conference Thursday to discuss the PA Heroes Act, which would provide $650 million in funding to support grants for the hospital community
For steady care and pandemic bravery, a hat tip to nurses
American Association of Colleges of Nursing includes Norwich images in video marking National Nurses Week
As President Dr. Mark Anarumo has said, nurses played a big role in helping Norwich mitigate the coronavirus pandemic during academic year 2020-21. Nursing staff and students, directed by Nursing Director Paulette Thabault and Center for Civic Engagement Director Nicole DiDomenico, kept the Plumley Armory COVID-19 testing center running, administering more than 28,000 tests in the spring semester alone.
The American Nurses Association and American Association of Colleges of Nursing are hailing nurses with National Nurses Day, which was Thursday, and National Nurses Week, which runs through May 12, Florence Nightingale’s birthday. (Nightingale (1820-1910) transformed nursing by setting hospital sanitation standards, establishing a laundry to get patients clean linens and creating an “invalid’s kitchen” to
Valleywise Health reopens second COVID unit amid uptick in patients
A Valleywise nurse discusses the state of COVID-19 inside Valley hospitals.
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PHOENIX â More than a year into the pandemic, Valleywise Health nurse Kendal Gribler still deals with her share of COVID patients. Yes, there are very sick COVID patients here today, Gribler said.
Gribler works in the COVID ICU at Valleywise Health Medical Center, which recently reopened a second COVID unit due to an uptick in patients. According to the state s coronavirus dashboard, COVID hospitalizations remain far lower than at the peak in January and among the lowest since the state started tracking the metric.
CALEDONIA, Minn. (WXOW) - Thursday is National Nurses Day, a time to celebrate nurses and the work that they do every day.
Jo Stamer is a Registered Nurse at the Mayo Clinic in Caledonia. She is in her 23rd year as an RN and 12th year at Mayo.
While the pandemic has brought on new challenges to the status quo in the medical field, Stamer remembers advice from nursing school. They said to expect change, that s one thing we can guarantee, that it is going to change, said Stamer.
Mayo s Caledonia branch shut down for about six weeks and staff were relocated to homes, La Crosse, and Onalaska. In addition to relocation, Stamer states that changes occurred daily.
National Nurses Day: Health care workers rely on each other to make it through rough year
Two nurses at Methodist Medical Center in Oak Ridge said they wouldn t have made it through the pandemic without relying on their team. Author: WBIR Staff Updated: 10:57 PM EDT May 6, 2021
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. Thursday marked National Nurses Day a day meant to highlight the sacrifices, contributions and commitments nurses make daily. Many went above and beyond recently, during the COVID-19 pandemic and all health care workers deserve recognition for the work they ve done.
Two nurses at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge said they wouldn t have made it through without relying on their team. They also said support from the community helped them persevere through some of the toughest days.