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At Baltimore’s Mercy Medical Center, nurses have a special way of quelling tempers before a full-blown incident occurs. Read more »
Shore, Sinai collect Maryland patient safety awards
Shore Health System, based in Easton, Md., and Sinai Hospital of Baltimore were recognized in April with awards at the eighth annual Maryland Patient Safety Conference. Read more »
'Positive changes’ lead Sentara Healthcare to rename Virginia hospital
Citing a wealth of positive changes at the former Potomac Hospital in Woodbridge, Va., Sentara Healthcare has announced that the facility has been renamed Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center. Read more »
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Maryland SON achieves highest NIH funding rank ever; JHUSON fourth
The University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, has achieved its highest research funding ranking ever from the National Institutes of Health, ranking 19th among nursing schools receiving research funding from NIH. Read more »
Shore Wound Care facility opens doors in Easton
Shore Wound Care, a Shore Health System outpatient care facility, opened in January in Easton, Md. Wound care specialist Thomas Lubeski, DO, FACOS leads the team at the facility, which includes Dot Mayorga, RN, case manager. Read more »
Prince William Hospital unveils new addition to behavorial health inpatient unit
Prince William Hospital, Manassas, Va., recently unveiled a new addition to its Center for Psychiatric and Addiction Treatment. The hospital opened a Snoezelen Room, located in the hospital’s behavioral health inpatient unit. Read more »
Text message reminder boosts flu vaccination rates
A text messaging intervention with education-related messages sent to parents increased influenza vaccination coverage compared with usual care in a traditionally hard-to-reach population of low-income, urban, minority children and adolescents,... Read more »
Several preemie outcomes better at Magnet hospitals
In a study that included more than 72,000 very low-birth-weight infants, those born in hospitals with Magnet recognition had significantly lower rates of hospital infection, death at seven days and severe intraventricular hemorrhage than those born... Read more »
Georgetown nursing faculty member assists with behavioral health textbook
A new textbook co-edited by a Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies faculty member seeks to help healthcare systems better diagnose children and adolescents with mental health and psychiatric conditions. Read more »
DC/Maryland/Virginia nurses celebrate career achievements, awards
Kathleen Spadaro, RN, BSN, CN 2, was named a 2011 winner of the Mercy Spirit Award. Read more »
Six JHUSON faculty chosen for nurse researcher hall of fame
Six faculty members at Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, are among the 14 members of the 2012 class of inductees to the International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame. Read more »
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