ANCC Honors Johns Hopkins VP

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Karen B. Haller, RN, PhD, FAAN, vice president, nursing and patient care services at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore was honored Oct. 1 as the winner of the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s President’s Award at the organization’s 13th Magnet Conference, “Inspiring Innovation, Achieving Outcomes.” Read more »

Howard County Nurse Expands Perinatal Hospice Program

Mary Peroutka, RNC-OB, BSN, has been helping patients deal with the death of a newborn for the past 13 years as perinatal bereavement coordinator at Howard County General Hospital in Columbia, Md. Read more »

Drive-Thru Flu Clinic Sets Record

Nurses from Peninsula Regional Medical Center, Salisbury, Md., administered a record number of vaccinations Oct. 1 and 2 at its annual drive-thru flu clinic. Read more »

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