The annual Excellence in Nursing Awards, held during National Nurses Week each May and organized by Christiana Care’s Professional Nurse Council, spotlights exceptional nurses at Christiana Care Health System. This year’s ceremony acknowledged more than 110 nurses from across the organization.
The annual Excellence in Nursing Awards, held during National Nurses Week each May and organized by Christiana Care’s Professional Nurse Council, spotlights exceptional nurses at Christiana Care Health System. This year’s ceremony acknowledged more than 110 nurses from across the organization.
Stephanie Troyan, BSN, RN, VA-BC, of Christiana Hospital’s 3E Medical Intensive Care Unit, received the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses for June 2018. Christiana Care DAISY Award recipients are nurses recognized for meeting and exceeding the needs and expectations of patients and families by displaying exceptional clinical skills, compassion, respect and partnership. The nomination came […]
Of the 145 Delaware licensed nurses chosen as Top Nurses by their peers through a poll by the Delaware Nurses Association, Christiana Care nurses received 68 of the awards. The awardees are listed in the May issue of Delaware Today magazine.
Danielle Weber, MSN, MS, RN-BC, NEA-BC, has been named vice president, Patient Care Services, after serving in the interim vice president role since October 2017.
Kim Balogun, M.Ed., BSN, RN, of Wilmington Hospital Emergency Department, received the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses for July 2018. Christiana Care DAISY Award recipients are nurses recognized for meeting and exceeding the needs and expectations of patients and families by displaying exceptional clinical skills, compassion, respect and partnership. The DAISY nomination came from a […]
Lisa Halbert, BSN, RN, CCRN, has been appointed nurse manager of the Neuro Critical Care Unit and Transitional Neuro Unit at Christiana Hospital.
Nicole Bell, BSN, RN, CCRN, of the Christiana Hospital Neuro Critical Care Unit, received the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses for August 2018. Christiana Care DAISY Award recipients are nurses recognized for meeting and exceeding the needs and expectations of patients and families by displaying exceptional clinical skills, compassion, respect and partnership. The DAISY nomination […]
Ashlee Ridgley, MSN, RN-BC, has been named nurse manager of the Wilmington 8 South ACE Unit.
Barbara Dean, BSN, RNC-NIC, CPLC, of the Christiana Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), received the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses for September 2018. Christiana Care DAISY Award recipients are nurses recognized for meeting and exceeding the needs and expectations of patients and families by displaying exceptional clinical skills, compassion, respect and partnership. The DAISY […]
Katherine A. Collard, MS, RN-BC, NP, has been appointed chief nursing informatics officer, responsible for the strategy and implementation of IT systems that directly impact nurses.
Christiana Care Health System has won the prestigious 2018 Magnet Prize from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) for using virtual reality technology to improve patients’ experience during chemotherapy at Christiana Care’s Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute.
Joy Coleman, BSN, RN, CAPA, of the Roxana Cannon Arsht Surgicenter on the Wilmington Hospital campus, received the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses for November 2018. Christiana Care DAISY Award recipients are nurses recognized for meeting and exceeding the needs and expectations of patients and families by displaying exceptional clinical skills, compassion, respect and partnership. […]
Four patient care units at Christiana Care earned Beacon Awards in 2018: The Transitional Surgical Unit and The Lanny Edelsohn, M.D., Neuro Critical Care Unit earned Silver, and the Cardiology Short Stay Unit earned Bronze.
With a new name, Christiana Care's long-running HIV program continues to expand its mission to care for people with HIV and hepatitis C, leveraging partnerships and educating the community about prevention.
Michael Screpesi, BSN, RN, of Christiana Care’s Cardiovascular Critical Care Complex (CVCCC) received the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses for March 2017.
On hospital intensive care units, patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), an often fatal condition nationwide, have better outcomes when they are positioned in a prone, or face-down position for most of the day, instead of supine, or face up, according to an article authored by two Christiana Care advanced practice clinicians in the […]
Jamie Murray, MSN, BSN, has been promoted to nurse manager of Hemodialysis at Christiana Care.
Caregivers, patients, visitors and others who cross the main hospital lobbies at Christiana Care these days are bound to notice The Healer’s Touch, a pair of three-foot tall African sculptures that represent a patient and caregiver holding one another. The inspiring sculptures, made by the Shona tribe of Zimbabwe for The DAISY Foundation as a […]
Jane James, MSN, RN, has been appointed nurse manager of 5N at Wilmington Hospital.