The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses awarded the silver-level Beacon Award for Excellence to ChristianaCare’s 4E, a cardiovascular step-down unit at Christiana Hospital in Newark, Delaware. The Beacon Award is the highest achievement in critical-care nursing. “To say I am proud is an understatement,” said 4E nurse manager Andrea Sweeny, MSN, RN, NE-BC, CV-BC. “Through […] The post ‘Shining Example’ …
Eva Porter, a senior certified nursing assistant at Union Hospital, has received the ChristianaCare ROSE Award. ROSE stands for Raising Our Standard of Excellence, recognizing outstanding partners in nursing who help deliver compassionate, excellent care to patients and families. Two patients nominated Porter for kindness and compassion during their hospital stays. “Eva went above and beyond for make me feel …
Juliet Westermann, BSN, RN, CCRN, of Wilmington Hospital, has received the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. ChristianaCare DAISY Award recipients are nurses recognized for meeting and exceeding the needs and expectations of patients and families by displaying exceptional clinical skills, compassion, calm, respect and partnership. Interested in a nursing career at ChristianaCare? Click here for […] The post Juliet Westermann …
Caitlin Moody, senior certified nursing assistant at Union Hospital, has received the Christiana Care ROSE Award. ROSE stands for Raising Our Standard of Excellence, recognizing outstanding partners in nursing who help deliver compassionate, excellent care to patients and families. Interested in a career at ChristianaCare? Click here for job opportunities. Moody was nominated by a […] The post Caitlin Moody …
Paige Reynolds, BSN, RN, of the Emergency Department at Union Hospital, has received the Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nurses. ChristianaCare DAISY Award recipients are nurses recognized for meeting and exceeding the needs and expectations of patients and families by displaying exceptional clinical skills, compassion, calm, respect and partnership. Reynolds was nominated by a grateful patient who arrived at the emergency …
When Glenna Matthews was rushed to the hospital with severe gastrointestinal symptoms and abdominal pain, she never suspected to hear the word “cancer” in her diagnosis. Her tests confirmed an early stage endometrial cancer originating in the lining of her uterus. “I couldn’t believe it,” Matthews said. “I have been a nurse for more than 40 years and never suspected …
Words matter. So, when Tom Truman started loosing his, he knew something was very wrong. “I was getting confused and mixing up what I wanted to say,” Truman recalled. The imaging tests his doctor ordered revealed the reason why. Truman, at age 61, was diagnosed with a tumor in a part of his brain called the left temporal lobe just …
For years, Erica Lingerman struggled without success to get her type 1 diabetes under control. She suffered through bouts of shakiness, exhaustion, excess water retention and an overall feeling of being unwell – until her symptoms reached a life-threatening peak in 2022 when she wound up in a coma. When a ChristianaCare nurse in her endocrinologist’s office suggested the …
On Monday mornings, Lutheran Community Services (LCS) food distribution coordinator Jennifer Williams works with a team of volunteers to pack a week’s produce, meat and other essentials for Delaware Food Farmacy participants. With the entire family receiving enough food for 10 meals each week, LCS has provided over 100,000 healthy meals since the program started. […] The post Farm-to-Table Where …
Emmanuel Mensah, M.D., MBA, has been appointed chief medical officer of ChristianaCare’s Wilmington Hospital, effective January 2024. In this role, Dr. Mensah serves as the senior physician executive of Wilmington Hospital, responsible for quality, safety, care standardization, clinical outcomes and patient experience across the continuum of care. He works to be the liaison between the […] The post Emmanuel Mensah, …
