CHOP Nurse Researcher Recommends New Best Practices for Feeding Tube Location Verification
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Incorrect placement of nasogastric (NG) tubes carries risk of serious complications.
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Innovative Program Gives Staff Opportunity to Teach and Learn from Others
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Topics covered during the Allies team visit to the DR in November 2017 included: nutrition, domestic violence, health promoter turnover, and GI, respiratory and ear infections. The lessons incorporated visual aids, interactive exercises and skits.
Black Tie Tailgate Raises $600,000 for CHOP’s Department of Nursing
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The Auto Dealers CARing for Kids Foundation sets new attendance and donation records at the 2018 Black Tie tailgate, raising $600,000 for the Department of Nursing at CHOP.
Martha A. Q. Curley Appointed to Ruth M. Colket Endowed Chair in Pediatric Nursing
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Dr. Curley's appointment will foster interdisciplinary and inter-institutional research in child health across Penn Nursing and CHOP.
CHOP Nurses Visit Middle East on Observership
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CHOP created a professional development opportunity for nurses to visit international pediatric facilities, and meet the clinical staff caring for patients.
Poor Work Environments Lead to Missed Care
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A study from Penn, CHOP finds pediatric nurses miss necessary care more often when placed in difficult work settings.
Nurses Share Knowledge, Skills Outside CHOP’s Walls
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The Community Nurse Advocacy Fellowship gives nurses the opportunity to step outside their roles at Children’s Hospital and into the community, where their knowledge and skills are aimed at improving children’s health.
Global Health Allies: November 2016 Visit to the Dominican Republic
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In November 2016 a group of six CHOP employees traveled to the Dominican Republic to work with local health promoters and nurses.
Nurses Meeting Community Needs
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Every year, 10 nurses from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia are selected to participate in the Community Nursing Advocacy Fellowship, an innovative program that encourages nurses to develop projects to help healthy kids stay that way and benefits the overall community.
CHOP Receives Renewed Magnet Designation
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For the third consecutive time, CHOP has earned Magnet® designation, the highest honor an organization can receive for professional nursing practice.