The Western PA Healthcare News Team

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Memorial Medical Center’s Fourth Cameos of Caring Award Recipient

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By Jackie Gunby, RN, BSN, CCRN Critical Care nurse May Kay Bolam is full of ideas. She sees a broken ...

Nursing

We Need Strong, Visionary, and Innovative Leaders to Transform Cancer Care

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By Mary Gullatte, PhD, RN, ANP-BC, AOCN®, FAAN As I reflect on the honor the ONS membership bestowed on me ...

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Magee-Womens’ Maribeth McLaughlin Named Chair-Elect of American Hospital Association’s Maternal and Child Health Governing Council

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Maribeth McLaughlin, chief nursing officer and vice president of patient care services at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC, has been named ...

Nursing

Leading the Way for Nurses and Education

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By Meigan Robb and Teresa Shellenbarger  The nursing profession today has evolved from the days of Florence Nightingale and domestic ...

Nursing

Using Creative Simulation Scenarios to Prepare Senior Nursing Students for Leadership Roles

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The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) (2008) has identified the leadership skills expected of baccalaureate prepared nurses.  These ...

Cedarville School of Pharmacy Serves the Underserved

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As Jeff Lewis, associate dean of the Cedarville University School of Pharmacy, runs through a mental list of places where ...

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Nearly Half of Senior Home Accidents are Preventable 

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Nearly 20 million seniors ages 65 and older visit the emergency room each year with almost a third of the ...