The study, led by UNC’s Seth A. Berkowitz, MD, MPH, assistant professor of general medicine and clinical epidemiology, found that participation in a medically tailored meals program was associated with fewer hospital admissions and nursing home admissions, and less overall medical spending.

The New CVAD Liaison team is available to assist with central line insertions, CLABSI prevention education, and patient rounding.

The prestigious list recognizes registered nurses for their outstanding professional abilities and commitment to improving health care in their communities.

Jean Cates, RN, has been a nurse for more years than N.C. Memorial Hospital has been standing and has been providing care at UNC Hospitals for more than five decades of that time. She has devoted her life to caring for people. For those of us who work at the hospital, Jean was a familiar face in Occupational Health Services (OHS) where she has worked for the past few decades as a temporary RN. Jean retired (for the second time) at the end of June 2018.

Jeff Strickler, Vice-President, UNC Health Care Hillsborough Hospital, Maureen Dale, MD, Cathy Madigan, MD, Chief Nursing Officer, and Kittra Felton

Maureen Dale, MD, receives Friend of Nursing Award and Internal Medicine Housestaff Faculty Award.

Dr. Grant has more than 30 years of nurse leadership experience and currently serves as the vice president of the American Nurses Association. He is also the burn outreach coordinator for the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center at UNC Hospitals.

Seyi Fayanju, MD, Katie Haroldson, MD, Lila Stanton, MHA, and Sean Gaffney, MD, filming an educational video.

A new bedside rounding approach will become standard for internal medicine teaching teams at UNC Medical Center. Last year, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) selected UNC as a funding recipient for Back to Bedside, a resident-led initiative to empower medical residents and fellows to increase time with patients, to improve both physician and patient well-being. Medicine residents won a grant to implement a multidisciplinary project. The pilot began in October 2017.

The National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPAUP) recently changed the terminology and updated the stages of pressure injury and definitions. To reflect these updates, several updates were made in Epic@UNC.

The Professional Development Council encourages you to use standard formatting when listing credentials or creating email signatures as an important way to represent ourselves professionally.

Dr. Cathy Madigan, UNC Hospitals' Chief Nursing Officer beginning Feb. 1, 2016

I am extremely pleased to announce that Cathy Madigan has accepted the position of UNC Hospitals' Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) and Senior Vice President position effective Feb. 1, 2016.

Two staff members from the UNC Health Sciences Library, Dawne Lucas and Anne Dudley, had the opportunity to meet Kathleen Smith, a former WWII nurse and the last living member of the 65th General Hospital that was activated out of Duke University. The 65th is featured in the Library’s latest exhibit, “Medicine in War, 1861-1945.” Read Anne’s first person account of their conversation.

Please read here for the latest nursing uniform update!

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Researchers Find Fewer Hospital and Nursing Home Admissions, and a 16 Percent Drop in Medical Expenses, Among Recipients of Medically Tailored Meals

New Central Line Team Began Feb. 18

21 UNC Health Care nurses chosen as ‘Great 100 Nurses of North Carolina’

The Love of Caring

Nursing Friend, Role Model for Residents – Dale Receives Two Awards

Ernest Grant named one of ’50 great African American leaders in healthcare to know’

Educational Tools Demonstrate Multidisciplinary Bedside Rounds

Inpatient Nurses: Changes in the Pressure Ulcer LDA

Correct way of listing nursing credentials and email signatures

Madigan appointed UNC Hospitals’ Chief Nursing Officer

A WWII Nurse’s Story, Told for the Last Time

Uniform update: you asked, we listened!