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Nurses week 2013

Barnes-Jewish Team | May 10, 2013 | Comments (0)

Nurses Week celebrations kicked off on Monday at Barnes-Jewish Hospital with the 18th annual Nursing Awards and Recognition Ceremony. More than 75 team members were honored with awards ranging from the Rookie of the Year Award to the Nursing Teamwork Award. The awards are something Barnes-Jewish Nurses look forward to all year, but the annual [...]

Nurses honored for compassionate care at St. Louis Magazine reception

Barnes-Jewish Team | April 26, 2013 | Comments (0)

Often described as an art and a science, nursing is a profession that embraces dedicated people with varied interests, strengths and passions because of the many opportunities the profession offers. Each year, St. Louis Magazine’s Excellence in Nursing Awards honor local nurses for compassionate care and making a difference in the field of nursing. Nine [...]

Barnes-Jewish Hospital nurses are honored for making a difference

Barnes-Jewish Team | April 15, 2013 | Comments (0)

Nurses often make a difference in a patient’s life without even knowing the impact. They work to maintain the physical health of others and are valued for their hard work, knowledge and commitment. This is why nurses are honored with the Daisy Award throughout the year at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. The Daisy Award is a national [...]

Goldfarb Nursing School Alum Goes Primetime

bjh_blog | July 20, 2012 | Comments (0)

Katie Duke, a 2004 graduate of Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College, went “primetime” with her television debut on ABC’s News Medical Documentary “NY Med” on July 10th, 2012. Katie is a nurse in the emergency department at New York Presbyterian Hospital, the busiest emergency rooms in New York City, and she has seen it [...]

Barnes-Jewish Nurses Put on Dancing Shoes for Nurses Week

bjh_blog | May 9, 2012 | Comments (0)

It’s Nurses Week and in honor of those who make us a National Leader in Medicine, we salute you:

Recognize Nurses Who Go Above and Beyond During Nurses Week 2012

bjh_blog | May 7, 2012 | Comments (0)

Sunday marked the beginning of Nurses Week 2012. It’s a time to show our nurses how much we appreciate the hard work they do. The value of the thousands of nurses who keep Barnes-Jewish Hospital and all BJC HealthCare hospitals running smoothly is something to be appreciated. These men and women, from first-year nurses to [...]

Joplin Tornado Victim Helps ICU Patients Tell Their Stories

bjh_blog | April 9, 2012 | Comments (2)

The patient was like many others who came to Michele Gatzert’s ICU – elderly, heavily sedated and on a ventilator. He was seldom conscious and when he was, he couldn’t speak. What set him apart? This particular patient led Gatzert to find a way for her staff to better connect with their patients and patient [...]

Barnes-Jewish Nurse Returns 68 Pounds Lighter After NBC's "The Biggest Loser"

bjh_blog | March 27, 2012 | Comments (0)

A week after being voted off the NBC reality show “The Biggest Loser,” Barnes-Jewish Hospital operating room nurse Kim Stone, RN, is back at work and discussed her journey this morning on the NBC “Today Show.” Stone survived 12 weeks on the show and was voted off by her fellow contestants after losing 58 pounds while [...]

Barnes-Jewish Nurse Competes on "The Biggest Loser"

bjh_blog | January 18, 2012 | Comments (0)

A few months ago, I got a call from one of our nurses asking permission to shoot video in the hospital. She said she was making a video application for “The Biggest Loser” and wanted to include some video of her working at the hospital. I work in media relations here at Barnes-Jewish and am tasked with [...]

Nurses deal with battle fatigue in the fight against burnout

bjh_blog | January 3, 2012 | Comments (1)

Being a caregiver for someone who’s ill or injured comes at a cost. Sometimes that cost is emotional. Sometimes it’s physical. It doesn’t matter if the caregiver is a paid professional or a family member or friend. If the caregiver doesn’t take time to take care of themselves, they and the patient can end up [...]

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