Category Archives: Our staff
Nominate your favorite Nationwide Children’s nurse for a Daisy Award!
National Nurse’s Week ends this Sunday on May 12th (which coincidentally is the birthday of Florence Nightingale, who is considered to be the founder of nursing practice). There is still time to say “thank you” for that special nurse in …
Behind the Scenes with Dr. Mike and PediaCast
One of America’s most popular health podcasts originates from Nationwide Children’s Hospital If only kids came with instruction manuals! Unfortunately they don’t but the next best thing is PediaCast; our weekly podcast created just for parents who want to raise …
Bobby Brings Down the House
Facebook fans give Employee of the Year a Standing Ovation! Two weeks ago we shared the story of Bobby Johnson, Transportation Orderly and Employee of the Year on our Facebook page. In response to this story, your posts and comments …
Logging Miles of Smiles
Meet Our Employee of the Year In an organization of nearly 10,000 staff, it’s quite an accomplishment to be named Employee of the Year. Staff vote to select the winner and among all our doctors, nurses, researchers and outstanding staff. So …
Caring for the Spirit
Behind the scenes with our Pastoral Care Team
It’s 2 a.m. in the Emergency Department and our Trauma Team is on alert. A young child is en route; the victim of a house fire. The medical team prepares in the Trauma Room and among them is a member …
“I felt like I was saying goodbye to my heart”
These were the words Tonya Ellis used to describe her feelings when our medical team arrived at the birth hospital just after delivery to transport her newborn baby daughter to Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Born 16 weeks too soon and weighing …
Goin’ Green at Nationwide Children’s- A Whale of a Tale!
Wow! I just found out that in 2012, we recycled 190 Tons of trash that would have ended up in a landfill. That’s the equivalent weight of a full-grown adult Blue Whale - the largest animal on the planet. That’s a …
Miracles in the Laboratory…Growing New Vessels for Tiny Hearts
Nationwide Children’s is recruiting the nation’s best and brightest researchers and physicians. New arrivals, Dr. Christopher Breuer and Dr. Toshiharu Shinoka, are the first in the world to develop tissue-engineered vascular grafts using a child’s own heart cells. Here’s a …
What’s cookin?
Holidays in the Nationwide Children’s Kitchen. I’ve written to you before about our amazing team of chefs. They’ve trained at some of America’s most prestigious culinary schools but they’ve chosen to dedicate their skills in the kitchen to meeting the …
A Christmas Carol From The Heart – Chester Sings…
Meet Chester Hunt… dedicated PICU nurse at Nationwide Children’s for more than 25 years. I introduced you to Chester’s story several months ago in Little Things. He is an amazing nurse, caring for our most fragile patients but it’s Chester’s …
