March 19th is National Certified Nurses Day! The nursing profession is one of the fastest growing occupations in the United States. It’s also one of the most rewarding. National Certified Nurses Day is a national day to honor and recognize the important achievement of all nurses who have gained specialty and sub-specialty certifications. Certification is […]
WakeMed is the second hospital in the U.S. to treat a patient with a potentially breakthrough treatment that uses Supersaturated Oxygen (SSO2) Therapy to reduce damage to the heart muscle after a heart attack. This groundbreaking trial – called the IC-HOT study – offers a new intervention option beyond angioplasty and stenting for heart attacks, which […]
The Raleigh St. Patrick’s Day Parade takes place Saturday, March 12th, and this year, we are excited to announce that one of our wonderful nurses, Kelly O’Doherty, will be leading the parade as Grand Marshal! About Kelly O’Doherty Originally from New Jersey, Kelly has lived in North Carolina since 1998. Prior to that, Kelly participated […]
Watch the history of WakeMed’s journey to become a Magnet Organization. Magnet is an award given by the American Nurses’ Credentialing Center (ANCC) to hospitals that satisfy a set of criteria designed to measure the strength and quality of their nursing.
Today at 2:45 pm, we learned that WakeMed has officially earned Magnet designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. This is a tremendous honor for our organization and a testament to the quality of care we provide to our patients. Magnet designated organizations are proven quality leaders in nursing care and innovation. Magnet organizations have […]
Congratulations to Angela Newman, RN, MSN, CMSRN, for being named a 2015 Woman of Western Wake by Cary Magazine. Nursing director of the Women’s Pavilion & Birthplace at WakeMed Cary Hospital and a Cary resident, Newman was chosen for this award due to her many accomplishments as a nurse leader and contributions to WakeMed Health […]
Thank you to our employees, physicians, friends and neighbors for your support of the 2015 WakeMed Scrub Run. Your participation, donations, time, energy and assistance helped us raise funds for the WakeMed Children’s Hospital through the WakeMed Foundation, and we are truly grateful. Without you, this event, and the benefit to our pediatric patients and their families, would […]
WakeMed congratulates Dr. Bryon Boulton of WakeMed Physician Practices – Carolina Cardiovascular Surgical Associates, Dr. Islam Othman of WakeMed Physician Practices – Raleigh Cardiology and Blair Reynolds of the WakeMed Foundation for being named to the Triangle Business Journal’s elite list of “40 Under 40” for 2015. According to the TBJ, the 40 Under 40 […]
Congratulations Cheryl Palmer for being recognized as the February 2015 DAISY Award Recipient! 4 month old Braylen’s Mom wrote this about you: “The professionalism and compassion that she showed all of our family was a huge blessing. The care she shared with us in teaching us how to take care of a premature infant was […]
As one year ends and another is set to begin, we feel thankful to have the physicians, specialists, nurses, staff, volunteers, resources and community support that allow us to continue working toward our mission of improving the health and well-being of our community by providing outstanding and compassionate care to all. Looking back at 2014, […]
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