Sometimes babies are so peaceful and quiet in the backseat that we can forget they are even there, and it can be tempting to leave a sleeping baby in the car so we don’t have to wake them up while we quickly run into the store. But leaving a child alone in a car can […]
Physician Partners, In honor and celebration of Doctors’ Day, we offer our heartfelt gratitude to you for all you do. On behalf of our Board of Directors and the entire WakeMed family, I want to thank you for everything you do for your patients, for this community and for WakeMed. The personal sacrifices you and your loved ones […]
North Carolina is known for being “first in flight,” and now it will also be known as “first in unmanned flight”. On Tuesday, March 26, 2019, WakeMed made history, taking part in pioneering a medical drone program in Wake County, NC with UPS. The drone flight, which took place at WakeMed’s Raleigh Campus, marks the first time […]
As we celebrate National Certified Nurses Day and our 41.26% of WakeMed Nurses who hold specialty certifications, I want to share some resources that can support your own certification journey and thank the WakeMed Foundation and employee donors who help support these efforts each year. Because of dollars donated to the Helton Scholarship Endowment & […]
WakeMed is pleased to welcome Executive Chef, Adam Smith, to the team! Below, we did a little Q&A where Chef Adam chatted with us about his culinary background, entertained some fun questions, talked candidly about what inspired him to become a chef, and shared his hopes for how his new role at WakeMed will impact […]
The flu & other viral illnesses are currently widespread in the community; and when sick people visit our patients, they put both our staff and our patients at risk for infection. Due to the high number of flu cases in our area, we have implemented widespread visitor restrictions throughout the entire WakeMed hospital system beginning Friday, […]
Among many other community outreach activities this fall, WakeMed provided flu vaccines to homeless and under-served individuals at area shelters as part of the ongoing Homeless Grand Round Lecture Series. Through this series, WakeMed providers offer lectures in local shelters, providing health education to hundreds of our community’s homeless residents. In the evolving world of […]
Tiffany and Thomas Sinodis of Cary were over the moon in February 2017 when they found out they were expecting twins. But just a few months later, in May, Tiffany started experiencing complications that lead to a completely different pregnancy journey than she had planned on. After a series of tests, the OB-GYN physicians at […]
Fragile newborns need the best possible nutrition to grow and develop into healthy infants. A mother’s breast milk is best, but many times critically ill and premature babies can’t breastfeed, and their mothers are frequently unable to pump enough milk for them. Dr. Jonathan Seigel is a neonatologist and medical director of WakeMed Mother’s Milk Bank. According to […]
Yentel Newsome, NAII, (WakeMed Children’s Emergency Department) received the Erin’s Campaign for Kids Nursing Award through the Sepsis Alliance. Named in honor of Erin Kay Flatley, who died from sepsis at age 23, Erin’s Campaign for Kids aims to combat the high incidence and mortality rates of sepsis among children. The campaign creates awards and […]
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