For as long as Deb Young, Ask Children’s nurse in Children’s After Hours, can remember, she’s been captivated by babies of all kinds. Her mother recognized her softheartedness, allowing Deb to bring home stray kittens, rescue abandoned baby birds and bunnies and care for the neighbor’s younger children. By the time Deb graduated from high […]
Always an educator, Jane Holloway’s next lesson plan is to focus on retirement
Sometimes, good things happen unexpectedly. Jane Holloway, staff nurse at Montrose Urgent Care, wanted to be an elementary school teacher, but got married and began raising a family instead. On a whim, she filled out a nursing school application. Two weeks later, she began nursing classes. Looking back, Jane considers that impulsive decision one of […]
KeyBank Foundation awards $1 million to Akron Children’s Hospital nursing diversity program
KeyBank Foundation has awarded $1 million over five years to Akron Children’s Hospital’s Assuring Success with a Commitment to Enhance Nurse Diversity (ASCEND) Program. The ASCEND Program works to improve nursing diversity. A recent study from the National County of State Boards of Nursing found that 93% of Registered Nurses are female, and 83% are […]
ASCEND program enhances nurse diversity among new hires
In 2015, Akron Children’s launched a program called ASCEND (Assuring Success with a Commitment to Enhance Nurse Diversity) with the goal of promoting a more diverse nursing workforce at the hospital. The 10-week summer internship, designed for nursing students entering their senior year, provides students professional development opportunities, hands-on nurse-related activities and the potential for […]
A Day in the Life of a Certified Nurse
Certified Registered Nurse Renee Carver takes a lot of pride in what she does. It’s one of the reasons she actively precepts nursing students and also was a motivating factor in her decision to pursue nursing board certification a few years ago. Board certification is the formal process through the American Nurses Credentialing Center that […]
Awesome nursing experience for me
Akron Childrens Hospital was my very first employer as a new registered nurse in 1988. I came to this hospital excited to learn and ready to soak up all the new things I could retain. I was given assignment to 5 West- Adolescent chronic illness and psychiatric area. I learned so much under the supervision […]
