Spring 2013

Coordinating Care to Help the Elderly

Nurses Decrease Readmissions, Empower Patients by Jennifer L.W. Fink In 2011, Nilda Crespo de Ortiz was admitted to Howard County General...
Past Issues | 05/29/13

Supply and Demand

Patient Flow Initiative Coordinates Patient Discharge by Sara Michael Finding available patient beds at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical...
Past Issues | 05/29/13

Practice Model Updated

Revised Model Defines Hopkins Nursing Practice by Jennifer Walker When international nurses, such as those from the Hong Kong Health...
Past Issues | 05/29/13

Monkey Business

A Chat with a Hopeful Hopkins Hero by Rebecca Proch There are monkeys living in the atrium lobby of the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Care...
Past Issues | 05/29/13

Safe and Silent

Alarm Committee Wins National Award by Jennifer L.W. Fink Long before anyone had heard the term “alarm fatigue,” Maria Cvach, MSN, RN,...
Past Issues | 05/29/13

The American Nurse Project

Assistant professor Sharon Kozachik, PhD, RN, autographed copies of The American Nurse at a book signing at The Johns Hopkins Hospital on...
On the Pulse | 05/29/13

December to Remember

For the 61 students who graduated on December 14, 2012 at the School of Nursing, the ceremony was a momentous occasion regardless of its...
On the Pulse | 05/29/13

Hopkins Launches Sleep Center

More than one-quarter of U.S. adults suffer from sleep disturbances that contribute to life-threatening illnesses such as cardiovascular...
On the Pulse | 05/29/13

A Little Luck Never Hurts

Nursing’s first JHU Distinguished Professor In a speech to celebrate her selection as a Johns Hopkins University Distinguished Professor,...
On the Pulse | 05/29/13