Shands Jacksonville Medical Center has been granted Magnet Recognition by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), an honor granted to only 386 of more than 6,000 U.S. health care organizations.
The Magnet Recognition Program was developed by the ANCC to recognize healthcare organizations that provide nursing excellence and to promote successful nursing practices and strategies. The ANCC is a subsidiary of the American Nurses Association.
More than 1,000 nurses are employed at Shands, including several that work within the hospital’s Healthy Start office. Shands has been a Healthy Start provider for over 10 years.
The hospital underwent a rigorous and lengthy application and review process to receive the Magnet Recognition. It is in effect for four years and can be renewed if an organization reapplies and continues to demonstrate nursing excellence according to quality benchmarks and reporting.
Congratulations to Shands Jacksonville for this high honor.
The Boot Camp for New Dads program in St. Johns County is celebrating their first anniversary with a workshop on July 9.
The workshop is for first-time fathers. To reserve a seat or for more information, call 904.819.4356. It will be held at Gander Mountain Sports on S.R. 16 in St. Augustine.
Utilizing a man-to-man approach, veteran dads and their babies orient rookie dads who are expecting their first baby. The rookies watch the veterans feed, burp, change and care for their babies while hearing their experiences and advice. A strong sense of solidarity quickly develops between these men and peaks when the vets give their babies to the rookies for hands on training.
The Stork’s Nest of Jacksonville is holding an Open House on September 10 at 1 pm.
The Beta Alpha Zeta chapter of the Zeta Phi Beta sorority recently opened the Stork’s Nest at their Northside location: 3805 Moncrief Rd., Jacksonville, FL 32209. The Stork’s Nest seeks to increase prenatal care and education by providing much needed baby and maternity items to local expectant mothers who are at-risk for preterm births.
The organization has registries at Babies ‘R Us and Wal-Mart.
A free webinar looking at the link between breastfeeding and obesity is available to the community through the Breastfeeding Task Force of Miami-Dade, as part of the Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) Project.
The webinar will be June 27th from 3 to 4 pm and will feature Cathy Carothers, the co-director of Every Mother, Inc., a nonprofit organization providing counseling and lactation training for health professionals across the United States.
Participants will gain insight into the science linking breastfeeding and lower obesity rates. Research-driven principles behind interventions outlined in “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Guide to Breastfeeding Interventions” will be explored. Practical tips for implementing these strategies will be provided.
Registration is mandatory and can be completed here.
Photo courtesy of the Dream Foundation
Florida has a wide range of specialty license plates — but only one simultaneously honors a civil rights leader while also providing funding for healthy pregnancies and babies.
The “Live the Dream” specialty plate became available in 2005 and costs $25, with proceeds going to the Dream Foundation. The Dream Foundation then distributes the money between the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, the Community Partnership for Homeless, and two maternal and child health organizations: the March of Dimes, Florida Chapter and the Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions.
Of all the proceeds, 25 percent goes to the March of Dimes for programs and services that improve the health of babies through the prevention of birth defects and infant mortality. Ten percent goes to the Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions, to decrease racial disparity in infant mortality and to increase healthy birth outcomes. Funding is used by local Healthy Start Coalitions — like the Northeast Florida coalition — to provide services and increase screening rates for high-risk pregnant women, infants and women of childbearing age.
The legislation creating the license plate was sponsored by then State Rep. Jennifer Carroll, who is now the Lieutenant Governor.
Shands Jacksonville Medical Center has been granted Magnet Recognition by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), an honor granted to only 386 of more than 6,000 U.S. health care organizations.