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Committed to Care: amidst dual tragedies, beautiful moments of duty and compassion
In a year marked by a series of disasters and tragedies, 2018 highlighted the very best of what it means to be a part of HCA Healthcare and the communities we are privileged to serve. If last year showed us anything, it’s that we are stronger together. Those words couldn’t be more true for the…
Surviving SCAD: HCA Healthcare cardiac nurse thankful for life after heart attack
Like many women, Jennifer Gaydosh talked herself out of the fact that she was having a heart attack. Researchers say women suffering heart attacks delay seeking treatment at least 37 minutes longer than men. Gaydosh, however, isn’t your typical woman – she’s a cardiac nurse at HealthONE’s Rose Medical Center – and she suffered from…
HCA Healthcare Earns Brandon Hall Group Gold Award for Best Advance in Leadership Development
There’s no better time than now to unlock the endless possibilities of your career at HCA Healthcare. As part of our organization’s Leadership Institute, HCA Healthcare recently earned the 2018 Brandon Hall Group Excellence Gold Award for “Best Advance in Leadership Development” category for its Executive Development Program. HCA Healthcare, in partnership with Harvard Business…
What parents need to know about respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
Influenza (flu) season is in full swing across the country, with 19 states reporting a high-level of flu-like-activity. Unfortunately, that’s not the only virus on the rise this time of year. It’s also the peak period for respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV – a condition that affects mostly children and can be quite serious. HCA…
Top 10 HCA Healthcare stories of 2018
HCA Today published 134 blogs in 2018 and saw more than 240,000 readers to the site. From innovative technologies developed at HCA Healthcare, to an affiliate hospital earning a national nursing honor, to clinicians providing health information on the hottest wellness trends, here’s your chance to catch up on the most-read stories of 2018. Enjoy!…
“Singing nurse” calms patients, spreads cheer at West Valley Medical Center
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. And nothing makes nurse Tommy Rushton happier than to spread holiday cheer by singing to his patients at West Valley Medical Center in Caldwell, Idaho. Rushton, dubbed the “singing nurse” by his colleagues, started his career in hospice care before transitioning to perioperative nursing (i.e. pre- and…