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This week, Santa, Mrs. Claus, and our cheerful elves from the ChristianaCare Center for WorkLife Wellbeing brought some holiday magic to our caregivers. They rolled around each campus with their festive "wellbeing wagon," packed full of delicious snacks—both salty and sweet—with treats for all caregivers to enjoy! We are thankful for our extraordinary caregivers who bring comfort and joy to our neighbors and each other, everyday. #HappyHolidays #LoveOfHealth

🌟𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧🌟 Today I joined a laryngectomy support group at ChristianaCare Christiana Hospital where patients trialed our 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐇𝐌𝐄 and ☀️𝐃𝐚𝐲&𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭🌛𝐇𝐌𝐄. While they were satisfied with their current products, they were open to trying something new—and discovered there was an even better solution out there for them! A huge thank-you to Christiana Hospital for inviting me to join their group. If you have patients in the Delaware area, I highly recommend this support group. Christiana's amazing speech-language pathologists, Janet Sechrist and Stefanie Brodowski, even bring treats 🥐! It was also a privilege to have our VP and General Manager, Oliver Krause-Huckleberry, in the field with me. Gaining firsthand feedback from patients and clinicians is invaluable and fuels our mission at InHealth Technologies® 🚀 to keep innovating and improving patient outcomes—one voice at a time 🗣️ ! #Laryngectomy #InHealthTechnologies #ChristianaCare #handsfreespeech #HealthcareInnovation #SupportGroups #SpeakFreeHME #DayAndNightHME

It truly takes a village to host ChristianaCare's annual holiday meal! Our amazing caregivers across our campuses radiated holiday joy while preparing, serving, and enjoying the delicious feast made possible by our Food & Nutrition team and our wonderful partner, Sodexo. The afternoon was filled with laughter, holiday spirit, and a sense of togetherness as our caregivers celebrated our organization and each other with the holidays approaching, and 2025 just around the corner. We are so thankful for all our extraordinary caregivers who serve our neighbors and each other every day with #excellence and #love. #LoveOfHealth #holidaymeal2024

For her outstanding leadership and cutting-edge training strategies, Lauren Hoag is being honored as a 2024 Emerging Training Leader by Training magazine. She is an education team leader in ChristianaCare’s Institute for Learning, Leadership and Development (iLEAD). She will receive her award at the 2025 Training Conference and Expo in February. In the past year, Hoag and her colleagues more than doubled the number of core educational offerings for new hire providers and acute care nurses including three new versions of the resident EMR course to focus on the unique needs of medical residents. Read more: https://ow.ly/1POi50UuUZw #LoveOfHealth #innovation

The ChristianaCare Gene Editing Institute's CRISPR in a Box™ teaching toolkit has been named the #2 innovation on The Scientist’s Top 10 Innovations list for 2024. This cutting-edge toolkit has already empowered over 1,000 students this year, providing a hands-on experience with one of the most exciting technologies in modern science. CRISPR in a Box™ gives students the opportunity to perform a real CRISPR gene-editing experiment in just three hours. The flexible lesson plan allows teachers to integrate the experiment into their curriculum with ease. Along the way, students learn essential lab techniques such as: Centrifugation Bacterial transformation DNA isolation Data analysis of bacterial colonies Micropipetting skills. Read more: https://lnkd.in/ePQg8skr #netDE #LoveOfHealth #geneediting #CRISPR

I had the pleasure of participating in Neumann University’s nursing pinning ceremony. The pinning ceremony is a tradition where nursing students receive a pin, symbolizing their transition from student to professional nurse. As a Neumann University (it was college when I attended 😀) nurse, I was well prepared to enter the profession and I have no doubt the next generation is just as prepared. I even had the please of meeting a future ChristianaCare nurse who will be entering our ED residency in March. Congratulations to all the graduates!

Congratulations Vicky on your retirement after 50 plus years at Christiana Care. Vicky spent 30 years in acute care and the last 20 years in Primary Care. Thank you for your commitment and dedication to the patients and your colleagues and the organization. #AmbulatoryCareNurses make a difference. All the best in your next chapter!!

New moms and their precious little stars were celebrated with a Community Baby Shower at Union Hospital ✨🎀 50 families had the opportunity to learn about community resources available to growing families, enjoy delicious refreshments, take a tour of our Family Birth Center, and meet our caregivers. They also went home with baby toys, diapers, wipes and hand-made blankets & hats donated to us ❤️ We are over the moon to be able to help so many growing families for a second year. Thank you to our caregivers, sponsors, especially APG Federal Credit Union and Patriots Glen Golf Club, and moms for making it a memorable night 🌙 #LoveOfHealth #CecilCountyMD #Maryland #babyshower

Caring is Personal. “Smiles on everyone’s face, clean facilities, consideration for every detail, and exceptional teamwork among everyone. I was overwhelmed with the kind, healing care provided by my caregivers." -Janet ChristianaCare is always here for you, as we were for Janet. The power of philanthropy keeps us close to your home. Your generosity this holiday season helps us to continue to provide the best care to our neighbors. Learn more about giving options, here: https://ow.ly/u3gv50UsC14 #philanthropy #givingback #LoveOfHealth