Publicado en: 30/11/2010

From left to right: Janet Bell-Taylor, Director, Patient and Family Services; Jackie Gonzalez, ARNP, MSN, CNAA, FAAN, Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer; Bing Wood, ARNP, MSN, Administrative Director, Critical Care, LifeFlight and Pulmonary; Alex Soto, Member of the Board; Donna Huck, Secretary; Gary Gregory, Chairman of the Board; Jane Bragg, RN, MSN, MBA, CPON, NEA-BC, Director of Psychiatry; Mirtha Gonzalez, MSN, ARNP, Director of NICU and 2 North; Oscar Mesa, Manager, Michael Fux Family Center

Miami, FL - Three Miami Children's Hospital Board Members became the first official “nurse ambassadors,” shadowing selected floor nurses on October 26, 2010 at Miami Children's Hospital. Gary Gregory, Chairman of the Board, Donna Huck, Secretary and Alex Soto, Board Member, began the day with a welcoming breakfast and tour of the hospital’s newest family-friendly enhancement, the Michael Fux Family Center. The board members experienced an in-depth perspective by visiting specific patient care units throughout the hospital while working with the nurses.

 

About Miami Children’s Hospital

Founded in 1950 by Variety Clubs International, Miami Children's Hospital® is South Florida’s only licensed specialty hospital exclusively for children, with more than 650 attending physicians and over 130 pediatric sub-specialists. The 289-bed hospital is renowned for excellence in all aspects of pediatric medicine with several specialty programs ranked among the best in the nation in 2008, 2009 and 2010 by U.S.News & World Report. The hospital is also home to the largest pediatric teaching program in the southeastern United States and has been designated an American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet facility, the nursing profession’s most prestigious institutional honor. 

Acerca de Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Donde Su Hijo es Lo Más Importante™ (2025)

Durante los últimos 75 años, Nicklaus Children's ha sido un faro de esperanza para los niños y las familias en todo el estado de Florida y más allá. Nicklaus Children's Hospital es el #1 independiente, sin fines de lucro y con licencia especializada del sur de Florida exclusivamente para niños y atiende a cerca del 70 por ciento de los niños de la comunidad metropolitana de Miami. En adición, Nicklaus Children's ofrece atención dentro del Hospital NCH North en Naples, la Unidad Pediátrica De George del Jupiter Medical Center y unidades de emergencia pediátricas seleccionadas de Baptist Health South Florida. El hospital y su red de más de 35 centros de atención ambulatoria ofrecen atención vital en los condados de Miami-Dade, Broward, Martin y Palm Beach. Estos centros incluyen una variedad de servicios de urgencias, atención primaria pediátrica y centros de subespecialidades, y son basado en hospitales o centros ambulatorios de Nicklaus Children's Pediatric Specialists, LLC (NCPS). Nicklaus Children's es una filial académica y clínica de Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine y ofrece una fuente de futuros médicos e investigación innovadora. Nicklaus Children's alberga centros de excelencia, como el Helen & Jacob Shaham Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute, el Nicklaus Children's Orthopedic, Sports Medicine and Spine Institute, Nicklaus Children's Neuroscience Institute y el Nicklaus Children's Heart Institute. El hospital con 325 camas es reconocido por su excelencia en todos los aspectos de la medicina pediátrica, y muchos de sus programas han sido clasificados regularmente entre los mejores del país por U.S. News & World Report desde 2008. Nicklaus Children's también cuenta con una filial de práctica médica sin fines de lucro con más de 40 especialidades y un centro de cirugía ambulatoria.