On June 13 Anna Hauenstein, MSN, RN, CPNP-AC, CPN, was recognized as Akron Children’s nominee for the 2018 American Nurses Credentialing Center National Magnet Nurse of the Year Award. Anna was nominated for her outstanding contribution as a patient care clinician in the Magnet Model component of Exemplary Professional Practice. According to Magnet Coordinator Meghan […]
Archives for July 2018
Max’s cleft palate journey continues with success
My son, Max, was born in the middle of a November blizzard in 2008 with a bilateral cleft lip and palate. Rewind to our 20 week ultrasound, where we were excited to find out his gender but were surprised to instead learn that he had a cleft. The tech was certain about his lip but […]
Employee Foundation Council names scholarship winners
Congratulations to the 12 deserving high school graduates who were recently awarded the Employee Foundation Council’s (EFC) prestigious Hagey Scholarship. Now in its 49th year, the Hagey scholarship recognizes children and dependents of employees with a $1,500 scholarship to put toward their higher education expenses. Recipients are selected by 3 independent judges who have no […]
Akron Children’s celebrates Air Bear’s 10th anniversary
The memory that sticks with Sarah Traw was the calming effect the Air Bear medical helicopter crew had on her after it arrived at Mercy Health St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital. Sarah’s 9-year-old child, Jocelyn, had been hit by a pickup truck July 1 while riding a bike in front of their house in Mineral Ridge, […]
Juvenile arthritis treatment offers hope for afflicted toddler
Kelli and Andrew Slater’s bouncy toddler seemed to change overnight. Addison was running and jumping one day. Then she stopped. She would no longer stand in her crib as usual after waking from a nap. “She had always been very physical,” Kelli said. “But she all of a sudden wanted to stay on the couch. […]
Teen Group for oncology patients finds a friend in NBA’s Matthew Dellavedova
The “Teen Group” at Akron Children’s Hospital’s Showers Family Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders is a support group for oncology patients who have been or are being treated at Akron Children’s. I was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL, which is a childhood cancer of the bone marrow and blood) when I was 16 years old. […]
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