DOH Director of Nursing Discusses the Nature of Public Health, Outreach For National Nurses Week 2023, the Department of Health in Polk County (DOH-Polk) interviewed our Director of Nursing and Community Health Services, Tammy Durden. She has been a nurse for 29 years, and she’s been in the role of director for eight years. Durden […]
by CAROL CORLEY As spring moves toward summer, and the temperatures remain in the mid- to high 90s, we tend to look for ways to stay cool. Drinking a lot of water is always important. But what about treats? Frozen sweet treats sound like a wonderful way to cool off, except for all that sugar
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AdventHealth Orlando Works to Smooth Transition From Student to Nurse by TERESA SCHIFFER Britney Benitez is committed to patient care. She’s also committed to caring for the nurses who provide that care. Benitez is the new Chief Nursing Officer for AdventHealth Orlando, and she has a vision for the hospital that could take holistic care
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by Chelsea Hollier, O.D. May is Healthy Vision Month! Routine eye exams can help your eye doctor prevent, diagnose, and treat vision problems and eye disease in children and adults. In addition, the National Eye Institute recommends several ways to maintain healthy vision. 1. Get an annual dilated eye exam. Having your annual eye exam
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Notable Nurses Speak Straight From the Heart National Nurses Week has been celebrated for more than 40 years. They’re the unsung heroes of health care, yet often they are the ones who interact the most with the patients. Central Florida Health News asked our local health partners to share their amazing nurses with us so
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by TERESA SCHIFFERSponsored by Central Florida Health Care National Nurses Week is officially celebrated May 6-12, but if you talk to Tim Ward at Central Florida Health Care, you’d think it is celebrated every day. “I can brag about our nurses all day long!” he says. “We have some of the most creative and personable
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How Much Do You Know About Giving the Gift of Life? There is a dire need for blood donations in the U.S. as an average of 4.5 million Americans need a blood transfusion every year. The medical community relies on donations as 29,000 pints of donated blood are used every day across the nation. These
We often talk about the importance of advocating for yourself as a patient, but that means checking in on your health and educating yourself enough to know when something could be wrong. That’s an important responsibility for men and women alike. Multiple studies have shown that men visit the doctor far less often than women.
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by JENNIFER GOODSON, LMHC In the past several years, we have seen increased medical care demand for obvious reasons over which we have no control. These were in addition to the present everyday ins and outs of the continuity of care for patients in inpatient and outpatient settings delivered by our healthcare providers. Furthermore, the
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Lakeland, FL – Lakeland Regional Health (LRH) was named as a Level III maternal care verified facility by The Joint Commission in collaboration with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). LRH is currently one of the first facilities in Florida and one of six facilities in the nation to receive this recognition. Lakeland Regional Health underwent
