First Nursing Home residents in Louth and Meath receive COVID-19 vaccine By Michael Carolan Clinical Nurse Manager Miriam Hilley receiving her COVID-19 vaccination at Our Lady s Hospital in Navan today Meanwhile, a Clinical Nurse Manager at OLH in Navan has become the first person at the hospital to receive the jab
Miriam Hilley, a Clinical Nurse manager working in the COVID Emergency Department at Our Lady’s Hospital in Navan has become the first person to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in the hospital.
Miriam said today, “I feel very privileged to be the first person in Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan to receive the vaccine. I feel a great sense of relief and happiness today. Of course the last year has been difficult but this vaccine brings hope.”
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) Some sites are open for COVID-19 testing on a rolling basis, but this is the first time the San Jose Evergreen Community College Extension at Milpitas hosted a pop-up coronavirus testing site.
Testing started at 11 a.m. and will run until 5:30 p.m. Tuesday with no appointments needed. They have enough tests to accommodate 500 people.
Santa Clara county has averaged more than 110,000 tests a week since the post-thanksgiving surge of COVID-19 cases.
Meanwhile, the county now reports 607 COVID-related deaths since the start of the pandemic, more than any other Bay Area county.
Julian Glover spoke to the nurse running Tuesday s clinic and he said these pop-up testing clinics throughout the county are crucial to making it easier for people to access a test.
Nets dedicate season opener to New York’s essential workers
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As the long anticipated 2020-21 season kicks off Tuesday, the Nets are dedicating their opening night at Barclays Center to the city’s essential workers “who have shown the world what it means to be ‘New York Tough.’”
Throughout the evening, the Nets will highlight and thank “local heroes who have helped lead New York through the early days of the coronavirus pandemic and have continued to serve on the frontlines over the past nine months,” the team announced Tuesday morning.
Those who’ll be honored include medical personnel, nursing home attendants, MTA employees, sanitation workers and others.
A nurse at VCU Health Community Memorial Hospital (VCU Health CMH)was recently honored with
The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses ®. The award is part of the DAISY Foundation s mission to recognize the extraordinary, compassionate nursing care they provide patients and families every day.
Lindsey Satterwhite, RN, BSN, in the Vascular Lab and Brooklyn Procise, RN, in Acute Care were nominated for the award for their contributions to excellent patient care.
The DAISY Award was given to Connie Puryear, RN, BSN, Clinical Nurse II, in Home Health and Hospice, for exemplary care of a patient and their family in their time of need. The daughter of the patient submitted a heart-felt nomination that included, âI saw the relief roll off my parents when Connie walked in the door. She was their angel there to support them. I hope VCU Health CMH is proud knowing Connie is a part of their organization. When our time comes I hope we have an angel like Connie.â