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News from Christiana Care Health System
Features
2 ChristianaCare’ssummersurvivalguide
9 New lounges for hospital patients
10 Virtual reality helps fight effects of chemo
14 FirstepilepsyunitinDelawareopens 16 Usingantibioticswisely
20 Project SEARCH interns graduate
22 Celebratingourvolunteers
25 Mini Medical School now on YouTube 31 GeneEditingInstitutehonored
On the Cover:
Linda Laskowski Jones, APRN, MS, ACNS-BC, CEN, FAWM, FAAN, vice president of emergency and trauma services at Christiana Care and a wilderness medicine expert, offers her tips for staying safe during your outdoor adventures (page 2).
Focus is published monthly by
the Christiana Care Department of External Affairs. Read Focus online at https://news.christianacare.org.
Editor
Shane Hoffman Communications Director
Managing Editor
Pat Ritchie Communications Manager
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Chief Officer of Strategic Communication and Development
Karen Y. Browne
Vice President of Communications
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Excellence 24 in Nursing
Awards
Stay healthy and safe in
the great outdoors with our
Summer Survival Guide
Virtual reality in cancer care
New epilepsy monitoring unit
Mini Medical School online
In Every Issue
8 The Christiana Care Way 33 Calendar of events
34 Extraordinary people
37 Best practice review 38 Pharmacy Services 40 Let’s commit to be fit
THE CHRISTIANA CARE WAY
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