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| Extraordinary People Kandie Dempsey receives Outstanding Administrator Award
Kandie Dempsey, DBA, MS, RN, OCN, director of Cancer Research at the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute, received the National Cancer Institute Community Oncology Research Network’s Outstanding Administrator Award at the organization's 2018 annual meeting in Bethesda, Maryland.
from National Cancer Institute
“Kandie Dempsey
is a model leader in cancer research clinical trials. Her reputation
on the national scale
is outstanding,” said Nicholas J. Petrelli,
M.D., Bank of America endowed medical director of the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute.
“She directs a flawless clinical trials program that has been funded throughout her career — a rarity in academic circles,” Dr. Petrelli said. “The Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute and Christiana Care are better because of her presence and leadership."
“This award recognition is the pinnacle of my career and there is no other national award that is more esteemed in my profession,” Dempsey said.
More than 3,000 research sites across the United States and Canada currently enroll in the National Cancer Institute's Clinical Trials Network with 46 administrators across the nation leading community sites.
Dempsey has led the clinical trials program at Christiana Care for more than 20 years.
“During this time, our accrual percentages have increased from the single digits to now over 28 percent,” she said. The national accrual rate is between three percent and five percent.
Dempsey has written several grants that resulted in close to $25 million in funding for cancer research at Christiana Care, which is approaching a milestone of 10,000 protocol participants accrued to National Cancer Institute trials since 1987, when the program was originally funded.
She also has held multiple high level leadership roles for cancer research organizations nationally, including the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology, the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the Oncology Nur“sing Society. 
Kandie Dempsey is a model leader in cancer research clinical trials. Her reputation on the national scale is outstanding.
Jane James appointed nurse manager, Wilmington Hospital 5N
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Jane James, MSN, RN-BC, has been appointed nurse manager of 5N at Wilmington Hospital.
James assumes 24-hour accountability and responsibility for the medical unit’s excellence in the clinical practice of nursing and the delivery of patient care.
She joined Christiana Care in 2003 and has held previous nursing positions with progressively higher levels of responsibility, including most recently as an assistant nurse manager of the 4N/5W medical unit since 2016.
She is a member of the Acute Medicine Service Line Pain Team and Falls Team. She has been a Joint Commission liaison and active participant in the Nihon Kohden Cardiac Monitor Project and Blood Pressure Ambassador program and a super user for various improvements made throughout Christiana Care.
James received her master’s degree in Nursing Education and Nursing Leadership from Wilmington University and her bachelor’s degree in Nursing from Immaculata University. She currently is enrolled at Walden University seeking a Ph.D. in Nursing Education.
She reports to Michael Knorr, MSN, RN, PCCN, vice president, Patient Care Services, Acute Medicine. 
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