Orange Regional Medical Center Celebrates National Nurses Week
Starting May 6
Middletown, NY – Nurses make a life-saving difference, and Orange Medical Center is proud to celebrate the contributions of its outstanding nursing team during National Nurses Week, May 6-12, 2020.
“Nurses provide specialized, state-of-the-art care that advances our region’s quality of life,” said Lisa Oldham, Chief Nursing Officer & VP Patient Care Services, Orange Regional Medical Center. “Our nurses put patients first in every aspect. Whether nurses are using their knowledge to help an appreciative patient recuperate or providing comfort and support during a time of stress or performing life-saving measures, they make an unforgettable difference.”
The COVID-19 pandemic has spotlighted the extraordinary importance of nurses’ expertise, service and compassion. Nurses at Orange Regional Medical Center have responded to this unprecedented challenge by being even more devoted to their core mission: providing our patients the exceptional care they expect and trust when they need it most. They do so because nursing is more than a job – it’s a calling. Their reward is patients’ health, comfort and well-being.
National Nurses Week, an annual observance, highlights the importance of nursing and is an opportunity to express appreciation for nurses’ exceptional care. The birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, is May 12, 1820. Nurses Week always ends on May 12, and this year will mark her 200th birthday.
Orange Regional Medical Center is a Magnet Recognized hospital, the highest and most prestigious distinction a hospital can earn for nursing excellence and high-quality patient care.
To join our team, visit ormc.org/careers.
About Orange Regional Medical Center
Orange Regional features seven floors of state-of-the-art technology and provides 383 beds and employs approximately 3,300 healthcare professionals. In addition to inpatient services, highlights of Orange Regional include a cancer center and a five-story outpatient services building on the main campus, featuring Orange Regional Medical Group with primary care and specialty physicians, urgent care, outpatient surgical and diagnostic services and more. Orange Regional was named by Healthgrades as one of the 100 best hospitals nationally for cardiac intervention and General Surgery and was a recipient of the Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award™. Orange Regional also achieved the Healthgrades 2019 and 2020 America’s 250 Best Hospitals Award™ placing the hospital in the top 5 percent of more than 4,500 hospitals assessed nationwide for its superior clinical performance. In 2017, Orange Regional was named the Most Beautiful Hospital in the US and is recognized by US News & World Report as a Best Regional Hospital. It is a recipient of the Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite; a designated Magnet hospital recognizing excellence in Nursing and its Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system has achieved Stage 7; the highest level on HIMSS Analytics’ EMR adoption model. Orange Regional Medical Center (ORMC) is an Academic Affiliate of the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine. It is also a member of the Greater Hudson Valley Health System (GHVHS), which is recognized by Ethisphere as one of the 2018 and 2019 World’s Most Ethical Companies. To learn more about ORMC, visit www.ormc.org.
Photos:
--Lisa Oldham
--Orange Regional Medical Center nurses, left to right, Linda Lulgjuraj-Zadrima, RN, and Erica Vollano, RN. (Spellings are correct.)