Health & Wellness
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An RN, a BSN and a DVR
For the last year and a half, January Lane could be found wearing one of two things: Her nursing scrubs — or her pajamas. But don’t think for a second that January, a staff RN in the neo-natal ICU at Sentara Princess Anne Hospital and a RN-to-BSN student at the Sentara College of Health Sciences, … Continue Reading
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Sentara Community Benefits Across Virginia
The 2011 Annual Sentara Community Benefits Report is now available for the first time online by logging on to http://www.sentara.com/communitybenefitsreport. In 2011, Sentara provided more than $214.5 million in community benefits. This investment back into the people we serve comes in many forms. We include uncompensated patient care, the teaching and training of healthcare professionals … Continue Reading
Invest in Breast Health Now
What better time to invest in your breast health? Sentara Cancer Network is hosting a day of indulgence for women at Sentara Port Warwick Saturday, May 5. Women of all ages are welcome to enjoy chair massages, a healthy cooking demonstration, health screenings, and timely lectures. On display will also be Quilts of Courage—a collection … Continue Reading
Introducing Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center
Sentara Healthcare announces that Potomac Hospital is now Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center. “The decision to introduce a new hospital name was prompted by the many positive changes made at Potomac Hospital over the past two and a half years since joining Sentara Healthcare,” says Megan Perry, president of Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center and … Continue Reading
More Bang for Your Buck
Occupational Medicine Specialty is Focused on Taking Care of Employees in the Workplace. In today’s era of tight business budgets and a sluggish economy, employers are charged with maintaining the health of the organization’s bottom line along with the health of its most valuable asset–their employees. It’s a tall order! Yet, one medical specialty called, … Continue Reading
Are you present at work?
How the EAP can help improve your productivity at work. We all know our personal lives can impact our professional lives and vice versa. Are you finding it difficult to concentrate at work because of personal issues at home? Employers have a word for it—it’s called presenteeism. It’s a relatively new term that refers to … Continue Reading
Practice, practice, practice
Sentara and the Navy partner in disaster preparedness exercise. “You do what you practice,” says Bill Brown, Sentara Manager of Disaster & Emergency Management. Sentara Hospitals are involved in numerous exercises annually to help train staff and to gain experiences working with community partners. Sentara and NAS Oceana recently took part in an exercise to … Continue Reading
Rotator cuff tendon can wear down
Just like a pair of jeans Admittedly, she waited too long to see a doctor about the grinding and aching in her shoulder that awakened her in the night. At age 50, Cindy Duncan thought arthritis or bursitis was causing the pain. Those were possibilities; she wasn’t a professional or even serious athlete, after all. … Continue Reading
Schedule your cancer screening!
Did you know if you wait for symptoms of colorectal cancer to appear, it could be too late? Darnell Thoroughgood waited. At age 50, he refused to get a colonoscopy like his doctor suggested. Some of the highest mortality rates from colorectal cancer happen right here in Hampton Roads. Portsmouth, Western Tidewater and Chesapeake top … Continue Reading
New tool helps roadmap body
Doctors at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital and Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center are using new tool, similar your car’s GPS, to navigate the lungs of their patients. One recent morning, a 72-year-old woman went into a procedure room at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. A spot on her lung, called a nodule was questionable and doctors wanted a … Continue Reading
