Nursing

5 questions … for Tracy Balazs, president and CEO of Federal Staffing Resources LLC

2013-05-19 00:00:00

Tracy Balazs, the president and CEO of an Annapolis-based staffing firm, was named Entrepreneurial Success of the Year last month by the Baltimore district office of the U.S. Small Business Administration. She founded the company, Federal Staffing...

Senior briefs

2013-05-17 00:00:00

Calendar These activities will be offered at the Annapolis Senior Activity Center, 119 S. Villa Ave. Information: 410-222-1818: Concert Charles Sullivan performs Broadway tunes, American Songbook standards, gospel and more at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, May...

Education briefs

2013-05-17 00:00:00

Internship program Anne Arundel Community College is seeking employers to participate in its internship program. Students get real-world experience and mentoring from leaders in business, industry, government and nonprofit agencies and organizations. For...

Moms Pump Here: A resource for nursing moms

2013-05-15 12:58:00

Danielle's "gift" to me on Mother's Day weekend was calling it quits on nursing. Mornings were the final frontier and she politely declined me both mornings. (Sniff, sniff.) So, I guess I get my body back, and at least it happened gradually and...

Helen Bruce Thomas, volunteer

2013-05-10 11:59:22

Helen Bruce Thomas, a retired nurse and homemaker, died April 23 at the Rogerson House assisted-living facility in Boston of unknown causes. The longtime resident of Phoenix, Baltimore County, was 89. Born Helen Whitridge Bruce in Baltimore, she was...

Construction contract awarded for new HCC nursing, allied health building

2013-05-14 15:35:13

Kinsley Construction Company of York, Pa., was recently selected as the builder of Harford Community College's new Nursing and Allied Health Building. Kinsley was selected for the $13.9 million contract after members of the HCC Board of Trustees reviewed...

HCC Awarded Grant by CareFirst

2013-05-06 06:05:15

Harford Community College has received a $25,000 grant from CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield to support development of an electronic health records system that will bolster training of the institution's nearly 2,200 Nursing and Allied Health students....

HCC Towson Building groundbreaking May 30

2013-05-02 12:09:00

A groundbreaking ceremony will be held May 30 to celebrate the construction of Towson University's satellite classroom building at Harford Community College. The announcement comes about two weeks after the Maryland Board of Public Works approved a...

Diana Tobin to wed Michael Shenk

2013-05-01 00:00:00

Dale and Deborah Tobin of Havre de Grace announce the engagement of their daughter, Diana "Shelly" Tobin to Michael W. Shenk, son of Dee Hewitt of Havre de Grace and Woodrow Shenk of Conowingo. Tobin is a 2006 graduate of Havre de Grace High School...

Adam Thompson 5K Run/Walk at HCC raises $20,000

2013-04-29 06:33:00

More than 350 runners and walkers raised $20,000 Sunday to benefit the Adam Thompson Memorial Nursing Scholarship at Harford Community College and the Adam Thompson Memorial Education Scholarship at Upper Chesapeake Health. The Adam Thompson 5K Run/Walk...

Three Harford fire companies want to double ambulance crews

2013-05-01 13:23:00

Three Harford County fire and EMS companies are asking for more funding from the county government so they can potentially double the size of their ambulance crews, the county's public safety commission chairman Tony Bennett said Monday. The companies...

Farewell 'frenemy' (aka breast pump)

2013-05-01 13:12:00

Today was the first day I did not lug my "frenemy" to work with me. It's liberating. But it's also bittersweet. My frenemy, you see, is my breast pump. Danielle turned 1 earlier this month (more on that in a future post), and has mostly transitioned to...

Pictured from left are Vice President of Patient Care Services/Chief Nursing Officer Donna Clews; Rose Boarman (fifth floor), Outstanding LPN Award; Julia Lark (orthopedics), Medical Surgical Nursing Excellence Award; Brittany Cole (sixth floor), Critical Care Nursing Excellence Award; Tina Aaron

2013-05-19 20:00:00

Air transportation took on a new style in 1930 when the first stewardesses, dressed in uniforms resembling nurses' outfits, began serving passengers their meals with china dishware and silver coffee pots.

2013-05-16 10:21:00

She served as interim chief nursuing officer since last summer. Benjamin spent most of her nursing career at MacNeal.

2013-05-14 10:35:00