Blue Ridge Area Health Education Center

Let's Celebrate Health Care Facilities & Engineering Week! This year's theme is "Engineered to Make a Difference." Every year, during the last week of October, we honor the important role that facilities and engineering team members have in ensuring a safe and efficient environment for all patients, residents, visitors and staff within hospitals. Their work, although a critical part of hospital operations, often goes unnoticed. National Health Care Facilities & Engineering Week is a time to change this dynamic and shine a spotlight on the important work done by facility departments! #HealthEngWeek

It’s National Respiratory Care Week! #RCWeek21 During the COVID-19 pandemic, Respiratory Therapists have entered the spotlight for their efforts in saving lives. We could not have made it through the last 2 years without their lifesaving work and dedication to patient care. This week, we recognize these contributions and encourage students to pursue a career in Respiratory Care! For more info, visit https://be-an-rt.org/

Congratulations to Wislene Bordenave on her recent completion of our RN Re-entry program. Thank you as well to Northside Forsyth Hospital for hosting Wislene for her rotation. A huge shout out to Ruthann Marwieh and Sara Hawkins for serving as her preceptors. Thank you and good luck, Wislene!

Congratulations to Chi Hoi Yoo on her recent completion of our RN Re-entry program. A huge thank you to Health 1 Medical Group for partnering with us as well as Kim Lee for serving as her preceptor. We are very grateful. Good luck Chi Hoi!!

UNG students with a minor in gerontology have found great career opportunities, and now they will have the chance to earn a nexus degree in applied gerontology with a concentration in family caregiving. "This credential is a way we can further train students to work with older adults across all sectors of our economy," said Dr. Pamela Elfenbein, director of the Institute for Healthy Aging. The nexus degree is a new academic credential and the first new degree program in the U.S. since the 1890s, when the associate degree was added. #UNGleads #InstituteofHealthyAging #nexusdegree

Please join us in celebrating National Caregivers Day with a live Q & A this evening, hosted by Through the Night! #caregiving "We invite caregivers, child care providers, single mothers, and those who support them to celebrate child care providers to this special virtual watch party for a film that is a cinematic love letter to you! National Caregivers Day is a yearly opportunity to show appreciation to caregiving professionals. You spend your time taking care of the people we love, so it’s important to honor you whenever we can."

So proud of these hard working LPN students at Dalton State College!

We will host a free 3-hour virtual training on the Community Resiliency Model- a novel approach in trauma recovery and mental wellness that focuses on biologic... and sensory-somatic techniques- on Thursday, February 25th at 12 pm. 3 contact hours will be awarded. Anyone (not only nurses) wanting to learn the model in order to enjoy a better quality of life or to help others (friends, loved ones, patients, clients) do the same, can register at https://georgianurses.nursingnetwork.com//133833-community We have 15 spots left so hurry up and sign up today! Brought to you by Resilient Georgia, Resilient Middle Georgia and GNA. #GeorgiaNurses #Resilience

Blue Ridge AHEC is proud to sponsor TurningPoint's 2nd virtual forum on Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer Survivorship, which brings together experts in the field to open a conversation and propose solutions on the critical disparity in breast cancer outcomes and survivorship in Black women. The forum is an educational opportunity for physicians, surgeons, rehabilitation professionals and other providers working in the oncology field, and stakeholders in health equity and breast cancer survivorship.

Happy #CVPWeek2021 to all of those that #DontMissABeat

Today is #NationalDonorDay. Keep love alive by signing up to be an organ, eye, and tissue donor online today! https://www.organdonor.gov/register.html