for the children

The Centers is excited to announce the newest addition to services to assist youth statewide in di cult placement situations. The organization’s new shelter care program, one of just a few in Florida, will provide a temporary place to live for youth ages 10-17 struggling with social issues. The youths that the program will serve normally have no other place to go. The Centers is working to ensure these children and teens who are in between permanent placement will have a safe place to stay. As part of the program, The Centers is partnering with the Florida Department of Children and Families, which will place youths looking for foster care or waiting for new foster placement into the program. The organization is also partnering with Kids Central, Inc. to provide a temporary residence for KCI’s displaced children in dependency care.

“We are looking forward to playing our role in turning around the lives of displaced children in Florida,” says The Centers CEO and Medical Director Donald J. Baracskay II.

A Nod To Nurses

West Marion Community Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit has earned the 2017 Unit of Distinction (UOD) Award in an annual program that recognizes and rewards exemplary nursing units at HCA Healthcare a liate facilities. The “Unit of Distinction” designation is achieved through measurable, exemplary performance in the strategic areas of Advocacy and Leadership, Consistency in Nursing Practice and Operations, and Leveraging Scale to Drive Performance.

“The Unit of Distinction Award recognizes and celebrates excellence in nursing and acknowledges that it takes a high-performing team of nurses demonstrating a high level of commitment to achieve results like these,” says Jane D. Englebright, Ph.D., RN, CENP, FAAN, HCA Chief Nurse Executive and Senior Vice President.

congrats!

Professor Deborah Becker at the College of Central Florida was recently presented the Ernest L. Boyer International Award for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Technology at the Association of Florida College’s International Conference on College Teaching and Learning. People nominated for the Boyer Award must have made contributions with broad, significantly positive e ects on student learning, motivation and creativity beyond their own departments and institutions. Becker is an associate professor in the Associate Degree Nursing program at CF. Her innovative spirit and desire to create evidence-based learning activities were cited as contributing to the establishment of a state-of-the art simulation program at CF.