by Gedi | Apr 12, 2020 | Blog, Coronavirus, Covid19, GEDI, Global, Patient Experience, Patient safey, Telemediine, Virtual health
Telemedicine and/or telehealth usually refers to a virtual visit by the provider to a distant patient or a patient to a distant provider or a specialist. This is easily understood if one lives in a rural state or more remote area of the country. In such cases virtual...
by Gedi | Mar 5, 2020 | AIHA, Blog, GEDI, Global, INLI, International, Leadership, Nurses Week, Royal College of Nursing
As we continue our year-long celebration of nursing it is only fitting to celebrate those individual nurses who have left their mark on their community. Let me introduce Gabriela Bocec, a former nurse from Romania who came into my life over twenty years ago. In June...
by Gedi | Feb 9, 2020 | Blog, Evolution, Florence, GEDI, Global, INLI, International, Leadership, Nurses Week
We honor the African-American Nurses who created a path for others to follow. Thanks, J&J, and ANA, for this reminder. Let’s also remember, and honor, Mary Seacole, Estelle Massey Osborne, Harriet Tubman, Estelle Massey Osborne, Hazel W. Johnson-Brown, Susie...
by Gedi | Feb 1, 2020 | Blog, Evolution, Florence, Global, INLI, Magnet Journey to Excellence, Nurses Week, Patient safey
Colleen Marzilli, PhD, DNP, RN-BC, CCM, PHNA-BC, CNE, NEA-BC is a GEDI Board Member and Assistant Professor, University of Texas – Tyler, Nursing. This year, 2020, is the year of the nurse, and that is something to celebrate! Nurses work with people at their...
by Gedi | Jan 1, 2020 | AIHA, Blog, Certification, GEDI, Global, INLI, International, Leadership, Magnet, Magnet Journey to Excellence, Nurses Week, Patient Experience
As we ring in a New Year, we also hear the “ring” of a special tone…that tone is “Year of the Nurse.” This is a special time for nurses and nursing, across the country and around the globe. In 2020, we celebrate the 200th birthday of...
by Gedi | Dec 18, 2019 | AIHA, Blog, GEDI, Global, Magnet, Magnet Journey to Excellence
I still remember the day in 2002 when Linda Aiken of the University of Pennsylvania worked with voluntary partners among ANCC-recognized Magnet hospitals to forge relationships with four hospitals in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Armenia. Known as The...
