The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and ajcjobs are proud to honor nurses who went above and beyond the call of duty in 2007. We received 305 nominations for the 2007 ajcjobs Nursing Excellence Awards. Because the profession is filled with skilled, compassionate and caring people, it was a challenge for the independent panel of judges to narrow the nominees to 10 finalists. From these finalists, three top honorees- Ann Connor, Mary Anne Newkirk and Doretta Thomas-Fleet- were named at an awards luncheon on May 7. All the nurses and the people who nominated them had great stories to tell ... more
"Nurse: A World of Care," is a powerful look at nursing around the globe. Published by Emory University, with the support of Johnson & Johnson's Campaign for Nursing's Future and the Lillian Carter Center for International Nursing, it took three years to put the book together.
The idea for the book had been in Marla Salmon's head for a long time. Salmon, Sc.D., RN, FAAN, dean of the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University, was senior editor for the project ... more
In April, nationally known hot-rod driver Melanie Troxel made a pit stop in Snellville at a charity for medically fragile children.
Troxel, head of the Gotham City Racing Team, showed off her white Dodge Charger Nitro funny car to some of the kids at the corporate headquarters of Dream House for Medically Fragile Children Inc., a nonprofit organization that helps children transition from hospitals ... more