Photo by Bernard Little | Walter Reed National Military Medical Center | 11.06.2023
Retired Army Lt. Col. Kristine Timmerman, a perioperative nurse at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC), simply says she became a nurse, “to serve.”...
Photo by Deidre Smith | Naval Hospital Jacksonville | 11.03.2023
JACKSONVILLE, Fl. (November 03, 2023) -Lt. Candace Stover (left), a perioperative nurse at Naval Hospital Jacksonville, reviews the day’s schedule for the operating rooms with Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Hayley Widows and Lt. Kendall Lee. Stover, a native of Denver, Colorado, says, “In the OR we are a team and work together to provide safe patient care.” Perioperative Nurse Week is Nov.......
Photo by Douglas Stutz | Naval Hospital Bremerton/Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Bremerton | 11.18.2022
Bedside manner at the ready... Lt. Cmdr. Thomas Kaster, Naval Hospital Bremerton Main Operating Room department head, has recently been announced as the assistant specialty leader for Navy Medicine's perioperative nursing community. Kaster, along with Cmdr. Lacy Gee, a former Naval Hospital Bremerton Main OR staff member selected as Perioperative Specialty Leader, were noted to be......
Photo by Deidre Smith | Naval Hospital Jacksonville | 01.06.2021
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 6, 2021) - Lt. Cmdr. Jasmyne Irizarry, a perioperative nurse at Naval Hospital Jacksonville, opens a sequential compression device for a patient prior to surgery. Irizarry recently earned advanced standing as a Certified Surgical Services Manager and CNOR advanced perioperative certification. Naval Hospital JacksonviIle has been recognized as a "CNOR Strong" facility......
Photo by Maria Christina Yager | Blanchfield Army Community Hospital | 07.09.2020
Clarksville, Tennessee native Ms. Patty Vaughn, recently retired from federal service after 32 years of serving Soldiers, retirees and family members at Blanchfield Army Community Hospital. Vaughn said she was thankful for the opportunity to have served at BACH for 30 years, taking care of the best, most deserving patients in the world – Soldiers and their families, both active duty and......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jacob Sippel | Naval Hospital Jacksonville | 07.25.2019
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (July 25, 2019) – Cmdr. Matthew Graser, a perioperative nurse at Naval Hospital Jacksonville, mentors a colleague on preoperative care. Graser, a native of Marietta, Georgia, was awarded NH Jacksonville’s Culture of Patient Safety Award for fostering a culture of safety and high reliability. “Patient safety is the foundation of superior healthcare. Striving to exceed......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jacob Sippel | Naval Hospital Jacksonville | 11.15.2018
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Nov. 15, 2018) – Juanita Belis, a perioperative nurse at Naval Hospital Jacksonville’s operating room, aseptically opens a package of sterile sutures with the scrub tech. Belis, a native of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, says “As a perioperative nurse, you learn quickly that teamwork is of the utmost importance. We work as one and we all have to be on the same page......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jacob Sippel | U.S. Navy | 05.11.2018
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (May 11, 2018) (right) Cmdr. George Mendes, Naval Hospital Jacksonville chaplain, blesses Lt. Jessica Naranjo, a perioperative nurse, during a Blessing of the Hands ceremony on May 11 at the hospital, as part of National Nurses Week (May 6-12). National Nurses Week is celebrated in commemoration of the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. The......
