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Ice cream social brings smiles to patients

HCPro's Weekly Update on the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program®*, January 29, 2008

Jean Weaver, RN, BSN, was looking for ways to lessen the disappointment felt by a 9-year-old boy in the pediatric hematology/oncology unit as he missed outdoor activities during his hospitalization at Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children in Falls Church, VA. She came upon Edy's Slow Churned Neighborhood Salute contest while browsing the Internet and decided to enter, explaining to the judges that although the hospital was not a neighborhood, it was a family and it was filled with children who would enjoy ice cream.

Out of 17,000 content entries, Weaver was one of 1,500 winners who received an ice cream social, this one held at Inova Fairfax Hospital, an ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® redesignation recipient in 2006. Edy's delivered 12 cartons of ice cream, along with cups, sprinkles, tablecloths, and scoops. With more than enough ice cream to serve the 20-bed unit, Weaver invited patients from other units and those who were hospitalized when she first entered the contest, including the boy who inspired her to enter. Nurses also took ice cream to patients who were unable to leave their beds. According to Weaver, the ice cream social brought smiles to nurses, patients, and their families.

Source: Nurse.com

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