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McLeod Loris Seacoast Nurse Residents Graduate
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McLeod Loris Seacoast graduated the third cohort of nurse residents on March 17. These nurses have recently graduated from accredited nursing programs and are just beginning their careers as registered nurses. The Nurse Residency Program helps develop new nurses and fosters relationships with their team members over the course of the six-month program. Each cohort identifies an evidence-based practice project that they work on throughout the program. The findings of that project are presented to the Quality and Safety Department at the end of the program with the goal of improving patient care. Graduates of the 2022 McLeod Loris Seacoast Nursing Residency Program are: Madison Cribb, RN; Holly Fulford, RN; Chloe Hewett, RN; Samantha King, RN; Arin Owens, RN; Katie Parkins, RN; Jenna Silberman, RN; Victoria Singletary, RN; Anna Smith, RN; Alexis Suggs, RN; Jessicah Todd, RN; Amanda Vansant, RN; Christopher Ward, RN; Whitney Ward, RN; and Sidney Williams, RN.
build housing for homeless veterans in our area. The project is an ambitious plan to develop a series of tiny home housing communities to support and assist homeless veterans as they work to find jobs and housing and transition back into being contributing members of the community. As a long-time friend of the Calabash Elks Lodge, the Resource Center is a private, all-volunteer, nonprofit South Carolina Corporation unaffiliated with any government agency, including the Veterans Administration. They help veterans obtain benefits to which they are entitled; provide job placement assistance; help with obtaining treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) issues; help with housing needs; provide financial counseling; and assist with general life adjustment issues.
Calabash Elks Lodge Donates to Committee to Honor American Veterans The Calabash Elks Lodge Charity Golf Tournament recently made a $1,500 donation to the Committee to Honor American Veterans in Sunset Beach. The Committee to Honor America’s Veterans (CHAV) is a group of local residents who are working to build a Veterans’ Memorial in Brunswick County to commemorate and properly recognize our veterans, past, present and future, for their contributions to the protection of our nation and its citizens as well as the preservation of freedom throughout the world. The CHAV Veterans Assistance Program (VAP) works with local organizations to provide assistance to local veterans and service members in need.
Ribbon Cutting for Carolinas Staffing Solutions Calabash Elks Lodge Donates to Veteran’s Resource Center
On April 12 Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house to celebrate Carolinas Staffing Solutions’ 20th anniversary. Carolina Staffing Solutions, located at 4480 Main Street in Shallotte, is a full-service company that provides quality employees to customers in every phase of business.
Dosher Names New Nursing Director for Patient Care Unit CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
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South Brunswick Magazine
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The Veteran’s Affairs Committee (VAC) of Calabash Elks Lodge 2679 recently made a $11,500 donation to the Veterans Welcome Home and Resource Center (VWHRC) in Little River. This donation, combined with their October 2021 donation of $3,500, completes their pledge of $15,000 to sponsor a Tiny Home as part of the VWHRC campaign to
Jill Stenson, MSN, RN, CENP has recently accepted the position of patient care director for the Dosher Patient Care Unit. Stenson has served in this role in an interim capacity since January 2022 and brings more than 24 years of nursing leadership experience. She has a background in critical care, serving as a staff nurse in ED/ICU settings and as
