Nurses are our largest employee group at Hennepin Healthcare, and are some of the people who have the most contact with our patients, day to day. Hennepin Healthcare would be a very different place without our nurses, and we couldn’t provide quality care and expertise for our patients without them.
Take a look at some of the reasons – by the numbers – that make our nurses so great.
The ongoing national opioid crisis has a devastating effect on our communities and has changed the way our health system approaches treating pain. On average, 115 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose. The experts at Hennepin Healthcare are involved in a number of initiatives to help patients receive the care and pain medications they need, in a safe way. One of these initiatives is to provide access for patients and their caretakers to the life-saving medication naloxone. We are grateful to be ahead of the curve when it comes to prevention and treatment of opioid overdose, thanks to our dedicated staff and initiatives that are helping save patients from death from overdose.
Think strokes just happen to seniors? Think again. A stroke was the last thing healthy Sten Anderson thought would happen to him at the young age of 24. But it did.
This May, being Stroke Awareness Month, you should be aware that a stroke can happen at any time, at any age and even to perfectly healthy people. Sten felt a major headache come on while running on his treadmill and, although there can be different signs of stroke, there are four main ones. Educate yourself because in the case of stroke – time is critical. From the onset of a stroke to the arrival at the emergency room, damage can be minimized the quicker you get there. Move F.A.S.T.
Sten was lucky, but it wasn’t without determination and lots of work. The Hennepin Stroke Center and the Knapp Rehabilitation Center were a big part of his young life. Read Sten’s story.
National Nurses Week is an annual celebration that starts on May 6 and ends on May 12, Florence Nightingale’s birthday. We take this time to honor nurses for the work they do, and learn more about nurses’ role in health care. This year’s theme is “Nurses: Inspire, Innovate, Influence.”
In honor of this year’s theme, we interviewed three nurses across the Hennepin Healthcare system and talked to them about what inspires them to do the work they do.
For more information on National Nurses Week, visit the official National Nurses Week website here – and be sure to thank a nurse at your next visit to Hennepin Healthcare!
As we begin a new era of healthcare, we want to capture our story with a time capsule that will be sealed in our new Clinic & Specialty Center. Staff, patients, and community members are invited to submit ideas for objects and artifacts that represent who we are and the legacy we’ve built so far. Suggestions will be collected until Friday, April 27.
Here are a few of the ideas that have already been submitted:
How to participate
Fill out the suggestion form here with your ideas. Please note the time capsule’s dimensions (19″ x 12″ x 9″). All items placed in the time capsule must be dry and non-perishable. When suggesting items, items made from materials like paper, plastic, and glass may work best.
Time capsule installation
We will compile all the ideas and choose the best items to be placed in the time capsule. The time capsule with these items will then be installed during a celebratory ceremony at the Clinic & Specialty Center. There, the time capsule will stay for the next couple of decades for future generations of Hennepin Healthcare staff and community members to uncover.
We look forward to your ideas!
Our new Clinic & Specialty Center opens on March 26th, and the new facility is spectacular!
The opening of the Clinic & Specialty Center launches a new era of healthcare in Minneapolis, as we combine primary and specialty care, outpatient surgical and procedural care, rehabilitation, radiology and a variety of other services in a state-of-the-art facility designed as a healing environment to meet the needs of our patients.
You’re invited to join us for our Community Open House and see this beautiful facility and learn more about what we will offer our patients and the community.
The Open House will be held Saturday, March 17th from 10 am – 2 pm.
The Clinic & Specialty Center is located at 715 South 8th Street, Minneapolis, Minn.
Parking is available in our parking garage below the building (entrance on Park Avenue between South 8th Street and South 9th Street)
To learn more, visit hennepinhealthcare.org/openhouse
Get a sneak-peak at the building by watching the video below.
A new system identity reflects expanded access for you
We’ve evolved, and we’ve grown. Meeting the ever-changing needs of the community each step of the way. Our system has a new identity, Hennepin Healthcare, to help you understand that we are an integrated system of care – working together to deliver clinical expertise across many locations and services, from primary and specialty care, to home care and hospice, rehabilitation, emergency medical services, inpatient care, outpatient clinics, and more.
With the opening of our Clinic & Specialty Center on March 26th, we’ll change how healthcare is delivered in downtown Minneapolis and offer an extraordinary experience to our patients who entrust us with their care.
We’re here for the emergency and the every day.
We’re here to save lives, and celebrate them too.
We’re here for every minute of every day.
We’re here for life.
Our employees choose to work for Hennepin Healthcare for many reasons. But, together, they make up one amazing integrated system of care – highlighted in the video below.
Visit our new website, hennepinhealthcare.org to learn more about the broad array of clinical services, expertise and offerings we provide the community.
The new Hennepin Healthcare Logo – With a vibrancy that reflects the diverse community we serve, the Hennepin Healthcare logo represents the crispness and precision we bring to our work. The chevrons point inward to the patient – at the center of everything we do. They also radiate outward to reflect our connection to the community. The medical sign in the center reflects our core – serving the varied healthcare needs of our patients.
Guest writer and patient of Hennepin County Medical Center’s Nurse-Midwife team shares some invaluable advice about miscarriages for mothers of angels and their support systems. We are proud to share Megan’s thoughtful and rarely-explored insight from her personal experience with miscarriage. (more…)
