Sarasota Memorial celebrated Nurses’ Week (May 6 – 12) with a full slate of activities. The highlight of the week was the naming of the 10 winners of the 2012 Nurse of Excellence Awards and the four honorees for the 2012 Patient Care/Multi-Skilled Techs of Excellence Awards. Singled out by hospital leaders and peers [...]

The keys to effective communication What stops true, genuine, healthy communication? What are the struggles to give it and receive it? How do I say what I need to say as a direct, empathic sharing? Effective communication can be very challenging for several reasons: – it was never taught or learned – a fear that saying what [...]

 Crews are making quick work of installing the new “Sarasota Memorial Hospital” sign on the east face of the Courtyard Tower.  Although the installation will be completed this week, the sign won’t be illuminated until closer to the opening of the new patient bed tower in 2013.

Come join us at Healthy Start Coalition’s Annual Community Baby Shower! – A fun and free event for pregnant women and new moms with infants up to 1 year old. The 18th Annual Sarasota Community Baby Shower will be held on Saturday, May 12th, at the Boys and Girls Club of Sarasota.

With the opening of the nine-story Courtyard Tower a little more than a year away, we thought it would be interesting to hear what hospital staff have to say about the new building.  This post features Chaplain John Gerhardt as he shares his thoughts about the non-denominational chapel that will be located on the first [...]

1. Many women do not produce enough milk. Not true! The vast majority of women produce more than enough milk. Indeed, an overabundance of milk is common. Most babies that gain too slowly, or lose weight, do so not because the mother does not have enough milk, but because the baby does not get the [...]

There’s no “one-size-fits-all” solution to weight loss. Different things work for different people, but when you find a healthy program that leads to success, stick with it. That’s what Stacey Lukkarila did. Stacey, a hospitality liaison for Sarasota Memorial’s Diabetes Treatment Services, lost more than a hundred pounds over the past year and a half. [...]

In association with the Sarasota Memorial Hospital Pediatrics Unit and the support of the Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation and the Southside Village Business Association, the medical students of Florida State University will be holding a toy drive to benefit the pediatrics inpatient unit at Sarasota Memorial. During the summer, SMH’s pediatric unit often finds itself [...]

After several years of planning and research, Sarasota Memorial is excited to be in the final stages of installing 40 solar panels on the roof of the Waldemere Tower.  The panels will produce an average of 1,000,000 BTUs of heated water per day which will be used to supplement the hospital’s air conditioning and heating [...]