12 May 2023 SECNAV Names Navy’s First-in-Class Expeditionary Medical Ship after National Naval Medical Center Bethesda Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro announced USNS Bethesda (EMS 1) as the name for the lead ship in the new Expeditionary Medical Ship (EMS(X)) class of ships during his mental health awareness month video. EMS(X) will now be referred to as the Bethesda Class Expeditionary Medical Ship...
12 May 2023 Navy Nurse Corps officers and Nurses featured and feted at NMRTC Bremerton It was a day of selfless service acknowledged. It was a day of junior officers promoted. It was a day of legacy honored.Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton staff gathered May 11, 2023, to commemorate National Nurses Week, May 6-12, and the Navy Nurse Corps 115th birthday, officially...
12 May 2023 Ensuring Sight for Flight at Naval Health Clinic Oak Harbor In conjunction with May recognized by the Defense Health Agency as Health Vision and Hearing Month, Lt. Courtney C. Rafferty, Naval Health Clinic Oak Harbor optometrist, explains the critical importance attached to the monthly theme.“As a Midwesterner who grew up outside of Chicago, it’s been an...
11 May 2023 Walter Reed Nurse, New York native spearheads nurse appreciation exhibit for National Nurses Week Bethesda, MD (May 10, 2023) – This week, Walter Reed is celebrating its nurses in appreciation of National Nurses Week through various events, including the unveiling of a photo wall exhibit inside the medical center’s dining facility, Café 8901.Giovanni Muhammad, a registered nurse at Walter Reed...
10 May 2023 Promoting a Healthy Lifestyle and Improving Readiness of the Fleet (April 19, 2023) Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit Seven (NEPMU-7), NMRTC Rota Population Health Department, and USO Rota hosted a Health Promotion and Wellness (HPW) event at the waterfront, Rota, Spain, April 19, 2023.NEPMU-7 provided knowledge and resources to four ships home-ported...
10 May 2023 Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Pensacola Observes National Nurses Week Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Pensacola observes National Nurses Week, May 6-12.National Nurses Week recognizes all nurses for their contributions and commitment to quality patient care and brings awareness to their vital role as medical care providers to their patients, their...
10 May 2023 National Nurses Week - Cmdr. Mojica Feature Story The Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center (NMCPHC) kicks off National Nurses Week, by honoring all nurses who have served or are currently serving across the DoD. National Nurses Week begins each year on May 6th and ends on May 12th, Florence Nightingale's birthday.During National Nurses Week,...
09 May 2023 Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune Registered Nurse receives National Daisy Award On May 9, 2023, as part of Nurses Week celebrations, Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune leaders and staff gathered to host a Daisy Award Recognition Ceremony.Ms. Renae Vessov, a registered nurse in NMCCL’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is this year's recipient. The winning nomination, was one of 17...
08 May 2023 Walter Reed Holds Blessing of the Hands Ceremony for National Nurses Week WRNMMC, Bethesda, Md. – Walter Reed National Military Medical Center’s Nurse’s Week Committee hosted a Blessing of the Hands ceremony at Walter Reed as a part of the ongoing National Nurses Week celebration, May 8, 2023.“We ask the chaplains to bless our hands because we take care of our patients...
08 May 2023 NAMRU San Antonio hosts 5th Mission Possible JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (May 3, 2023) – Military and support personnel assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio attended the fifth edition of “Mission Possible,” an information-sharing event held at the Battlefield Health and Trauma (BHT) Research Institute.The...