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The Children’s Hospital and the University of Colorado Hospital announced recently a Letter of Intent (LOI) as an important first step toward the development of a preeminent maternal-fetal/neonatal medicine program to be located at The Children’s Hospital.

Laughing with Elizabeth...Commentary by Elizabeth Bussey Sowdal, RN

Todd Conklin has joined Exempla Healthcare as the Senior Vice President and CFO. Todd has served in various CFO / Vice President of Finance roles and has over 21 years of health care experience.

Jennifer Richer, PhD, associate professor of Pathology at the University of Colorado Denver and member of the University of Colorado Cancer Center Hormone Related Malignancies Program, has been awarded a Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Idea Award for her project, "MicroRNA-200c: A Novel Way to Attack Breast Cancer Metastases by Restoring the Epithelial Phenotype."

Health Care Reform... by Dr. Linda Mundorff MPH, MSN, ND, RN, CNC, CTN

Kathy Boyle, RN, Ph.D., was recently named Chief Nursing Officer at Denver Health. She will assume her new role January 20, 2009.

It goes without saying that it takes a special kind of person to be a nurse. Someone who with a smile can empty bed pans, calm a frantic patient, comfort a grieving loved one, day after day without fatigue or complaints.

Editor’s Note: The following letter is in response to Denver’s Nursing Star article, Points to Ponder, that ran in the November 10, 2008 issue. Any thoughts and/or responses should be sent to news@denversnursingstar.com.

In what ways could you give better patient care?