Teens make the hospital a better place for their peers

A group of teenagers are laughing, dancing to a DJs' thumping music, snacking and playing party games. It may sound like your average high school party, but the teens at this particular get-together are actually in Children's Hospital Boston's Patient Entertainment Center dancing carefully around their IV poles... More

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Time to be Bold: Children's long-range strategic plan | Time to be Bold, a new, hospital-wide strategic plan, looks 10 to 15 years ahead to project what Children's Hospital Boston could—and should—be like in the future.

New brochures improve communication with patients | After a hospital-wide audit of information currently distributed to patient families, it was determined that there was a need for new inpatient materials to ensure that families receive consistent,

Destination: Children's | Izabela Gasior, MS, BSN, RN, clinical coordinator at Martha Eliot Health Center (MEHC), was born in Poland and spent much of her childhood dreaming of living in America.

Employee of the month | Congratulations to Randall Jenkins, endoscopy technician in the Gastroenterology Procedure Unit (GPU), who's been chosen as Children's Hospital Boston's employee of the month for March.

In their own words | As the Child Life Specialist on 10 Northwest, a surgical/orthopedic floor, I knew it would be a wonderful opportunity to learn to communicate with a patient who didn't speak any English...