Middletown, NY – Orange Regional Medical Center will celebrate Certified Nurses Day on March 19 by honoring its board certified nurses. More than 450 nurses will be recognized for their professionalism, leadership and commitment to excellence in patient care.
“I commend our certified nurses for their commitment to their professional development and for providing exceptional patient care,” said Chief Nursing Officer, Lisa Oldham.
Board certification of nurses plays an increasingly important role as it assures high standards of care for patients and their loved ones. While a registered nurse license provides entry to general nursing practice, the knowledge-intensive requirements of board certification necessitates extensive education, as well as a strong personal commitment to excellence by the nurse.
As a Magnet designated hospital, Orange Regional encourages national board certification for all its nurses and patients are encouraged to inquire whether there are certified nurses on staff when they visit the hospital or their primary care provider.
Magnet status is an award given by the American Nurses‘ Credentialing Center (ANCC), an affiliate of the American Nurses Association, to hospitals that satisfy a set of criteria designed to measure the strength and quality of their nursing.
Board certification recognizes the nurses who have met the educational preparation required for the role, the specialty practice requirement and who have passed the board certification exam.
There are many nursing certification specialties such as medical-surgical, pediatric, pain management, cardiac vascular, oncology, hospice, case management, emergency nursing, critical care and many others.
To learn about the nursing opportunities available at Orange Regional Medical Center, visit www.ormccareers.org.
About Orange Regional Medical Center
Orange Regional features seven floors of state-of-the-art technology and provides 383 beds and employs approximately 3,300 healthcare professionals. In addition to inpatient services, highlights of Orange Regional include a cancer center and a five-story outpatient services building on the main campus, featuring Orange Regional Medical Group with primary care and specialty physicians, urgent care, outpatient surgical and diagnostic services and more. Orange Regional was named by Healthgrades as one of the 100 best hospitals nationally for cardiac intervention and General Surgery and was a recipient of the Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award™. Orange Regional also achieved the Healthgrades 2019 and 2020 America’s 250 Best Hospitals Award™ placing the hospital in the top 5 percent of more than 4,500 hospitals assessed nationwide for its superior clinical performance. In 2017, Orange Regional was named the Most Beautiful Hospital in the US and is recognized by US News & World Report as a Best Regional Hospital. It is a recipient of the Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite; a designated Magnet hospital recognizing excellence in Nursing and its Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system has achieved Stage 7; the highest level on HIMSS Analytics’ EMR adoption model. Orange Regional Medical Center (ORMC) is an Academic Affiliate of the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine. It is also a member of the Greater Hudson Valley Health System (GHVHS), which is recognized by Ethisphere as one of the 2018 and 2019 World’s Most Ethical Companies. To learn more about ORMC, visit www.ormc.org.
