The latest Children’s Minnesota stories in the news and press releases from across our hospitals and clinics.

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Simulation training: sending parents home with the skills and confidence needed to take care of their medically complex child

While we’ll never be able to completely ease parents’ fears, we can significantly increase their skills and confidence by providing them simulation (sim) training before their child leaves the hospital.

Children’s Minnesota recognized as a 2021 Community Partner by AchieveMpls

Children’s Minnesota is excited to share that we are recognized as a 2021 Community Partner by AchieveMpls!

Q&A with the creator of the S.T.A.B.L.E. program: the most widely taught neonatal education program

Kris Karlsen, PhD, APRN, NNP-BC, FAAN, is a board-certified neonatal nurse practitioner who authored The S.T.A.B.L.E Program, the most widely distributed and implemented neonatal education program to focus exclusively on the post-resuscitation/pre-transport stabilization care of sick infants.

Children’s Minnesota oncologist presents Grand Rounds for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital 

Dr. Kris Ann Schultz, pediatric oncologist, Children’s Minnesota, provided Grand Rounds for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (Nashville, Tennessee) on Jan. 27, 2022.

Children’s Minnesota manager of health equity joins Black Nurses Rock during pandemic to make a profound impact

Adriene Thornton, MAOM, BSN, CIC, FAPIC, manager of health equity at Children’s Minnesota, joined Black Nurses Rock during pandemic to make a profound impact.

Children’s Minnesota Hospital Board of Directors adds two new members

Children’s Minnesota announced the appointment of two new members to its hospital board of directors, as well as the full slate of officers and board members for 2022.

Children’s Minnesota’s volunteer helpers featured on KSTP-TV

Children’s Minnesota’s volunteer helpers made headlines this week on KSTP-TV for donating their time to help support our clinical staff and patient families.

Children’s Minnesota expert co-authors CDC study examining COVID-19 boosters’ impact on Omicron/Delta variant hospitalizations

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) details how effective COVID-19 boosters are for adults at preventing COVID-related hospitalizations, and emergency department and urgent care visits nationwide.

Dr. Marc Gorelick honored as one of Becker’s great leaders in health care

Congratulations to Dr. Marc Gorelick, president and CEO, for being recognized as one of the Great Leaders in Healthcare 2022 by Becker’s Hospital Review. The publication honored 113 leaders at health organizations across the United States.

Bronchiolitis: the other respiratory illness surging in children during the COVID-19 pandemic

In their podcast, Guidelines with Gabi: Something Old, Something New, Lots of Kids Needing O2: Update in Bronchiolitis, Drs. Gabi Hester and Nadia Maccabee-Ryaboy discuss the influx of bronchiolitis cases they’ve seen at Children’s Minnesota along with methods of treatment, possible coexisting infections and promising research on the horizon.