New Brunswick Hospital Celebrates “National Take Our Children to Work Day”
Thursday, April 28, 2005
New Brunswick – Approximately 200 children, ages 8-11, enjoyed a fun-filled, educational program at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in honor of national “Take Our Children To Work Day” on Thursday, April 28. Hospital tours, interactive presentations and a disc jockey were among the day’s highlights.
Children were divided into groups and rotated through 8 different activities throughout the day. During the morning hours, each group received a tour of the hospital’s Radiology and Cardiology departments, where they had the opportunity to see CAT Scan and Ultrasound equipment, as well as the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and an EKG machine. Morning activities also included presentations by the hospital’s Laboratory department and the Franklin volunteer fire department.
After having lunch with their parents, the children started a second set of activities in which they had the opportunity to see some of the equipment used in the state-of-the-art Mobile Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and other Emergency Medical Services gear. Children also participated in a Mock OR presentation, where they were “gowned up” and practiced operating on a life-size model. Additional presentations were also given by the hospital’s Child Life and Respiratory departments. The day came to a close with musical entertainment and organized dance activities by Primetime Entertainment while the children waited for their parents to arrive.
This is the twelfth year that Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital is participating in the national “Take Our Children To Work Day.”
About Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Selected as one of four hospitals nationwide to offer the world's first self-contained implantable artificial heart, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (www.rwjuh.edu) is a 600-bed academic medical center and the principal hospital of UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, NJ. Robert Wood Johnson is an innovative leader in advancing state-of-the-art care in medicine. Its Centers of Excellence include cardiovascular care from minimally invasive heart surgery to transplantation, cancer care, and women's and children's care including The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (www.bmsch.org). The hospital is also a Level 1 Trauma Center and serves as a national resource in its ground-breaking approaches to emergency preparedness.
The hospital has earned significant national recognition for clinical quality and patient safety. Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital is ranked among the top 50 hospitals in the nation for both heart and heart surgery and respiratory disorders, according to U.S.News & World Report's 2008 ranking of "America's Best Hospitals." The American College of Surgeons' Commission on Cancer has rated Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital among the nation's best comprehensive cancer centers. The Leapfrog Group rated Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital as one of the 50 exceptional U.S. hospitals, as published in Consumers Digest magazine. Harvard University researchers, in a study commissioned by The Commonwealth Fund, identified Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital as one of the top 10 hospitals in the nation for clinical quality. Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital is also a recipient of the prestigious Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence for more than 10 consecutive years.
Attention members of the media: For more information on this release, please contact the Department of Public Relations (732) 937-8521.
Email this link
RSS Feed