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Diana Hinton grew up in Britain but came to Boulder in the 1960s. In 2001, she was a Nightengale Award nominee. Photo by Mike Liguori

Shh! What was that? Okay. It’s all right. It was either the light fixture in the dining room crashing to the floor or a Molotov cocktail. Sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference. But I think they’ll leave me alone for a few minutes. They have fed. Maybe now they will sleep. Ha! If only it was that simple!

The final steel support beam of the new Children’s Hospital at Fitzsimons was recently put into place during a topping out ceremony that marked the highest point in the construction process of the new hospital, which is scheduled to open in late 2007.

The Denver Health and Hospital Authority ended 2004 with a positive bottom line, which it has done every year since becoming an authority, Patricia A. Gabow, M.D., chief executive officer and medical director, announced today following approval of the audited financial statements by the Board of Directors.

Dear Editor, I wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed Larry Leeds article "Isn't Everyone a VIP." This really struck a chord with me. Twice. First, it rarely happens at our hospital, but once in a while somebody is designated a VIP. Anyone who would think this necessary has no understanding whatsoever of nursing and nursing philosophy. I have worked in the hospital setting for over a decade and in that time have worked with exactly two nurses who did not consider every single patient a VIP. And neither of those nurses lasted very long.

Hello, I really enjoyed the last issue of Denver’s Nursing Star. One thing that I would love to see is more issues concerning nursing students that have completed there nursing program but have failed the nclex exam. I was a very efficient nursing student but I had test taking anxiety, we need to provide more information on how students can reboost themselves and retest and present studying sites that are free of charge or cheap for retake studying.

“At The Jackson Organization, we are honored to work with hospitals that are committed to providing excellent patient experiences,” said Dave Jackson, president, The Jackson Organization.

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