VALDOSTA — The Quality of Life Association celebrates black history month with a narrated living timeline showcasing many famous Black history figures of yesterday and today. The fundraising event titled, “All Shades Art Exhibit and…
SGMC to host Nursing Career Fair
Release: South Georgia Medical Center is hosting the hospital's first in-person Nursing Career Fair of the year on April 22, 2021 from 10 AM - 3 PM at Mathis City Auditorium in Valdosta. Representatives from…
Nursing home workers steal and resell patient medicines
Release: Second of two defendants sentenced in scheme to steal, sell drugs from nursing home patients Ex-employees admitted participation in conspiracy BRUNSWICK, GA: Two former employees of a nursing and personal care facility have been…
SGMC recognizes Frost for nursing excellence
Photo cutline: Lauren Frost honored as the March SGMC DAISY Award recipient alongside the ornament Frost made for a patient and picture of the patient’s son Charles. Release: Lauren Frost, Licensed Practical Nurse at South…
Georgia seeks new Nursing Board Executive Director
Release: OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE ANNOUNCES SEARCH COMMITTEE FOR NURSING BOARD EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (ATLANTA) -The Office of the Georgia Secretary of State has appointed a committee to conduct a nationwide search to find a…
Wiregrass’ RN program ranked number one in state
PHOTO: The 2020 Spring RN students pictured at their September 2019 orientation. Valdosta, Ga—According to the NursingProcess.org site the Associate of Science in Nursing (RN) program at Wiregrass Georgia Technical College has been named the…
GA completes infection control surveys in nursing homes
Release: Atlanta, GA – On July 31, 2020, Governor Brian P. Kemp and the Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) announced that the Healthcare Facility Regulation Division (HFRD) of DCH has completed onsite infection control surveys for…
SGMC’s Jessica Musgrove receives DAISY Award
Release: Musgrove Receives Nursing Excellence Award Jessica Musgrove, a senior staff nurse in South Georgia Medical Center’s Outpatient Surgery Unit was named the July DAISY Award Recipient for Extraordinary Nurses. The award is part of…
Georgia tests 97% of nursing home residents
Release: Atlanta, GA - The Georgia Department of Community Health’s (DCH) June 11, 2020 Long-Term Care Facility COVID-19 report indicated that 97% of nursing home residents in facilities with 25 or more beds have now been…