Play with a Purpose: Child & Family Life Specialists

This Episode - Play with a Purpose: Child & Family Life Specialists

Episode Summary

In this episode of Plugged In to Nursing, Heather Stohr, Manager of Child & Family Life at Norton Healthcare, discusses the amazing services offered through our Child & Family Life Specialists. She reveals the educational requirements to become a Child & Family Life Specialist, the amount of facility resources and offerings throughout Norton Healthcare, and how our four-legged friends in the Heel, Dog, Heal program also use play therapy to support patient and employee well-being.

Heel, Dog, Heal Program

Facility Dog Program | Norton Healthcare Louisville, Ky.

Content note: When the speaker refers to ‘Epic,’ it is the electronic medical record documentation platform used at Norton Healthcare. When the speaker refers to ‘Vocera,’ it is the voice activated badge system used at Norton Healthcare.

About Norton Healthcare’s Center for Nursing Practice

Norton Healthcare’s Center for Nursing Practice is responsible for readying student nurses for practice and transitioning new graduate nurses into practice.  Our team is committed to serving the profession of nursing, meeting people where they are and taking them to where they want to be.

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