When Douglas Gordon first met Betty Joyce Elkins at Regional One Health, a struggle with addiction had brought him to a point where he wasn’t taking care of himself. “I’d lost jobs, lost friends, I was homeless, my family was saying, ‘We’re about done with you,’” Gordon said. “I was afraid I’d get so [...]
Regional One Health’s Skilled Nursing and Subacute Care facility is being recognized by US News and World Report as one of the nation’s Best Nursing Homes and the only Top Performing facility of its kind in Memphis. It’s an honor based on data and statistics, but for Subacute Administrator Nicole Lowe and Subacute Director [...]
Many people make a New Year’s Resolution to get healthy – but too often skip a crucial step: a checkup to assess their medical needs and find out what they really need to do to feel their best. Amanda Best, a Certified Family Nurse Practitioner specializing in internal medicine at Regional One Health’s East [...]
Lisa Schafer, RN, MSN, NEA-BC, Regional One Health chief operating officer and chief nursing officer (second from right), recently spoke on a Memphis Medical News roundtable discussion discussing key nursing issues with other chief nursing officers in the Memphis area. Lisa Cox Schafer, RN, MSN, NEA-BC, Regional One Health chief operating officer [...]
In less than six months as a nurse in Regional One Health's General Intensive Care Unit, Christian Leathley had a moment that encapsulated the emotional rollercoaster that comes with the health care profession. One of Leathley’s patients was in a car accident, and over the course of those first few days he got to [...]
Hope Clayburn has a couple of jobs that require her full attention during the nighttime hours. One, she’s a Trauma ICU nurse at Regional One Health. But when not working as part of the elite trauma team at Regional One Health, she often is found playing flute and saxophone and singing on stages across [...]
Much of that day in 2002 was like any other for a typical 11-year-old girl. But typical ended shortly after Alejandra Vega and her two younger siblings returned home from school that afternoon. Vega’s family house had a gas leak. The gas smell had apparently disappeared before she arrived home, so Vega had no [...]
Faith Ruch loves nursing. She enjoys working with her hands, specifically with patients. She treasures the opportunity to witness the miracle of life as a Labor and Delivery nurse at Regional One Health. But nursing is only part of her life. Ruch has a side hustle as a professional musician. Her latest album, “Lessons [...]
Medical-Surgical nursing is the single largest specialty in the United States, where nurses practice on hospital units and care for adult patients who are acutely ill with a variety of medical issues or who are recovering from surgery. And at Regional One Health, Mini George has been a dedicated Medical-Surgical nurse on the floor [...]
Ed Castellon rides a motorcycle to work, plays golf to let off steam and treasures his Scuba adventures around the world. Maybe those outside interests explain how this 36-year nursing veteran has spent 34 of those years in critical care, particularly working with patients dealing with intense situations. He jokes that it possibly speaks [...]