Healthy Kids in Healthy Families Clinic
The Mall in Columbia
August 21 from noon to 4 p.m.
Lord and Taylor Court

An important part of Howard County General Hospital’s mission is to improve the health of our entire community, and there’s no better way than by getting our children off to a healthy start in life. We can promote keeping them healthy by making the entire family aware of healthy lifestyle choices.

As part of its ongoing partnership with The Mall in Columbia, HCGH is hosting the Healthy Kids in Healthy Families Clinic on Saturday, August 21 from noon to 4 p.m. in the Lord and Taylor Court.  There will be something for all family members at the clinic, including screenings for:

• Asthma
• Youth: height, weight, development
• Adults: height, weight and BMI (body/mass index)
• Scoliosis
• Bone Density
• Blood pressure

There will be booths offering the following:

• Ask the pediatrician
• MdChip: Child Identification Program
• Animal Control information
• Enhancing children’s nutrition
• Health and safety tips for kids
• Physical fitness for the family
• Health insurance information for the uninsured

Columbia Association will offer a martial arts demonstration and the Kangaroo Kids will demonstrate their precision jump rope skills.

Join us on August 21 to help make your family and your community a healthier place to live! 

Catch up on all of the events and classes offered by HCGH on our website.

To commemorate and thank our nurses for their amazing work and dedication, Howard County General Hospital celebrates National Nurses Week from May 6 -12.

Special events throughout the week will recognize nurses, including:

• Poster display: each nursing unit will create and display a poster highlighting their nationality and internationality
• Nurses are invited to wear their whites, cap and pin to work day
• Snacks provided for nurses on various shifts.
• Certified Nurses Day to recognize and promote certification
• An essay contest for nurses on the topic of “My Most Memorable Nursing Moment”

There also will be peer nominations for two collaboration awards: one commending physicians for their efforts in working effectively with nurses and the other commending nurses for collaborating with physicians to create a work environment that provides the best care possible for our patients.

2010 is also the International Year of the Nurse and the 100th anniversary of the death of Florence Nightingale. HCGH joins hospitals around the nation as we congratulate the excellent nurses working in our communities.