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Congratulations to our Maternal Child team on becoming certified in Perinatal Care by The Joint Commission! Norman Regional’s healers do everything in their power to ensure the health and safety of mothers and newborns. It takes a tremendous amount of work in quality improvement, best practice implementation, and measurement to achieve this certification.

World Obesity Day is not only about raising awareness and understanding the root causes of obesity, but also encouraging the public to become advocates for changing the way we address obesity across society. Our weight loss experts at Journey Clinic work to make the mission of World Obesity Day not something we highlight today, but every day.

Every Wednesday in March, we're bringing you a #WomensHistoryWednesday post about an important woman in healthcare. Today, we discuss Florence Nightingale (1820-1910). A British nurse, statistician and social reformer, she was the founder of modern nursing. She was a trailblazing figure in nursing who greatly affected 19th and 20th century policies around proper medical care. She and her team of nurses worked to improve the unsanitary hospital conditions in England which reduced the mortality rate. She is mostly known for making hospitals a cleaner and safer place to be.

March is #WomensHistoryMonth. Women’s History Month celebrates the contributions of women to history and society. Why March? - March 3, 1913 – the National Woman’s Party (political group dedicated to women’s suffrage) was officially formed - March 1, 1972 - Title IX passed by the Senate – prohibits sex discrimination in all federally funded education programs - March 22, 1972 – The Equal Rights Amendment passed the Senate – a constitutional amendment which guarantees rights regardless of sex past those assured by the 19th amendment - March 8 – International Women’s Day (founded 1981) Every Wednesday in March we will be sharing a #WomensHistoryWednesday post about wonderful women in healthcare throughout history.

Today is #ZeroDiscriminationDay! Zero Discrimination Day promotes diversity and recognizes that everyone counts. This aims to combat all forms of discrimination. A butterfly is used as the symbol for the observation of this day because a butterfly is widely recognized as a sign of transformation. This day is observed to draw attention to the millions who still suffer from social and economic exclusion due to prejudice and intolerance. This day encourages all to #speakup and #preventdiscrimination from standing in the way of achieving ambitions, goals and dreams.

Norman Regional Health System is excited to announce the Norman City Council approved our plans to expand the HealthPlex hospital. * * * Now crews will begin preparing the existing HealthPlex hospital for construction, which involves temporarily moving its emergency and ambulance entrances and creating temporary parking lots. The hospital will remain open and continue to care for patients during the construction. The expansion is scheduled to be completed in 2023. * Learn the latest at www.InspireHealthOK.com

The Norman Regional Health System Nurse Residency Program is pleased to announce that it has received accreditation from the American Nurse Credentialing Center Practice Transition Accreditation Program! The Practice Transition Accreditation Program sets the global standard for residency programs that transition nurses into new practice settings. Norman Regional is the first program in Oklahoma to receive this recognition. #ANCCPTAP #Nursing #Residency

Norman Regional was recently ranked in the top 1% of hospitals across the country for #heartcare by Women’s Choice Award! Top rated, expert care for women, by women. Learn more by clicking the link in our bio.

Happy Valentine’s Day! Spread love today.

#ChineseNewYear, also known as #LunarNewYear or #SpringFestival, is China's most important festival. It is time for families to be together and a week of an official public holiday. Chinese New Year 2021 falls on Friday, February 12, 2021, beginning a year of the Ox. The Chinese publicly celebrate this holiday February 11–17, 2021. The main Chinese New Year activities include putting up decorations, eating reunion dinner with family on New Year's Eve, firecrackers and fireworks, and giving red envelopes and other gifts. Traditional performance includes dragon dances, lion dances and imperial performances. Red being the main color for the festival is believed to be an auspicious color and is displayed throughout China during the 7-day festivities.

Starting Feb. 9, 2021 Norman Regional Health System has changed its guidelines for patient representatives in our hospitals. Most patients are now permitted one patient representative during specific times. Patient representatives must use certain entrances. Please check our website www.NormanRegional.com for a complete list of hours, entrances and other important information. Remember masks must be worn inside our facilities. #COVID19

Giving blood makes a huge difference in the lives of our patients and their families! Check out one of our recent #ThanktheDonor messages. #RiseUpandGiveBlood at our next blood drives: Thursday, Feb. 18 at Norman Regional HealthPlex from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23 at Norman Regional Hospital from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Or Tuesday, Feb. 23 at Norman Regional Moore from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Check out our Facebook events for more info.