(Camden, NJ)  — Cooper University Health Care recently recognized Caitlin Oshea, RN, of Garnet Valley, Delaware County, Pennsylvania with the DAISY Award for providing exceptional nursing care.

Caitlin, a nurse on Cooper’s Progressive Care Unit, was nominated by the wife of a patient who described her as very caring, empathetic, and supportive. “Caitlin showed extraordinary compassion,” the patient’s wife said. “I felt good knowing she was taking care of him, she went above and beyond to give him his dignity back.” Read more.

For two years, Cooper Urgent Care in Sicklerville has been providing emergent health care for the surrounding community.

We are pleased to announce that the Sicklerville Urgent Care location will be transitioning to a Surgical Specialties practice in February 2017 and is closing as an Urgent Care Center at the end of the business day on Friday, December 30, 2016.

Cooper Urgent Care Centers in Cherry Hill and Audubon continue to provide excellent service and a new center is scheduled to open in 2017 at 20 South Black Horse Pike in Runnemede. Read more.

Santa Claus will arrive via helicopter to visit pediatric patients and distribute gifts in a pre-Christmas visit to Cooper University Health Care in Camden. While the reindeer rest up for their big night on Christmas Eve, the pilots and staff of the hospital’s air medical transport helicopter, Cooper 1, will give Santa a lift as he stops by to visit hospitalized children.

Cooper University Health Care is hiring Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs). This is an opportunity to join South Jersey's leader in health care.

(Camden, NJ) — Pediatric patients at the Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper enjoyed a special story time on November 22, 2016. Local author Lori Samlin Miller read from her recently published children’s book, Stay Where I Can See You. The Cooper Foundation provided copies of the book for all the children on the unit.

As a wife, mother, teacher, writer, and volunteer at Cooper University Health Care, Lori Samlin Miller is a strong supporter of children’s literacy. Read more.

Cooper University Health Care recently became the first hospital in South Jersey to perform a new minimally invasive procedure for the treatment of vertebral compression fractures (VCFs). The Kiva® VCF Treatment System, the first new approach to the treatment of VCFs in more than a decade, significantly reduces pain and helps restores function to patients.

Cooper is an engaged corporate health partner. We are proud to share our accomplishments with the community. Join us for a presentation and learn first-hand about Cooper’s commitment to South Jersey.

Date: Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Location:
Cooper University Hospital
Roberts Pavilion, Room P1014
One Cooper Plaza, Camden, NJ Read more.

Cooper University Hospital has received the Consumer Choice Award from the National Research Corporation (NRC). The annual award identifies hospitals from across the United States that health care consumers choose as having the highest quality and image. This is the 11th year Cooper has received this honor.

MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper unveiled a new, expanded infusion center on Friday, November 4, 2016, for patients needing chemotherapy and other infusion treatments. The $3.3 million expansion, located on the third floor of MD Anderson Cooper, nearly doubles the treatment area available for patients from 18 infusion bays and two private rooms to 32 bays and four private rooms.

Cooper University Health Care is holding a Career Fair on Tuesday, November 15, 2016, for experienced medical assistants, LPN’s and patient services reps in Pediatrics, OB/Gyn Women’s Care, Cardiology, Internal Medicine, Multispecialty, Family Medicine, etc.