Cooper is offering a program to help veterans support their peers with the goal of teaching strategies and techniques for improved health and lifestyle.
During the Peer Leader Training, veterans learn how to coach skills such as managing pain and fatigue, better communication, making decision about treatments, and problem-solving.
Cooper is also offering classes for individuals aimed at helping them improve their health. Read more.
Cooper University Health Care and the Cooper in Schools (CIS) Program invites school nurses, coaches, athletic trainers and school administrators to a continuing education symposium, “Health Care: High Stakes, High Standards,” on Tuesday, March 15, 2016 from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Westin Mount Laurel, 555 Fellowship Road, Mount Laurel, NJ.
The symposium features prominent Cooper physicians and clinicians addressing issues that affect a child’s physical and mental well-being. Read more.
Cooper University Health Care is holding a Support Services Career Fair on Monday, February 22, 2016, for:
Where: Cooper University Hospital, Roberts Pavilion, Room 1014
When: Monday, February 22, 2016, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Candidates must possess excellent customer service skills, and have an upbeat and positive attitude. Read more.
We are proud to announce that Terry Ricca, Senior Vice President and Chief Experience Officer, has been named chairperson of the American Heart Association’s 10th Annual Southern New Jersey Go Red For Women® luncheon. The annual event raises awareness, promotes education, and builds passion among South Jersey women to know their personal risk of heart disease and stroke, the No. Read more.
You may have heard or read about the Zika virus in the media. The World Health Organization has declared this a Global Health Emergency. Although the direct risk to most of us in this region is very low, there are issues related to this virus that can impact our community. The Infection Prevention Department at Cooper University Health Care has created this FAQ to provide you with clarification and resources to help you navigate through all of the information. Read more.
Every year for the past 11 years, Melvin Sheppard of Moorestown, NJ, visits the Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit with a special mission. Sheppard, now 18, was born nine weeks premature at Cooper in 1997 weighing only 2.9 pounds. As a token of thanks and gratitude for the medical care he received as a premature infant, the Moorestown, NJ, teenager conducts a year-long penny collection and donates the proceeds to the hospital. Read more.
Cooper is proud to have been among the national health care organizations recognized by The Dyslexia Project for providing comprehensive, multi-specialty services to children and families with dyslexia. Read the full list by clicking here.
Since 1995, the Cooper Learning Center has helped thousands of children learn to read–and changed their lives. The Center’s dedicated staff of expert educators and psychologists prides itself on building children’s academic confidence and self-esteem, and on teaching parents the specific things that they can do at home to help their children learn and succeed. Read more.
