by Dr. Nick Holekamp, Chief Health Transformation Officer | Feb 11, 2026 | Patient Care & Innovation
Because Ranken Jordan patients are medically complex, we have a much higher proportion of tracheostomized patients than most hospitals, as well as children with feeding tubes such as gastrostomy tubes (g-tube) or jejunostomy tubes (j-tube). Those who work with...
by Dr. Nick Holekamp, Chief Health Transformation Officer | Feb 10, 2026 | Patient Care & Innovation
When it’s snowy and cold outside, it’s easy to assume hospital activities would scale back. However, at Ranken Jordan, we don’t scale back… we keep playing. Play is central to our Care Beyond the Bedside®model because it’s a powerful tool for healing. Cold...
by Shawn Dryden, Chief Executive Officer | Dec 29, 2025 | Patient Care & Innovation
At Ranken Jordan, we are so proud of how our team continues to innovate to move pediatric hospital care forward, and 2025 was truly one for the record books. We launched seven new initiatives, many of them the first of their kind in our state and one of only a few in...
by Dr. Nick Holekamp, Chief Health Transformation Officer | Dec 16, 2025 | Patient Care & Innovation
Here at Ranken Jordan, we care just as much about our patients’ families as we do about our patients. It’s a critical part of our unique model, Care Beyond the Bedside: our goal is to get children out of their hospital rooms and home with their families. We know that...
by Kristin LaRose, Chief Nursing Officer | Dec 1, 2025 | Patient Care & Innovation
While we love seeing our patients thrive at Ranken Jordan, we are always overjoyed when they are ready to leave the hospital and go home with their families. It is a key part of our unique care model, Care Beyond the Bedside: children thrive when they’re with the...
by Kristin LaRose, Chief Nursing Officer | Oct 27, 2025 | Patient Care & Innovation
We boast an incredible occupational therapy (OT) team at Ranken Jordan, and I want to shine a light on one of our newest OTs, Madelyn Hubbs. Madelyn is inspiring our patients and staff as she demonstrates how she turned her disability into a powerful asset. Born with...
