Visiting Nurse Association

Dr. Michael Weiss Earns Board Certification in Hospice and Palliative

Dr. Michael Weiss Earns Board Certification in Hospice and Palliative The Visiting Nurse Association of Porter County is proud to announce that Dr. Michael Weiss, VNA Hospice Medical Director, has received his Board Certification in Hospice and Palliative Care from the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Weiss was...

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Local Nursing Student Receives Tricia’s Scholarship

Local Nursing Student Receives Tricia’s Scholarship Ivy Tech nursing student Sarah Stroud was recently selected by the scholarship committee of the Visiting Nurse Association of Porter County as the 2013 recipient of the $2,000 Tricia’s Scholarship. Stroud will attain her Associate Degree in Nursing...

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Nursing Students Urged to Apply for Russell Memorial Scholarship

Nursing Students Urged to Apply for Russell Memorial Scholarship The Visiting Nurse Association of Porter County and the family of Tricia Marie Simpson Russell, a nurse at the VNA until her death, established the Tricia Marie Simpson Russell Memorial Scholarship in 2008 to assist individual nursing students to...

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Remember Loved Ones at Annual VNA Tree of Remembrance Ceremony

Remember Loved Ones at Annual VNA Tree of Remembrance Ceremony In celebration of the lives of patients cared for over the years, VNA Friends of Hospice volunteers will sponsor the 8th annual VNA Tree of Remembrance ceremony on Sunday, December 2nd. Anyone in the community who wishes to remember a loved one this...

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VNA of Porter County to Offer October Contingency Notebook Workshop

VNA of Porter County to Offer October Contingency Notebook Workshop The public is invited to attend a Contingency Notebook workshop on Friday, October 26 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Porter County Public Library—Portage Branch, 2665 Irving Street in Portage. The workshop is sponsored by the VNA Forever Society of...

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