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  • A lot of thought went into the plaque adorning the Memorial Wall at Charles George VA Medical Center’s Community Living Center in Asheville, North Carolina.

    Charles George VA Medical Center Community Living Center has placed a new sundial shaped sign in its Memorial Garden. Inscribed on the sign are the words “Loved, Served, Remember”.

  • Let’s face it – for most people, it’s hard to sleep in a hospital. That’s because it’s an unfamiliar setting with unfamiliar people and unfamiliar sounds all around you. Couple that with the stress of being treated, and it makes the perfect recipe for a lack of restful sleep.

    From left, Krystal Earles, RN, and Debra “Cindy” Peters, RN, from the Western North Carolina VA Health Care System have been working with the idea to use a white noise machine to drown out undesirable noises in hospitals to to improve their their patients' sleep and to decrease their anxiety.