Suburban Hospital is fortunate to have philanthropic support of myriad initiatives throughout the hospital, including nursing. Every year, donors to the Suburban Hospital Foundation provide more than $1million to bolster crucial nursing programs and nursing excellence initiatives, including clinical education and professional development, evidence-based research and patient care innovations.

We especially thank the following donors for their financial impact:

• John Ahern and Dena Henry
• Bryce & Harriet Alpern Foundation
• American Cancer Society
• Artis Senior Living
• Axiom Capital Management
• Bender Foundation, Inc.
• Bernard Family Foundation
• Mira and Robert Birschbach
• William and Devon Burak
• Nancy M. Carman
• James & Alice B. Clark Foundation
• Clark-Winchcole Foundation
• Brian and Joyce Cobb
• Cole-Belin Education Foundation
• Rita H. Coopersmith
• Linda Victoria Courie
• Cora and John H. Davis Foundation, Inc.
• Walter and Sarah Diener Foundation
• DiGiammarino Giving Fund
• Dockser Family Foundation
• Joanna and John Driggs
• Roland and Gayle Driver
• EagleBank Foundation
• Epic Systems Corporation
• Elizabeth and Robert Flanagan
• Julie Futrovsky-Mottler
• Howard N. Gleckman and Deborah A. Kline
• Kelly Goodman Group
• LA & LK Greenberg Charitable Foundation
• Marshal and Nancy Greenblatt
• Wayne Gurley
• Kay and Richard Hancock
• Mary Stanchfield Haverback
• The Carol & George Henry Family Foundation
• Andrew and Patricia Lake
• Fiona and Thomas Lee
• Ira and Katie Jaggers-Ludwick
• Ira Ludwick Salon
• The McCutchen Foundation
• Alan L. Meltzer
• Mina Memarsadeghi
• Patricia Ann Miller
• Thomas and Karen Natelli
• Florence Nesh Charitable Trust
• The Ochsman Foundation
• Cathy and Earle O'Donnell
• The Sandra and Gilbert Oken Foundation
• Donald Ralbovsky
• Jacqueline M. Rams
• Howard Widra and Beth Redlich
• Dr. and Mrs. Barry K. Rogstad
• Wendi and Jeffrey Sager
• Saks Incorporated
• Ruth and Samuel Salzberg Family Foundation
• Jacky Schultz
• Sheltering Palms Foundation 
• Shelley Sherman
• LeighAnn and James Sidone
• Martha and Thomas Slagle
• Ruth Karl Snyder
• Diana Davis Spencer Foundation
• The Stone Soup Foundation
• Suburban Hospital Medical Staff
• Synergy HomeCare
• Title Boxing Club Rockville & North Bethesda
• Ina Smith Tornberg
• Varga Foundation
• William and Sallie Wallace
• William and Irene Wallert
• Gerald Watkins
• Koo and Patricia Yuen

To add your support, please call 301-896-GIVE or visit donate.suburbanhospital.org/nursingexcellence.

Foundation Supported Initiatives

The following are just a few of the recent nursing initiatives that were supported by donations and funding through the Suburban Hospital Foundation:

The Future Role of Virtual Nursing

The future of health care is rapidly evolving as new technology presents innovative solutions to address critical nursing shortages. Thanks to the generous support of our donors — especially the A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation, the McCutchen Foundation, Epic Systems Corporation and Susan Aldridge — we are now able to take meaningful steps toward addressing the critical nursing shortage.

Virtual nursing has emerged as a promising approach to providing high-quality care to patients while also addressing staffing challenges, alleviating clinical burnout and maximizing overall efficiency.  Virtual nursing is one of the first technological innovations in recent times that can relieve bedside nurses by:

• Performing activities to include admission, discharge and general patient education, secondary validation for medication and blood product administrations, and patient safety/quality monitoring and interventions
• Providing mentorship
• Being present during emergencies and bedside procedures to offer guidance and support

The technology – cameras, monitors and speakers – that supports virtual nursing is an important step toward advancing inpatient care to a larger vision of virtual health. This expanded platform can be used for remote safety monitoring, virtual rounding, centralized telemetry monitoring, electronic intensive care and sepsis monitoring, and telemedicine consults. By shifting non-touch care to the virtual nurse, the bedside nurses can devote their primary focus to hands-on patient care. With a well-designed program, virtual nursing is a powerful tool that can reduce the burden on the bedside nurse and improve the overall patient experience.

Nurses 5K a Success

Nearly 100 Suburban staff and families, volunteers and board members came together to kick-off National Nurses Week on May 4, 2024, with the successful 2^nd Annual 5K Fun Run/Walk. More than $55,000 was raised to support the Jacky Schultz Fund for Nursing Excellence at Suburban. Thank you to everyone who participated and supported the event!