The 2015 Beinecke Scholarship winners

Nantucket Cottage Hospital is inviting Nantucket residents to submit applications for its 2016 Beinecke Scholarship Fund. This special fund, created by the late Nantucket businessman and civic leader Walter Beinecke, Jr., is intended to further the education and training of island residents in medical and health care fields by helping to finance their studies. The scholarship fund is open to graduates of Nantucket High School, employees of Nantucket Cottage Hospital and any other island resident who can satisfy the guidelines and requirements.

The Beinecke Scholarship Fund focuses on six areas of health care study and training. Nursing is the fund’s first priority, followed by radiology and imaging services, laboratory services, pharmaceutical fields, physician and physician assistant studies, as well as physical therapy training. Last year Nantucket Cottage Hospital awarded Beinecke scholarships totaling $35,300 to 45 individuals. (more…)

This week marks National Patient Access Week!

The mission of the patient access team at Nantucket Cottage Hospital is to create an exceptional first impression at the start of the patient experience. These professionals genuinely care for our patients and provide a warm, comforting and communicative environment. They are dedicated to the Nantucket Cottage Hospital values of Excellence, Respect, Integrity, Quality, Confidentiality, Communication, Safety, and Teamwork. (more…)

Nantucket Cottage Hospital’s nursing staff has been nominated for recognition in the Boston Globe’s 2016 “Salute to Nurses” special edition! Read the full nomination below:

The nursing staff at Nantucket Cottage Hospital is truly exceptional. In caring for my elderly father these past few years, they displayed compassion, respect, and competence. The nurses made sure my father was comfortable and kept me informed of his status and plan of care. As a nurse myself, I also am part of the nursing faculty at UMass Lowell, so I truly appreciate exceptional nursing that cares for the body and soul.

Although I had been with my father for many days before he died this winter, I missed his death by one hour. It was a nurse who was with him when he died, who said prayers, and who told me it was the most comfortable death she had seen. All the nurses helped me cope, ,and I will be forever indebted to them. This nursing staff is truly a perfect vision of nursing practice.

—Nominated by Alison Stone Basmajian

Thanks to everyone who attended our event at The Chicken Box on Saturday, March 26th, and helped us take another step toward realizing our new hospital! We also want to recognize Rocky Fox and everyone at The Box for hosting us, as well as our emcee Brian Glowacki, Sophie T’s for providing delicious food, and those who donated some great auction and raffle items.

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Thank you to everyone who attended today’s Be Well Children’s Health Fair + Nantucket Native Reunion at the Great Harbor Yacht Club!

And a special note of appreciation to the wonderful volunteers of the Nantucket Cottage Hospital Pediatric Patient & Family Advisory Council who provided the drive and energy to make this wonderful event a reality!

We would also like to thank the Community Foundation for Nantucket and the William H. Frist, M.D. Fund for their generous support of today’s program.