Continuing Nursing Education Programs

at West Penn Hospital

On December 7, 2006, The Western Pennsylvania Hospital achieved Magnet Recognition status from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).    West Penn Hospital is the first hospital in Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania to receive this prestigious recognition, which has been achieved by only about 5% of all healthcare facilities in the nation.   Read more

Each year, nursing departments at The Western Pennsylvania Hospital sponsor or participate in numerous continuing professional education programs.

Annual conferences are typically held as follows:

April - "Blood in Motion" Hematology Conference

September - Pain Medicine Conference

October - Neonatal Intensive Care "Dinner Theatre" Conference

October - Orthopaedics Conference

ANCC Web site