Shenandoah University (SU)and Inova Health System presidents signed an collaborative affiliation agreement yesterday, Oct. 29, in support of nursing education at a formal signing ceremony at the university’s Northern Virginia Campus in Leesburg, Va. On hand at the formal signing ceremony were (left to right): Virginia State Senator Mark R. Herring, Virginia 33rd District; Nursing Professor and Director of SU’s Division of Nursing Kathryn Ganske, Ph.D.; SU President Tracy Fitzsimmons, Ph.D.; Inova Health System President Knox Singleton; Inova Loudoun Hospital Chief Nurse Executive Lisa Dugan; and U.S. State Representative Frank R. Wolf, Virginia 10th District.

The mobile medical boom in Inova's new ICU unit allows the hospital easy access to electronic outlets and equipment.

Each room in the Inova Loudoun Hospital’s new ICU wing is complete with a patient sink and toilet.