Empath Health News and Blog

Versatile Volunteer Adds Another Specialty to Repertoire

Christine Brown has put many of her skills and education to work during her 10 years as an Empath Health volunteer. A retired Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), she visits the Suncoast Hospice North Pinellas Care Center in Palm Harbor every Friday, making sure...

EPIC Celebrates National Condom Week

Sabrina Arancibia can’t say whether Empath Partners in Care (EPIC) is the largest source of free condoms in the Tampa Bay area. But if EPIC trails another community health organization, it’s not for lack of effort. Arancibia, an EPIC Prevention and Outreach...

Simulation Lab Takes Hospice Nurse Training to Next Level

Apollo and Ares inhabit a room rife with healthcare hazards, both obvious and obscured. Cords and tubes snake across the floor. Cigarettes lie in close proximity to an oxygen supply. Prescription medication bottles are strewn across a counter. Cockroaches perch atop...