The Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) is a program for first-time eligible mothers who connect with a Registered Nurse during pregnancy. The RN visits with them in their homes to share information, resources and support them throughout their pregnancy and their child’s most important developmental years. At event, each participant had the opportunity to receive a facial and hand and foot massages, learn relaxation techniques, and make homemade sugar scrubs. |
The staff of NFP would like to thank Heather Pierce, LMT and Dorothy Scott, LMT, owners of Northeast Bodyworks in Towanda who provided the site, and to Fireflies Massage Seminars who organized the licensed massage therapists: Marcia Sorchik, LMT; Juanita Thompson, LMT; Bekah Dulaney, LMT; Deb Schemery, LMT; Rene Jewell, LMT; Mary Lou Stroud, LMT; Beth Fisher, RN, LMT; and Kathy Oeffner, RN, LMT.
For more information about Guthrie Towanda Memorial Hospital Nurse-Family Partnership, please call 570-268-2518.
Guthrie is a non-profit integrated health system located in north central Pennsylvania and Upstate New York, serving patients from an 11-county service area. Guthrie is comprised of a research institute, home care/hospice, hospitals in Sayre, Pa., Corning, N.Y., Towanda, Pa., and Troy, Pa., as well as a multi-specialty group practice of more than 290 physicians and 175 mid-level providers in a regional office network encompassing sub-specialty and primary care sites in 23 communities throughout Pennsylvania and New York. Guthrie offers a wide range of services and programs designed to enhance the health and well-being of those it serves.