Ron Wardrope
We would like to Congratulate Ronald Roy Wardrope on his long awaited retirement. Ron or "Mr.Ron" as his little patients referred to him, has been a Registered Nurse for 40 years serving 35 of his years here at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Ron started his career in 1978 at the Baltimore City Hospital in their Pediatric and Pediatric Burn Units. He then moved to Franklin Square Hospital in 1979 to be the Charge Nurse for their Pediatric Unit. A year and a half later, he moved to the Adult Recovery Room to educate himself on how to care for adult patients for a year before transitioning to the Emergency Room at Franklin Square. In 1983, he began his career at Johns Hopkins Hospital in the Adult Emergency Room and Trauma Center and stayed there for 4 years (We all love his ER stories from back in the day). In 1987, he made the move to the Cardiovascular Diagnostic Laboratory on CMSC5. He was one of three nurses for seven procedure rooms and responsible for three beds in their Prep and Recovery Room as well. It wasn't until 1993 that he made his final career move to Pediatric Radiology, where he found his niche and grew with the department to create the success that it is today. In 2002, he became interim Nurse Manager for a few months after the retirement of Jane Larkins while still doing the Pediatric Nursing position. He then recruited Ron Langlotz from the Purple Transport Team as the new Nurse Manager. Throughout the years, he attended many conferences all over the country to learn more about Pediatric Radiology. He also became a very successful Magnet Ambassador for the hospital and received the most honorable award (The Charlotte Godwin Award) that one can receive in Radiology Nursing. Fast forward a couple of years and Ron is now leaving us. It is difficult to summarize on one page the impact that Ron has had on our Radiology Department and to the hospital as a whole. His dedication and love for his patients and his passion for Pediatric Radiology and Johns Hopkins Hospital will never be forgotten. Mr.Ron will be sorely missed by his little patients, by his co-workers and by all that have been lucky enough to work with him throughout the years.
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