An RCP II - Respiratory Care Practitioner's reflection on George Halvorson's Celebrating Nursing Message
In a recent message sent by George Halvorson highlighting the Time & Motion Study, Anne Fete from the Sacramento Medical Center, wrote a letter with her thoughts:
It came to all of us in the KP email system today; the link to the PDF version of your Time & Motion Study . I was a transplant from St. Louis , MO and was just "pleased as punch" to see folks from my old stompin' grounds as key participants in such a valuable study. It made me think of my own career and the nurses that helped me through the years.
My career started at the "Lutheran Medical Center " in 1983 and was a long time Cardiopulmonary Dept. employee (almost 25 yrs) in what is now part of the St. Alexius system. Currently, I act as the coordinator of a new DME system soon to begin at our campus. It will be distributing CPAP and BiPap equipment directly to the patients and providing them with a personal Respiratory Care Practitioner to guide them through the process and help them become more compliant, and hopefully, healthier and happier individuals. My current responsibility and position requires skills taught to me by many nurses over the decades, the most important lessons being patience & tenacity.
Having been trained, and often managed by nurses, made me the care provider I am today. After some years working in education I realized it was a profession that I could not make a living from. Nurses convinced me to go into the healthcare field where I can continue using my education to help improve other's lives. I credit their influence in molding my career and work ethic, as well as getting the opportunity to work for the incredible healthcare group that I am now a part of. They stood above all the rest when I was ready to move to California and I am still pinching myself w/ delight to have this opportunity that I have now.
Thank goodness for this report that will help to more clearly define the range of roles today's nurse's go through in an average shift.
Kudos to each and every one of you. Bravo.
