From Our Nurses

This section allows our nurses--and in once case, a member--to share stories and highlight their achievments in their day to day lives as Kaiser Permanente nurses. The entries below truly testify to our nurses passion for their patients and career.

• Translating Pain Into Hope
  I was afraid to tell this to the doctors, but seeing this lady suffering so much, I couldn't keep quiet anymore. She was out control, screaming, and in a lot of pain.
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• “I had chosen the right career”
  I was fairly new to the ICU night shift and was assigned to a patient who was having trouble breathing and could not get off of the ventilator.
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• “Taking the time”
  Recently I was able to help a patient resolve her issues with her chronic pain and her suicidal ideation.
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• The Patient: “The Center of Everything”
  Just this morning I observed the team here at East Denver Pediatrics respond quickly in a very calm and reassuring manner to an asthmatic in respiratory distress.
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• Not Alone on the Journey of Recovery
  I had a very dear co-worker who was diagnosed with breast cancer
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• I Know You're In There
  I had a patient who had had a very bad stroke at the age of 42.
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• Pulling it all Together
  I was working in the pediatric clinic when a Mom called and stated her 8-year-old was having rectal bleeding.
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• “We saw a hurting person”
  While I was working as a charge nurse in Internal Medicine at Kaiser Permanente, I triaged a young lady who had a severe eating disorder.
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• “Take the extra time”
  One day I had a patient who came in because his asthma was flaring up.
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• “Nurse Clare's House“
  My first job out of nursing school was at the VA. We had a lot of elderly Veterans who had no family in town so we became their families.
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• Customer Service Redefined
  There was an elderly gentleman that lived approximately 3 hours away from the hospital, his daughter lived in Canada .
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• “She was taking her grief out on her nurses”
  I remember a very special woman who was feeling very vulnerable and having a hard time relating to her nurses.
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• Just Doing My Job
  I was working in Labor and Delivery at a local hospital and as I began my shift for the day, went in to check on a patient that I had cared for the previous day.
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• “We should connect as humans, and not just nurses“
  I can remember many times I had a member walk away feeling better about themselves, or have a better understanding of what is going on in regards to the health care they are receiving
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• “The bond the patient and I shared”
  In 1999 I met at patient who had been diagnosed with cancer. This patient had to get a series of shots prior to her starting her chemotherapy, and she had no support system
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• Leading the Charge: Cumberland Pediatric Team
  I would like to highlight June Parkerson RN, Charge Nurse, and the healthcare team of Cumberland Pediatrics.
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• Overcoming Fear and Isolation
  One memorable time was when I was a Department manager of an inpatient unit.
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• Thank you. Toni Curtis, RN
  I was in Oakland on a business trip. On my way home to Southern California, I was taken ill at the Oakland Airport .
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• Hospital Room "Drive By"
  I was a Care Coordinator helping with discharge plans on our Oncology Ward. We had a gentleman back in the hospital for leukemia relapse.
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• Highlighting Mid-Atlantic States ' Home Health
  I have worked in Home Health for Kaiser for about 22 years. I am presently starting a project under the direction of my Manager that is one of the best, patient focused projects I have been involved in.
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