Welcome back certified
that's right. We're catching
up with clinical education
director amber deadline to
talk about nurses that Karl,
good morning amber are you
doing today.
I'm guys we are going to be
can't complain stand healthy
so we're pretty excited about
that first and foremost how
did you become interested in
nursing and what should people
interested in it looking at.
So for 12 years and I've
always been someone that
enjoys helping people and
serving others and when I was
a little kid I remember my
parents have the patience of
saints that would let me put
on doctor's bag in my little
plastic stethoscope and then
as I grew I developed an
interest in anatomy and
physiology and my mom is
actually the one that
suggested that I become a
nurse and moms are always
chose we're saying and I
don't regret it, I know this
is what I was created to do. I
think that nurses find their
job so fulfilling because of
the impact that we can have on
you know we are invited into
those sacred moments in space
as we bear witness to the
beginning of life. To the
sunny side of life and truly
everything in between. I've
heard lots of stories from
nurses who became nurses
because of the impact in nurse
had on them. Whether they were
Al or if there when they were
younger and that totally
they wanted to do. One of my
nursing heroes as far
Nightingale she was one of the
first nurses and she has a
quote that I think really
nursing is an art and it's
going to be in our required
exclusive devotion because
you're not dealing with that
cannabis are taught more
double you're dealing with a
is no Honor that.
And so amber March 19th is
actually certified nurse's day
can you talk a little bit
about the importance of
continuing education for
health care teams and how you
continue your education
throughout your career.
Yeah, so continuing
of us and health care, the
environment that we work in is
changing rapidly do that
technology changes or changes
so we want to make sure we're
getting the best possible care
to our patients to achieve
those. Those those great
outcome so we constantly need
to advance our knowledge
increase our expertise and
rational certified nurses day
is a chance for us to
celebrate those nurses who
have taken the extra step to
demonstrate their commitment
specialty by Extensive tastan
becoming certified so it's
really about putting your
knowledge and expertise of
against national international
And was certified nurse's
day coming up next we can you
explain why it's so important
to be certified.
Yeah so for entry into
practice for nurses to that
through an associate's degree
sets a two-year program or for
your program, a bachelor's
degree. So a certification is
a task that you can take in
your specialty which is and
beyond your nursing degree and
certifications out there
dozens of specialties, you
know we medical-surgical
it there's probably
certification for In our
organization fully supports
encourages certifications I
hope 3 certifications and
Carlos help me with each one
of those. Car was also a
magnet And that means that we
outperform other health care
organizations in our patient
outcomes. So not surprisingly
also certification so we know
from the data and the research
that's out there that
certified nurses provide a
higher level of patient care
and as an organization was
always striving to the top
decile that's exactly what we
want.
So amber you talked a
little bit about how your love
of nursing really started for
you.
At a young age can you talk
a little bit about why it's so
important for you to be
helping people in our
because well we always need
your service right there's
always going to be a need for
those for those care takers
and so karley offer lots of
either are already on their
nursing journey or perhaps
they are just kind curious and
want to know more about what
it's like. We offer any
internship program which is
something that happens in the
summer and allows nursing
students to follow along side
a nurse and really kind of be
immersed in that experience.
camp which happens in the
summer time for our high
school students and there are
all things health care and the
nursing discipline is
definitely one that is
emphasized and then we also
offer is called of the nurse
residency program so that
program is designed to help
transition. New graduate
nurses successfully from the
world of academia into
bedside, nursing if they're
moving to inpatient or chair
said nursing if they're moving
into ambulatory. So the
program provides a robust
orientation. So many
opportunities for more
learning and growth. New grads
have the chance to work in
lots of areas ranging from
medical surgical or icy use.
torture outpatient settings
women's and children's and
more. Our program is crupi top
which is transition practice
program 1000 a full. Through a
and C c which is one of the
bodies encourages and supports
national certified nurse's day
so when your residency program
holds out accreditation. It
means our program promotes
nursing excellence and quality
outcomes while also providing
that safe positive work
environment as they're
learning so our residency
program was the second of the
state and online to receive
that one of the first 40 in
the country.
Last question here as well
how are nurses that car
recognize for all their hard
work.
So so many so we have that
caught professional excellence
awards which is an award we do
ambulatory nurses they are
nominated by their colleagues.
Patients and colleagues can
Daisy Best part of the Daisy
Foundation which is a
fantastic organization and
people are chosen based off of
the stories. That are told
which we do annually. Again
peak says are recognized by
colleagues and then we also
encourage people to submit
international professional
organizations and such so lots
of opportunities to recognize
the amazing work that our
nurses deal.
Amber thanks so much for
your time this morning really
appreciate that. Thank you.
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