I'm part of a large system that allows me to be the nurse
that I've always wanted to be.
It's the care.
It's the medicine.
It's the technology.
It's the advancements.
It takes teams of interprofessionals.
Nurses, patient care technicians, doctors, social workers, case managers to really bring
to light the overall care plan of a patient.
We're all part of the Rush family.
Those relationships have helped me grow, not only as a nurse, but also as a person.
Working together as a team and always having the best outcome for the patient.
I'm very proud of what my pharmacists do to help take care of patients.
They're dropping what they do, changing how they do it, learning something new to make
things work for our patients.
From the moment you walk through the door, people are greeting you, they're smiling.
As a patient told me today, "Wow.
Everybody here is so happy and friendly."
I said, "Listen, you just walked through the doors of Rush Oak Park Hospital."
We're among the top 10 percent in the country for quality and safety.
It starts with caring and it ends with caring.
We're willing to go above and beyond.
It's got this small community hospital vibe, but then it's also got all the resources of
a large academic institution.
If something is excellent and very good, I'd say let's share a little bit of the good that
we have and spread it to more places.
We always want to make sure everything is taken care of so when you leave here, you
want that person to come back here.
You want the patients to come back.
You want to stand out and be that place that everybody wants to come to.
I get the opportunity to live out my passion, my nursing research expertise.
What set Rush apart is the relationship with the West Side of Chicago.
Also, I get to be involved with a large number of people in terms of shaping the strategic
plan around health equity.
Where at the end of the day you did something useful, something that actually made a difference
in someone's life.
There are just so many examples I see every day of somebody stepping up and helping somebody out.
I started out with my training and stayed on as faculty.
My husband trained here as well and is still here.
My children go to the day care here, so it's definitely a family affair for us.
I would say that the environment at Rush is amazing.
You have physicians, researchers, all under one small area, and you also have other universities
so close by that you can collaborate with.
The people at Rush are just absolutely awesome.
There's some love here that you feel as a student, so I loved that when I visited and
I definitely love it now.
I remember applying as a first-year resident to Rush, and it struck me as a very family-oriented
place, a kind place, but a place that was really focused on excellence.
And it still is.
Compassion.
Fantastic.
Perseverance.
I can't do it in one word.
Pre-eminence.
Greatness.
Nursing.
Striving for perfection.
Responsibility.
Commitment.
Safety.
Interpreting.
It's caring.
Personalization.
Impacting the lives of others.
Empathy.
Understanding.
Why we do what we do.
Excellence is when quality and compassion combine to produce something very special.