I've been with Northside, really, since 2016. I did relocate in 2019, and unfortunately had to leave, but I'm back. I was able to come back at the end of August, 2020. And I was so excited for this, this opportunity. And really, the question is, you know, what keeps you here? And really, in my case, what made me want to come back? And I knew that coming back to this team I would be coming back to my friends, my family, you know, people who were going to have compassion and empathy, and really just complete support for whatever may come our way on a work day. And having that support really just gives you comfort, knowing that you're working for such a great company that offers great benefits, and just really great volunteer opportunities, whether that be running a 5K, or Open Hand, or going to Ronald McDonald House, you truly become a part of something that's way bigger than yourself. And I'm so blessed to be a part of this team.

One of the ways our team works together daily is by constantly helping each other out because PACU can be critical care. We do get some critical patients in our recovery rooms, so if somebody does get a patient that they're having to do a lot of work with, like giving blood or helping or they're crashing, there's always other people to help out. You're never gonna be alone in any situation, whether management is coming to help you or the people in the bays next to you are helping you out. You always have that support from everyone. Right, and in PACU, we are a rotation-based unit, so you have one nurse that gets a patient and then the next nurse after her gets a patient. So if you have somebody that is, like having to deal with a lot, like if their patient is having a lot of things going on, then we do tend to help out just because you know that eventually like you're gonna get somebody and we're all gonna be busy, so it works better if we all are just one team.