Krista Peralez
May 2023
Krista
Peralez
,
MSN, RN
Austin North
Texas Oncology
Austin
,
TX
United States

 

 

 

Krista stepped in to help in the biggest way as a manager and showed her staff that we could rely on her to always assist us and to have a fun attitude through the difficult times.
Krista will step in on a regular basis to cover desk nurses when staffing is low. This alone shows she goes out of her way to ensure important jobs are being done and her staff can have the time off they request. However, through a period of *roughly* 4+ months, Krista put her own job aside during the 8-5 workday to function as a medical assistant, supply orderer and stocker, infusion room chemo checker, a full-blown infusion room supervisor, and vetted hopeful new staff while our infusion room was at an all-time low on staffing. She stayed late and worked weekends (I’m using the past tense, but it’s possible she’s still working these hours) to complete her managerial tasks that still needed to get done- all while working salary and knowing she wouldn’t get monetarily compensated for any of the extra time and effort. Krista cleaned chairs, pulled patients back to the infusion room, got vitals, helped infusion nurses get ports accessed or de-accessed, STOCKED like crazy, changed out the chemo bins, and pretty much helped out wherever and whenever she was needed. Krista stepped in to help in the biggest way as a manager and showed her staff that we could rely on her to always assist us and to have a fun attitude through the difficult times. As a nurse myself, I can easily say that having a manager like Krista makes all the difference in my ability to do my job well and feel supported on a day-to-day basis. I know patients don’t always get to see Krista’s impact on them to nominate her for a DAISY, so I wanted to make sure she was fully recognized for the impact she’s had on both the patients AND the staff these past several months (and years).