November 2021
Paulina
Maureira
,
RN
Intermedio Pediátrico
Hospital Clínico Red de Salud UC-CHRISTUS
Santiago
Chile
Paulina hired a musician to give a mini-concert for the adult patients, and she decorated the service with balloons and farewell posters.
Paulina es una enfermera que siempre ha destacado por el trato humanizado a sus pacientes y familia. Por pandemia nos transformamos a un servicio intensivo de adulto, un reto que para ella nunca fue fácil, ya que siempre ha dicho que no le gustan los adultos. La vi muchas veces llegar a trabajar desanimada, angustiada, ansiosa, frustrada por la situación que estábamos viviendo, pero una vez que ponía un pie en el servicio cambiaba esa energía y la renovaba para atender a los pacientes de una forma muy cariñosa y servicial. Siempre atenta, sacando una sonrisa a los adultos que cuidaba, llevándole pequeños presentes que alegraban los días (como un turbante a una paciente que había perdido su pelo por la quimioterapia) tratando de hacer lo más llevadero posible la difícil situación que vivíamos. Cuando terminó la primera ola organizó una despedida para los pacientes, ya que sabíamos que el servicio iba a cerrar y volver a ser pediátrico. Para esto contrató a un músico para que fuera a dar un mini concierto para los pacientes adultos, y decoró el servicio con globos y carteles de despedida. Recuerdo las caras de alegría de todos los pacientes al salir a ver este momento, muchos de los cuales llevaban meses hospitalizados, lo que siento les dio un atisbo de esperanza humanizando el cuidado.
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Paulina is a nurse who has always stood out for the humane treatment of her patients and family. Due to a pandemic, we became an intensive adult service, a challenge that was never easy for her, since she has always said that she does not like caring for adults. I saw her many times come to work discouraged, anguished, anxious, frustrated by the situation we were experiencing, but once she set foot in the service she changed that energy and renewed it to serve patients in a very loving and helpful way. She was always attentive, bringing a smile to the adults she cared for, bringing small presents that brightened the days (like a turban to a patient who had lost her hair due to chemotherapy) trying to make the difficult situation as bearable as possible. When she finished the first wave she organized a farewell for the patients, as we knew that the service was going to close and go back to pediatric. For this, she hired a musician to give a mini-concert for the adult patients, and she decorated the service with balloons and farewell posters. I remember the happy faces of all the patients when they went out to see this moment, many of whom had been hospitalized for months, what I feel gave them a glimmer of hope by humanizing care.
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Paulina is a nurse who has always stood out for the humane treatment of her patients and family. Due to a pandemic, we became an intensive adult service, a challenge that was never easy for her, since she has always said that she does not like caring for adults. I saw her many times come to work discouraged, anguished, anxious, frustrated by the situation we were experiencing, but once she set foot in the service she changed that energy and renewed it to serve patients in a very loving and helpful way. She was always attentive, bringing a smile to the adults she cared for, bringing small presents that brightened the days (like a turban to a patient who had lost her hair due to chemotherapy) trying to make the difficult situation as bearable as possible. When she finished the first wave she organized a farewell for the patients, as we knew that the service was going to close and go back to pediatric. For this, she hired a musician to give a mini-concert for the adult patients, and she decorated the service with balloons and farewell posters. I remember the happy faces of all the patients when they went out to see this moment, many of whom had been hospitalized for months, what I feel gave them a glimmer of hope by humanizing care.