Incredible ICU Team
May 2021
Incredible
Center
ICU
Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center
North Chicago
,
IL
United States
Rowena Sunga-Bolisay RN, BSN
Arnold Lustina RN, BSN
Leoella Judilla RN, BSN
Gisella Dorog-Leyson RN BSN
Susan Doldolea-Nacion RN BSN
Jeniffer Binuya RN, BSN
Ria Carnate RN, BSN
MarieJoy Arias-Carbonell RN, BSN
Rainier Duque RN, BSN
Marysol Escoto RN, BSN
Ana Marie Callo Ramirez RN, BSN
Cheryl Lehman RN, MSN
Iwona Jodlowska RN, BSN
Lisy John RN, BSN
Rowena Joy Carreon RN, BSN
Ma Lea Martin RN, BSN
John Ordonez RN, BSN
Rosali Papelera RN, BSN
Beth Pono RN, BSN
Andrea Roque RN, BSN
Lorelei Lagamon-Arabejo RN, BSN
Ian Judilla- RN, BSN
Mylene Apigo RN, MSN
Jhestelin Francis RN, BSN
Cherry Familara RN, BSN
LT Victoria Thornton BSN, MEDSURG-BC, CCRN LT, NC, USN
LT Katharine Darrell RN, BSN
LT Jessica Riggins RN, BSN
LT Mary Bass RN, BSN
LTJG Ashlee Johnson RN, BSN

 

 

 

The incredible nursing team worked to get iPads with video capability set up so that both patients and their loved ones could continue to see each other during this tough time.
During the COVID-19 initial surge that rocked our country, FHCC made the difficult decision to close its doors to outside visitors for increased patient and staff safety. The intensive care unit nurses knew from evidence-based practice studies that family interaction especially in the critical care environment is essential to patient engagement and healing. The incredible nursing team in ICU worked with the ICU director and the TeleHealth department to get iPads with video capability set up so that both patients and their loved ones could continue to see each other during this tough time. This new technology in ICU allowed staff nurses to video chat family members securely and comfortably from the negative pressure rooms of COVID-19 patients. The iPads were also used in other patient rooms after careful sanitation to decrease patient and family anxiety related to the no visitation policy. Thanks to the resourcefulness of the ICU nursing team in collaborating with Telehealth, increased patient and family satisfaction abounded in the unit.