Catherine M Miloni
April 2024
Catherine M
Miloni
,
BSN, RN, CCTC
Tripler Army Medical Center
Tripler Army Medical Center
Honolulu
,
HI
United States
She is admired by her coworkers as someone who is fair and honest in her communication with her patients and with the staff.
It takes a special nurse to work for the betterment of multiple clinics, serving the greater need of our active-duty members and their families, while ensuring that all clinical areas can function at their highest level, despite the chronic issues that plague healthcare. During my time here at TAMC, I have had the privilege of working with such a dedicated and conscientious nurse who excels at developing programs despite limited resources, increasing workload capabilities while maintaining patient safety, utilizing newly developed treatments (EAU) medications and conveying an atmosphere of trust those patients who need to undergo these emergency medical treatments, while delivering quality, safe and effective healthcare to all of those entrusted to her care.
Teamwork:
One example of Catherine Miloni's ability to work as a key team member of the team, with other disciplines, is when she demonstrated her abilities to manage the movement of the entire GI department without degrading services. She worked with multiple agencies (facilities, IT, Biomed, logistics, Pharmacy, DCMS- and DOM) to plan and coordinate the successful strategic transfer of the clinic, allowing the department to increase access to care and provide services in a timely manner to patients in need. This was a critical and important effort and affected hundreds of patients waiting for backlogged procedures.
Admirable:
Catherine's actions toward staff and work/life balance goals are highly regarded by the staff. She is admired by her coworkers as someone who is fair and honest in her communication with her patients and with the staff. She is often overheard encouraging individuals to work on their strengths and be proud of their accomplishments. Working with patients and staff who must deal with end stage renal disease, cancer, and Rheumatological/neurological diseases, she empowers staff to maintain a positive attitude and work on the changes that they have control over, to help make a difference in their own lives, as well as, in their patient's lives.
Meaningful:
Catherine helped establish a Joint clinic under Rheumatology, so that patients who are suffering in pain, could gain greater access to clinical treatment and care. Her vision to improve the management of chronic disease demonstrates her motivation and determination to help make a difference in our patients' lives. Catherine re-established a CKD stage 4-5 class for patients and their families to attend. She ensured that the course provided a multidisciplinary approach to care that included all options of treatment, both holistic and medical. She coordinates with social workers, dieticians, palliative care, physicians, and the outside community hemodialysis/peritoneal dialysis units to provide education, so that patients could make a fully informed decision for their treatment plan.
Committed:
Catherine is the embodiment of a nurse who wants only the best for her staff and patients. She strongly encourages each of us to focus on our strengths, while working diligently with individuals to ascertain their levels of comfort, related to apprehension of illness or limitations. She encourages and gently guides patients, family members and staff; with patience to help overcome their trepidations, through her understanding of their illness and compassionate care.
Catherine is committed to clinical excellence and advancing care for our patients, which includes the highest standards of innovations and treatment options. She demonstrates true attributes of a great nurse. She is humble, kindhearted and delivers unwavering excellence care, even when faced with the risk of exposure to oneself. She demonstrates a self-sacrificing attitude toward getting the job done and ensuring everyone is treated with dignity and respect. Over the past years, with the outbreak of COVID, Monkeypox and multi-resistant bacteria strains, Catherine provided care for the higher risk patients. She volunteered to train staff on COVID shots and IV treatments; she was the primary nurse to assist with the first case on Monkeypox on Oahu and she oversaw training ICU and floor staff for an FDA EAU treatment for multi-resistant bacterial infection who was dying.
Teamwork:
One example of Catherine Miloni's ability to work as a key team member of the team, with other disciplines, is when she demonstrated her abilities to manage the movement of the entire GI department without degrading services. She worked with multiple agencies (facilities, IT, Biomed, logistics, Pharmacy, DCMS- and DOM) to plan and coordinate the successful strategic transfer of the clinic, allowing the department to increase access to care and provide services in a timely manner to patients in need. This was a critical and important effort and affected hundreds of patients waiting for backlogged procedures.
Admirable:
Catherine's actions toward staff and work/life balance goals are highly regarded by the staff. She is admired by her coworkers as someone who is fair and honest in her communication with her patients and with the staff. She is often overheard encouraging individuals to work on their strengths and be proud of their accomplishments. Working with patients and staff who must deal with end stage renal disease, cancer, and Rheumatological/neurological diseases, she empowers staff to maintain a positive attitude and work on the changes that they have control over, to help make a difference in their own lives, as well as, in their patient's lives.
Meaningful:
Catherine helped establish a Joint clinic under Rheumatology, so that patients who are suffering in pain, could gain greater access to clinical treatment and care. Her vision to improve the management of chronic disease demonstrates her motivation and determination to help make a difference in our patients' lives. Catherine re-established a CKD stage 4-5 class for patients and their families to attend. She ensured that the course provided a multidisciplinary approach to care that included all options of treatment, both holistic and medical. She coordinates with social workers, dieticians, palliative care, physicians, and the outside community hemodialysis/peritoneal dialysis units to provide education, so that patients could make a fully informed decision for their treatment plan.
Committed:
Catherine is the embodiment of a nurse who wants only the best for her staff and patients. She strongly encourages each of us to focus on our strengths, while working diligently with individuals to ascertain their levels of comfort, related to apprehension of illness or limitations. She encourages and gently guides patients, family members and staff; with patience to help overcome their trepidations, through her understanding of their illness and compassionate care.
Catherine is committed to clinical excellence and advancing care for our patients, which includes the highest standards of innovations and treatment options. She demonstrates true attributes of a great nurse. She is humble, kindhearted and delivers unwavering excellence care, even when faced with the risk of exposure to oneself. She demonstrates a self-sacrificing attitude toward getting the job done and ensuring everyone is treated with dignity and respect. Over the past years, with the outbreak of COVID, Monkeypox and multi-resistant bacteria strains, Catherine provided care for the higher risk patients. She volunteered to train staff on COVID shots and IV treatments; she was the primary nurse to assist with the first case on Monkeypox on Oahu and she oversaw training ICU and floor staff for an FDA EAU treatment for multi-resistant bacterial infection who was dying.