𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦: 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐏𝐓 - 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐲 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫
𝟏. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞?
- I have always dreamed of being in healthcare since a young age due to helping care for friends and family members and seeing the difference it made in their lives.
𝟐. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐀𝐭 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞?
- I truly enjoy our team members and that we all work so well with one another. Everyone is always willing to chip in to lend a helping hand, no questions asked.
𝟑. 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭?
- When I started about 6 years ago, Melissa and I had a patient that was essentially bed-bound and hadn't walked in a few years. Their doctors had suggested hospice care for various reasons, but the patient and family didn't feel it was time. We put our heads together, had lots of conversations with the patient's team of physicians, and through lots of work and perseverance from the patient/family, the patient was walking with a cane and had returned to driving upon discharge. It was truly life-changing for them. I will never forget that.
𝟒. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞?
- I thoroughly enjoy spending time with our family and friends—whether cooking out or just enjoying each other's company. You can generally find us hanging out around home or at our church, serving in our children and youth ministries.
𝟓. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞?
- My biggest piece of advice would be to make sure you're in it for the right reasons. Home health is a different world but a wonderful one to work in. You can truly see the difference you're making in the patient's lives, in their day-to-day environment.
𝟔. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝?
- Seeing the difference in their lives and the positive outcomes is certainly a boost, but there are times when it becomes hard to see the good. My faith plays a huge part in my ability to try to always see the good in every situation.
𝟕. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬?
- I love when I get to see the patients do something for the first time in a long time—whatever it is that matters most to them!
𝟖. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐀𝐭 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬?
- While I've never worked for another HH agency, so I can't speak to any others, I truly feel that we do whatever we can for our patients. I have coworkers that routinely make meals for patients to help them out because they don't have the means, or just as a pick-me-up. I've also seen them make special trips to the store to buy something essential for a patient that maybe they don't have the means or family members to get things for them. The relationships we build with the patients and their families are truly something special.
𝟗. 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰?
- I enjoy mowing grass!
𝟏𝟎. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫?
- I don't guess I have a true 'goal'—I have faith that I'll be where I'm supposed to be, when I need to be there. I'm excited to see where this new role takes me, but I hope to always have patient care in my day-to-day operation. I truly have a love for helping patients and working with them and their families.
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