CAREER COACH’S CORNER
A CAREER ON COURSE
І Career Coach’s Corner
By ShuntÁ Fletcher, MSN, RN, NE-BC, CVRN-BC
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osemary Williams, CST II started out working at Houston Methodist Hospital in 1995 as a patient care assistant (PCA) and is now a Certified Surgical Technician II (CTS II) at Houston San Jacinto Methodist Hospital in the OB/Gyn OR, thanks to the guidance from her career coach. Rosemary was introduced to nursing here at Houston Methodist hospital. She was inspired by the reward this line of work had on the patients and their families, which lead her on a course to search for her niche. While working as a PCA she sought a job offer to promote to unit secretary still trying to make a decision to go further, but not exactly sure what change would look like or what her next step would be. After completing a pharmacy technician program, Rosemary still had no clear path of how or what she needed to do to find out exactly what she had a passion for in the healthcare field.
“My career coach did everything I needed to assist me in obtaining a job as a Certified Surgical Technician so at this point I plan to continue my career coaching with my current coach for a personal path to my next goal as R.N.” Rosemary Williams
She heard about the career coaching program offered at Houston Methodist Hospital and decided to seek help from one of the coaches. Rosemary teamed up with a coach who was able to help discover and nurture her natural abilities. Face to face time with her career coach gave them time to explore what area of healthcare she seem to have a passion for and how to best put those opportunities to work.
Rosemary and her coach developed the right plan to move her toward her current goal of becoming a CST. Her journey began by taking a program offered at Houston Community College while continuing to work fulltime as a unit secretary on Main 4 at the Houston Methodist Hospital. After completing her studies her career coach arranged for her to shadow and network in the OR here at HMH; She received help with fine tuning her resume, which resulted in a job in the outpatient center OR as a CST I. “My career coach was very encouraging and supportive. She provided everything I needed to assist me in obtaining a job as a Certified Surgical Technician. I plan to continue my career coaching with my current coach for a personal path to my next goal as R.N.” If you would like greater career success or need help in solidifying your vision for the future coaching appointments are flexible and are conducted by face-face interview or telephone. For more information please contact The Center for Professional Excellence at 713.441.4546 or via e-mail at cpecareercoaching@houstonmethodist.org. Continued from page 5 • Poster Presentation: “Implementing a Sepsis Tracking Tool” Allison Damron RN, Betty Gonzales RN, Bonnie Riley RN, and Scott Stover RN • Poster Presentation: “Impact of a Rapid Recovery Program on Outcomes” regarding the Joint Center-Chris Rappel RN, Terry Gonzales RN • Poster Presentation: “Early Nutrition in Critically Ill Patients” Patricia Lewis RN, Jenifer Henderson RN, Aileen Velasquez RN, and Kathleen Murphy RN • Poster Presentation: “Hourly Rounds will Decrease Call Lights & Increase Patient Satisfaction & HCAHPS Scores” Ann Maguire RN and Ancy John RN • Poster Presentation: “Alarm Reduction with Telemetry Electrode Management” Kate Vos RN, Stella Tomy RN, Maria Querido RN and Terry Pulanco RN • Poster Presentation (2): “Massive Transfusion Protocol” and “Newborn Screening for Critical Congenital Heart Defects” Women’s Services • Poster Presentation-Magnet–by Avid Salimi RN, Liza Kalu RN, and Agnieszka Kuszynski RN
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
• Diane McGraw, RN-Presentation at AACN Chapter Meeting for Texas Team, May 2013 • Becky Chalupa, RN-Co-instructor for
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Fundamentals of Surgical Energy course given to surgeons and nurses at King Fahad Medical City in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 2013
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
• Janet Leatherwood, RN, Board Member, President’s Regional Advisory Board; University of Houston-Victoria • Diane McGraw, RN-Texas Association for Healthcare Quality Board Member, 2013 • Karen Tobin, RN President AORN, through September 2014 • Vincenza Jones, RN President-Elect AORN • Irene Morrison, RN Treasurer, AORN • Laurie Sweet, RN, Treasurer, ENA • Dan DiDonato, RN, President-Elect,
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• Patricia Lewis, RN Board of Directors for Texas Nurses Association, District 9 • Scott Stover, RN Director-Texas Emergency Nurses Association, 2013 and Chair of Resolutions Committee, 2013 & 2014 • Scott Stover, RN Nominations Committee Region 2, Emergency Nurses Association • Diane McGraw, RN-Texas Team Member, 2013 Initiative on the Future of Nursing
• Becky Chalupa, RN-Texas Team Member, 2014
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT,
(City, County, State, International) • Kunjumol Varughese, RN-Coordinates The Immanuel Mar Thoma Church Health Fair, Stafford, TX, November 2013 Participants in The Immanuel Mar Thoma Church Health Fair • Ancy John, RN • Sibi Abraham, RN • Leema Malayl, RN • Scott Stover, RN Boy Scouts of America, Life/Eagle Advancement Coordinator • Scott Stover, RN Senior Enlisted Advisor, 1st Battalion Texas Maritime Regiment-Texas State Guard, 2013 & 2014 • Scott Stover, Volunteer Firefighter Paramedic - Willowfork Fire Department & Katy Fire Departments • Becky Chalupa, RN-Volunteered 40 hours on the Medical Committee for the Fort Bend County Fair, October 2013
OTHER AWARDS
• Judy Jacob Mathew, RN-Outstanding Masters Student at University of Houston-Victoria
Recipients of a Barnes Foundation Research Grant • Michelle Chable, RN • Melody Pakeltis, RN
PUBLICATIONS
• Maureen Lall, RN, Spine CenterManuscript to be published in the Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, “Opioid Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain: Prescribing Considerations for Advanced Practice Nurses”. • Betty Gonzales, RN-Served as an expert blind reviewer for the “Journal of Trauma Nursing”
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS, INDIVIDUAL & HOSPITAL WIDE
• Diane McGraw, RN-Lead Auditor ISO Training Course April, 2013 • Brooke Taylor, RN-Lead Auditor ISO Training Course April, 2013 • Patricia Lewis, RN-Chapter Awards Review Panel for the American Association of Critical Care Nurses, 2014 Fiscal Year • Patricia Lewis, RN-provided expert blind peer-review for Critical Care Nurse, Nursing Education Today, Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 2013