Author: Dorron Blumberg

Leo Restrepo is a nurse manager at Florida Medical Center in the emergency room. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Nursing from Florida International University. His duties in the emergency room are establishing rapport with patients, making sure they are getting the best care, as well as overseeing the operations of the entire emergency room.

ACHE of South Florida has a mission of supporting our members through education, networking, mentoring, and career related resources. In these unprecedented times, we know that many of our members are working on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis and we salute all of you. We also are sensitive to the reality that some members have been financially affected by this crisis and may need some help.

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Kathy Guido is the chief nursing officer at Palmetto General Hospital. She is responsible for all nursing and patient care functions and services at the hospital. She has over twenty years of nursing leadership experience. Kathy is responsible for overall direction of nursing leadership and professional scope of practice.

Julie Abbate is a nurse practitioner on staff at Delray Medical Center. Julie has been a nurse for 24 years, 15 of them at Delray Medical. She says the most rewarding part of being a nurse is working with such wonderful, positive and dynamic people who improve patients’ lives each day. Abbate sites the relationships she builds with patients and their families