An acute care nurse at her hospital’s med surge tele unit, Catherine Michel sees all types of patients. “It’s a mixed population. We get ER patients, those who dealing with the effects of strokes, COPD, dialysis, heart failures, and surgery.”
The work is challenging, she says, but made easier by fellow nurses who are like a family that trusts and helps one another. It’s an environment Michel is accustomed to, having grown up attending to a disabled sibling and a grandmother that suffered with Alzheimer’s disease. “My mom was in the medical field and showed us how to provide care.”
Michel has been part of Memorial Healthcare System since 2016 and values the patient interactions, sometimes going as far as singing to those in her care (she was a vocal major in college) to create a happier environment.
