{"id":18272,"date":"2025-04-18T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/nurse-with-heart\/"},"modified":"2025-04-18T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T12:00:00","slug":"nurse-with-heart","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/news\/nurse-with-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Una enfermera con coraz\u00f3n se jubila tras 25 a\u00f1os"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/heart.southcoast.org\/\">Southcoast Health Heart &amp; Vascular<\/a> se enorgullece de haber obtenido una calificaci\u00f3n de \u00e9lite de tres estrellas de la Sociedad de Cirujanos Tor\u00e1cicos (STS) por su programa de cirug\u00eda cardiaca. Este reconocimiento denota el m\u00e1ximo nivel de calidad, lo que sit\u00faa a Southcoast Health entre los mejores programas de cirug\u00eda card\u00edaca de Estados Unidos y Canad\u00e1.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hay una buena raz\u00f3n para ese nivel de distinci\u00f3n: el extraordinario equipo de talentosos y atentos profesionales que tratan a sus pacientes como si fueran su propia familia. Desde el personal de enfermer\u00eda hasta los enfermeros diplomados, pasando por los asistentes m\u00e9dicos, los cirujanos y todos los dem\u00e1s profesionales, este entregado equipo ha influido en innumerables vidas y las ha salvado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pocas personas lo saben mejor que Ellen Rawding, enfermera titulada, que ha formado parte del equipo desde que se inici\u00f3 el programa de cirug\u00eda cardiaca en 2002. De hecho, ella fue parte integrante de la puesta en marcha del programa en Southcoast Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Serv\u00ed 11 a\u00f1os como enfermera de hospital en la Marina y m\u00e1s tarde trabaj\u00e9 como t\u00e9cnico ortop\u00e9dico y de rayos X en el Newport Hospital\", explica Ellen. Pero su coraz\u00f3n segu\u00eda estando en el quir\u00f3fano. \"El hospital ten\u00eda un programa de enfermer\u00eda, as\u00ed que trabajaba de d\u00eda y estudiaba enfermer\u00eda de noche\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La suerte quiso que Ellen tuviera amigos en el quir\u00f3fano del Charlton Memorial Hospital. \"Me dijeron que siempre estaban buscando enfermeras de quir\u00f3fano, as\u00ed que present\u00e9 mi solicitud despu\u00e9s de graduarme\", cuenta Ellen. \"Empec\u00e9 en enero de 2000 en el antiguo quir\u00f3fano del s\u00f3tano del hospital. Cuando abrieron el nuevo quir\u00f3fano, ten\u00edan dos salas para cirug\u00eda a coraz\u00f3n abierto: supe que era all\u00ed donde quer\u00eda estar.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aquellas dos salas fueron el comienzo del programa de cirug\u00eda cardiaca de Southcoast Health y, al no disponer de instrumental, estaban empezando literalmente desde cero. Ellen hizo una entrevista para el programa y fue aceptada. Junto con otras dos enfermeras, fue a Tufts (antes New England Medical Center) en Boston para formarse en cirug\u00eda cardiaca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Los m\u00e9dicos eran muy duros con nosotros\", recuerda Ellen. \"Pero eso fue bueno. Nos hizo m\u00e1s duras y est\u00e1bamos ansiosas por volver al Charlton Memorial y empezar\". Junto a sus nuevos cirujanos y su directora y mentora, Judith Baulier, que lo prepar\u00f3 todo para el programa, las <a href=\"https:\/\/heart.southcoast.org\/treatment-and-services\/cardiac-surgery\/https:\/heart.southcoast.org\/treatment-and-services\/cardiac-surgery\/\">cirug\u00eda card\u00edaca<\/a> equipo estaba oficialmente en marcha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En la actualidad, Ellen, Judy y el anestesista Larry Thiesen son los tres \u00fanicos que quedan de aquel grupo original. Pero hay algo que sigue siendo igual: la unidad, el compromiso y la compasi\u00f3n del equipo. \"Somos lo que se denomina un 'equipo cerrado': lo \u00fanico que hacemos es atenci\u00f3n cardiaca. Estamos formados para eso. Tambi\u00e9n somos un equipo muy unido, como una familia. A la hora de la verdad, nos queremos y la prioridad n\u00famero uno es el paciente\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Por eso Ellen ha permanecido tanto tiempo en Southcoast Health. \"Me encantan mis pacientes. Tengo unos cinco minutos para entrevistar a un paciente con su familia antes de llevarlo a lo que puede ser una de las cirug\u00edas m\u00e1s importantes a las que se someter\u00e1. Es un momento emotivo, y a menudo utilizo el humor para tranquilizarles; \u00e9se es mi fuerte. Quiero que sepan que est\u00e1n en buenas manos con gente que se preocupa\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Y tenga la seguridad de que est\u00e1n en buenas manos. Con <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/doctors\/iraklis-gerogiannis-md\/\">Iraklis Gerogiannis, Doctor en Medicina<\/a>Jefe de Cirug\u00eda Cardiotor\u00e1cica, junto con cirujanos cardiovasculares. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/doctors\/peter-lee-md\/\">Dr. Peter Lee<\/a> y <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/doctors\/jacob-kriegel-md\/\">Dr. Jacob Kriegel<\/a> - este equipo de gran experiencia y dedicaci\u00f3n realiza cada a\u00f1o m\u00e1s de 300 operaciones a coraz\u00f3n abierto. Desde el inicio del programa, m\u00e1s de 5.000 pacientes se han beneficiado de estas intervenciones que salvan vidas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Es un equipo fuerte\", dice el Dr. Gerogiannis. \"Y un equipo fuerte es esencial para una salud cardiaca \u00f3ptima al reunir conocimientos especializados, experiencias y coordinaci\u00f3n para ofrecer la mejor atenci\u00f3n antes, durante y despu\u00e9s de la cirug\u00eda.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No es de extra\u00f1ar que Southcoast Health Heart &amp; Vascular haya ganado tantos premios. Hay mucho de lo que enorgullecerse, pero Ellen dice que ella es la afortunada. \"Estoy muy orgullosa de haber formado parte de este programa y de trabajar con este equipo de hombres y mujeres incre\u00edbles\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despu\u00e9s de casi 25 a\u00f1os, Ellen se ha jubilado. Su \u00faltimo d\u00eda fue el 1 de abril, una fecha muy apropiada ya que tambi\u00e9n fue la fecha de la primera operaci\u00f3n a coraz\u00f3n abierto en Southcoast Health. Ellen planea pasar tiempo viajando por el pa\u00eds con su mujer y su perro en su caravana. \"Es la mejor forma de viajar. Puedes ir donde quieras\", dice. Cuando se le pregunta si su jubilaci\u00f3n es agridulce, a\u00f1ade: \"Va a ser duro dejar a mis pacientes, a mi familia de trabajo. Trabajamos duro, pero tambi\u00e9n nos divertimos, \u00a1los echar\u00e9 de menos a todos!\".<\/p>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":18273,"template":"","categories":[1230],"class_list":["post-18272","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-our-people"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Nurse with Heart Retires After 25 Years - Southcoast Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ellen Rawding, RN, who has been a member of the team since the cardiac surgery program began in 2002.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/nurse-with-heart\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Nurse with Heart Retires After 25 Years - 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