{"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\/pt\/news\/nurse-with-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Uma enfermeira com cora\u00e7\u00e3o reforma-se ap\u00f3s 25 anos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sa\u00fade do Cora\u00e7\u00e3o e Vascular de Southcoast<\/a> orgulha-se de ter obtido uma classifica\u00e7\u00e3o de elite de tr\u00eas estrelas da Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) pelo seu programa de cirurgia card\u00edaca. Esse reconhecimento denota o mais alto n\u00edvel de qualidade, o que coloca o Southcoast Health entre os melhores programas de cirurgia card\u00edaca nos Estados Unidos e no Canad\u00e1.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

H\u00e1 uma boa raz\u00e3o para esse n\u00edvel de distin\u00e7\u00e3o: a extraordin\u00e1ria equipa de profissionais talentosos e atenciosos que tratam os seus doentes como se fossem da sua pr\u00f3pria fam\u00edlia. Desde os enfermeiros aos NPs, PAs aos cirurgi\u00f5es e todos os outros, esta equipa dedicada tocou - e salvou - in\u00fameras vidas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poucas pessoas sabem isso melhor do que Ellen Rawding, RN, que tem sido membro da equipa desde que o programa de cirurgia card\u00edaca come\u00e7ou em 2002. De facto, ela foi parte integrante do in\u00edcio do programa na Southcoast Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Servi durante 11 anos como m\u00e9dico hospitalar na Marinha e mais tarde trabalhei como t\u00e9cnico de ortopedia e de raios X no Newport Hospital\", explica Ellen. Mas o seu cora\u00e7\u00e3o ainda estava no BO. \"O hospital tinha um programa de enfermagem, por isso trabalhava durante o dia e ia para a escola de enfermagem \u00e0 noite.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Por sorte, Ellen tinha amigos no BO do Charlton Memorial Hospital. \"Disseram-me que estavam sempre \u00e0 procura de enfermeiros para o BO, por isso candidatei-me depois da licenciatura\", disse Ellen. \"Comecei em janeiro de 2000 na antiga sala de opera\u00e7\u00f5es na cave do hospital. Quando abriram o novo BO, tinham duas salas para cirurgia de cora\u00e7\u00e3o aberto - eu sabia que era ali que queria estar.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aquelas duas salas eram o in\u00edcio do programa de cirurgia card\u00edaca na Southcoast Health e, sem qualquer instrumenta\u00e7\u00e3o, estavam literalmente a come\u00e7ar do zero. Ellen fez uma entrevista para o programa e foi aceite. Juntamente com outras duas enfermeiras, foi para o Tufts (antigo New England Medical Center) em Boston para receber forma\u00e7\u00e3o em cirurgia card\u00edaca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Os m\u00e9dicos de l\u00e1 eram duros connosco\", recorda Ellen. \"Mas isso foi uma coisa boa. Tornou-nos mais resistentes e est\u00e1vamos ansiosos por regressar ao Charlton Memorial e come\u00e7ar.\" Juntamente com os seus novos cirurgi\u00f5es e com a sua diretora e mentora, Judith Baulier, que preparou tudo para o programa, as cirurgia card\u00edaca<\/a> A equipa estava oficialmente a caminho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Atualmente, Ellen, Judy e o anestesista Larry Thiesen, MD, s\u00e3o os \u00fanicos tr\u00eas que restam desse grupo original. Mas uma coisa permanece igual: a unidade, o empenho e a compaix\u00e3o da equipa. Somos aquilo a que se chama uma \"equipa fechada\" - tudo o que fazemos s\u00e3o cuidados card\u00edacos. \u00c9 para isso que fomos treinados. Somos tamb\u00e9m uma equipa muito unida; somos como uma fam\u00edlia. No fundo, gostamos uns dos outros e a prioridade n\u00famero um \u00e9 o doente.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foi por isso que Ellen permaneceu na Southcoast Health durante tanto tempo. \"Adoro os meus doentes. Tenho cerca de cinco minutos para entrevistar um doente com a sua fam\u00edlia antes de o levar para aquela que pode ser uma das maiores cirurgias que alguma vez ter\u00e1. \u00c9 um momento emotivo e recorro frequentemente ao humor para os tranquilizar - \u00e9 o meu forte. Quero que eles saibam que est\u00e3o em boas m\u00e3os, com pessoas que se preocupam com eles\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

E podem ter a certeza de que est\u00e3o em boas m\u00e3os. Com Iraklis Gerogiannis, MD<\/a>Chefe de Cirurgia Cardiotor\u00e1cica, ao leme - juntamente com cirurgi\u00f5es cardiovasculares Peter Lee, M\u00e9dico<\/a> e Jacob Kriegel, MD<\/a> - esta equipa altamente experiente e dedicada realiza mais de 300 cirurgias de cora\u00e7\u00e3o aberto todos os anos. Desde o in\u00edcio do programa, mais de 5.000 pacientes beneficiaram destes procedimentos que salvam vidas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\u00c9 uma equipa forte\", afirma o Dr. Gerogiannis. \"E uma equipa forte \u00e9 essencial para uma sa\u00fade card\u00edaca ideal, reunindo compet\u00eancias especializadas, experi\u00eancias e coordena\u00e7\u00e3o para proporcionar os melhores cuidados antes, durante e ap\u00f3s a cirurgia.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

N\u00e3o \u00e9 de admirar que a Southcoast Health Heart & Vascular tenha ganho tantos pr\u00e9mios. H\u00e1 muito de que se orgulhar, mas Ellen diz que ela \u00e9 a sortuda. \"Estou muito orgulhosa por ter feito parte deste programa e por trabalhar com esta equipa de homens e mulheres fant\u00e1sticos.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ap\u00f3s quase 25 anos, a Ellen reformou-se. O seu \u00faltimo dia foi 1 de abril, o que \u00e9 apropriado, uma vez que foi tamb\u00e9m a data da primeira cirurgia de cora\u00e7\u00e3o aberto na Southcoast Health. Ellen planeia passar algum tempo a viajar pelo pa\u00eds com a sua mulher e o seu c\u00e3o na sua caravana. \"\u00c9 a melhor forma de viajar! Podemos ir para onde quisermos\", diz ela. Quando lhe perguntam se a sua reforma \u00e9 agridoce, acrescenta: \"Vai ser dif\u00edcil deixar os meus doentes, a minha fam\u00edlia de trabalho. Trabalh\u00e1mos muito, mas tamb\u00e9m nos divertimos - vou ter saudades de todos eles!\"<\/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":"\nA 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=\"pt_PT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Nurse with Heart Retires After 25 Years - Southcoast Health\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ellen Rawding, RN, who has been a member of the team since the cardiac surgery program began in 2002.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/nurse-with-heart\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Southcoast Health\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ellen-Rawding-Cardiac-Surgery-Retirement-Story.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"566\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/nurse-with-heart\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/nurse-with-heart\/\",\"name\":\"A Nurse with Heart Retires After 25 Years - 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