{"id":807319,"date":"2020-05-11T11:16:33","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T17:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=383091"},"modified":"2020-05-11T18:50:40","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T00:50:40","slug":"summit-county-nurses-stay-committed-to-compassion-and-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/summit-county-nurses-stay-committed-to-compassion-and-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Summit County nurses stay committed to compassion and care"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Nurses-SDN-051220-1-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Nurses-SDN-051220-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Nurses-SDN-051220-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Nurses-SDN-051220-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Nurses-SDN-051220-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Nurses-SDN-051220-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p><figcaption><strong>Health care workers at St. Anthony Summit Medical Center in Frisco pose for a photo Wednesday, May 6, on National Nurses Day.<\/strong><br \/><em>Liz Copan \/ ecopan@summitdaily.com<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>FRISCO \u2014 For Amber Kilby, a good nurse has \u201ccompassion, empathy and drive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kilby, an inpatient nurse at St. Anthony Summit Medical Center in Frisco, was one of five nurses named Nurse of the Year on Wednesday, May 6, as part of the hospital\u2019s celebration of National Nurses Week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA well of emotions filled up inside of me,\u201d she said. \u201cI felt so honored to be recognized and considered by my peers for such an esteemed award. I cried.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The national appreciation week kicked off with National Nurses Day on Wednesday, May 6, and ends Tuesday, May 12. The weeklong celebration honors and recognizes nurses for their hard work throughout the year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row sd-donation sd-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/SDN-logo-white-1.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/SDN-logo-white-1.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>While the appreciation week happens every year, this year was different, with nurses, doctors and other health care providers working to help communities battle the novel coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>In Summit County, a total of 42 people have been hospitalized with the virus since early March, 182 people have tested positive and the county has seen two deaths in connection with COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Nurses have had to adjust to work in a pandemic, donning more personal protective equipment than they ever have and putting their own health at risk to serve those with the highly contagious virus.<\/p>\n<p>Tim Putz, an emergency department nurse at the hospital, said his job hasn\u2019t changed all that much because the primary goal remains giving every patient the attention they deserve.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the core of what we do is still the same,\u201d he said. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter whether you\u2019re seeing a patient for a laceration or a patient who is possibly COVID positive, you\u2019re still going to revert back to basics and treat that person the same.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Putz was another one of the nurses to receive the Nurse of the Year award. He has been at the hospital since 2005, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most rewarding part of my job most of the time is when people come to the emergency department, and they\u2019re having a really bad day,\u201d he said. \u201cHopefully, I can provide them with comfort and care and send them away with a smile on their face.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kilby agreed with Putz that the onset of COVID-19 hasn\u2019t affected her outlook on her job too much.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery day I go to work, I just focus on doing what I\u2019ve always done \u2026 just taking care of the patients the best way we can and the best way I know how to,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Dori Welch, an inpatient nurse at the hospital, said a good nurse is \u201cwell-rounded and has to have somewhat of an open mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have to be ready to learn all the time,\u201d she said. \u201cHaving an open mind makes it more successful working with your patients and your peers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Welch said that while work is different because of COVID-19, her job is as important as ever.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has woken me up to a little bit in the global pandemic to what health care as a whole really means to the population of the planet,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s really brought forth my perception of what compassion can look like across the board and not just in health care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Welch said the \u201chuman connection\u201d is the most rewarding part of her job.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re definitely meeting people that are coming in on the worst day of their life,\u201d she said. \u201cSometimes your co-workers and yourself are having a really awful time, as well. So you have to really dig deep and all work together for some sort of solution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Summit County nurses have received recognition and praise for their work outside of National Nurses Week. This year, the 150 nurses at St. Anthony Summit Medical Center have been awarded the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/st-anthony-summit-recognized-nationally-for-nursing-quality-empowering-work-environment\/\">Pathway to Excellence<\/a> designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. The hospital\u2019s emergency department also has received the Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence award for patient experience and an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/st-anthony-receives-a-rating-in-hospital-safety\/\">A-rating from the Leapfrog Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish patients knew how much the health care workers actually care for their wellbeing,\u201d Welch said. \u201cThat is definitely the ultimate goal with every nurse and health care person I\u2019ve worked with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/summit-county-nurses-stay-committed-to-compassion-and-care\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health care workers at St. Anthony Summit Medical Center in Frisco pose for a photo Wednesday, May 6, on National Nurses Day.Liz Copan \/ ecopan@summitdaily.com FRISCO \u2014 For Amber Kilby, a good nurse has \u201ccompassion, empathy and drive.\u201d Kilby, an inpatient nurse at St. Anthony Summit Medical Center in Frisco, was one of five nurses [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-807319","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-11 11:17:53","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=807319"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":807337,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807319\/revisions\/807337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}