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Brian Velasco. Courtesy photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In an extraordinary way, Brian Velasco is comfortable working during the coronavirus pandemic, even as it complicates his work as an assistant nurse manager at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou see people at their wits end and at their worst,\u201d Velasco said. Yet, this is a role for which he prepared by getting a Master of Nursing in the Administrative Leadership<\/a> track from the School of Nursing & Health Studies<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI feel like I\u2019m better equipped in facing these types of challenges \u2014 and even enjoy it,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Safety net hospital <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Velasco worked as a bedside for nurse nine years at Harborview, Seattle\u2019s \u201csafety net\u201d hospital that treats everyone regardless of their ability to pay. After receiving his MN last June, he took on a leadership role this year as the assistant nurse manager in the orthopedic trauma clinic and the after-care clinic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

足彩app哪个是正规的 after-care clinic treats county jail inmates, people who lack permanent residences, patients without insurance and those struggling to enter the health care system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou can see why we are the safety net hospital through the services we provide in that clinic,\u201d Velasco said. \u201cWe know they have their backs up against a wall and have nowhere else to turn.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Velasco is responsible for making certain his team of about a dozen nurses is equipped, trained and prepared \u201cto perform their responsibilities and to take care of our patients well.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With both access to treatment and follow-up care, he said, those patients don\u2019t end up in the emergency room as often. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inspiring leadership <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Velasco said he was inspired to pursue the master\u2019s degree by his managers and by \u201cseeing what formally trained leaders can do in the community, for our patients and for the organization as a whole.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He decided to go beyond bedside nursing and have a bigger impact on how Harborview moves forward with patient care. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Velasco had received his Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2015 from UW Bothell and also said he \u201cwanted to continue there to get that excellent education.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

足彩app哪个是正规的 MN program included meeting one day a week in class for two years while he continued working full time. \u201cIt was a good kind of busy.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Velasco also intends to keep busy. He\u2019d like to develop even more business skills with an MBA and add advanced nursing credentials with a doctor of nursing practice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education matters <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You can\u2019t go wrong with more education, said Velasco. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019re increasing your value as a person and as a working member of this profession,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

足彩app哪个是正规的 pandemic has also demonstrated how nursing leaders can rapidly respond to new challenges. And while everyone hopes the pandemic will end soon, he noted, no one expects it will be the last time hospitals are forced to shift. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c足彩app哪个是正规的se types of things happen, and it\u2019s up to us aspiring nurse leaders to choose how we want to change the direction of health care,\u201d Velasco said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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