Brittney L. Bell, RN, BSN  
Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit    

"Being a critical care nurse is perhaps one of the greatest joys in my life. I enjoy working in CVICU at UT Medical Center because nurses are committed to teamwork, innovation, education, leadership and excellence. My patients are my neighbors, fellow community members, family and friends and I want them to have the best possible care that we can offer. I want my patients to be treated as if they are my closest family members."

Kristin Condurelis, RN, BSN
Magnet Champion
I am a nurse. Nursing requires full investment, mentally, physically and spiritually. I am invested in my patients. I am invested in the families that surround my patients. I am invested in the care I provide. Nursing is an art – the art of making a stranger feel like a friend, the art of caring for a patient like a family member, and providing excellent care simultaneously. I am a nurse. I care.

April R. Miller, RN  
Team Leader, Surgical Critical Care

"I started out working on the Trauma Step Down Unit where I was welcomed with open arms. This was my first experience with a teaching facility and I was very surprised at how much respect was given to the nurses. I became more involved with the patients progress and moving them toward discharge working side by side with the physicians. I realized that critical care was where I wanted to be. I love working at UT Medical Center because our focus is on the patient and ensuring a better outcome."

Sylvia, RN
Neuro / Stroke Unit 

“My mom survived a stroke in 1996, and my dad had a stroke last year,” Sylvia says. She understood the particular difficulties the families of stroke patients were experiencing because she had gone through them herself. “You just saw them crying—the mama was the breadwinner and she was in bed, and the kids didn’t know what to do. I wanted to tell them, ‘I’ve been there, I know how you feel,’ and then try to do my best to help with the knowledge I had.

"The nurses on the neuro/stroke unit are proud of the team they’ve organized to advance stroke care and prevention, and Sylvia believes her work is a way to give something back for the care her own parents received. “I like the people I work with,” she says. “It’s a great team. When I see the needs of the neuro patients, I know I have to look after these people, just as a way to say thank you.” 
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