>> Absolutely have been in love with nursing from the time I was a teenager.
I started out really working with my grandmother who was a licensed professional nurse
in a nursing home, and I used to go and spend time with her and spend time with the residents.
And really got interested in nursing that way.
I was in the hospital for many, many years but I left the hospital
in 1995, and came into home care.
And the two things that really motivate me the most are working with nurses,
and making sure that they're practicing to the best of their professional capability,
and also overseeing quality care for patients.
And again, I've been in manager leadership positions since the early 80s,
and really beginning to work with very young nurses, and occasionally students.
We have students that rotate through the hospitals as well as here.
And you know, working alongside them, sharing ideas, you know, sharing my stories
about my experience professionally, and listening to and watching them develop,
that's really the spark that keeps it going for me.
So, the whole idea of dealing with chronic illness comes into play.
You know, the hospital sees someone in an acute distress situation.
They're doing things to them and for them.
We go into the home and try to teach and we try to coach and we try to put support systems
in place so that people can continue to thrive in their home.
And people have choices.
So they can make choices too.
Ignore what we said, which often leads to not always the most positive consequences.
So, that's -- it's a big challenge.
Again, we're invited into their home.