{"id":51281,"date":"2014-12-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/12\/17\/time-out-with-t-o-one-great-nurse\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T20:19:50","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T01:19:50","slug":"time-out-with-t-o-one-great-nurse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/12\/17\/time-out-with-t-o-one-great-nurse\/","title":{"rendered":"Time out with T.O. – One great nurse"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the hospital world, is there anyone more valuable than a great nurse? <\/p>\n

The nurse interacts with the patient and family way more than the physician does. The nurse is always there to answer questions, provide reassurance and — when necessary — even a much-needed hug.<\/p>\n

\n

The Laurie Williams file<\/h3>\n
    \n
  • Born – Evanston, Ill.\n
  • B.S.N., University of Michigan, 1973\n
  • M.S.N., Wayne State University, 1981\n
  • 1985 — came to UNMC as first nursing coordinator for liver transplant program\n
  • Past president, North American Transplant Coordinators Organization\n
  • Chairperson, transplant coordinator’s group within the United Network of Organ Sharing\n
  • 2014 — Named “Nurse of the Year,” Nebraska Chapter of the March of Dimes<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n

    There are lots of great nurses at UNMC\/Nebraska Medicine. We wouldn’t be the world class medical center we are without them. <\/p>\n

    When I learned recently that Laurie Williams was named “Nurse of the Year” by the Nebraska Chapter of the March of Dimes, it brought a big smile to my face.<\/p>\n

    If there was a Mount Rushmore of great nurses at UNMC, Laurie would be on it.<\/p>\n

    She came here in 1985 when UNMC recruited the liver transplant team from Pittsburgh. It was a landmark event in UNMC history. The quiet little medical center in midtown Omaha was about to spread its wings and fly. <\/p>\n

    Now, nearly 30 years later, UNMC\/Nebraska Medicine has become one of the top centers in the country for solid organ transplantation. We transplant not just livers, but kidneys, hearts, pancreases, small bowels, and — coming soon — lungs.<\/p>\n

    Transplantation transformed our medical center, and Laurie Williams was right in the center of it.<\/p>\n

    Working as a transplant coordinator is hardly an 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. job. If a donor organ becomes available in the middle of the night, you answer the call.<\/p>\n

    You’re dealing with families who have usually gone through the wringer to make it to the top of the transplant list — in and out of hospitals, back and forth to doctors, lots of sleepless nights. <\/p>\n

    \n

    Moving to Nebraska Medicine<\/h3>\n

    With the beginning of the new year, Laurie Williams is one of about 170 College of Medicine employees who will be leaving UNMC and moving over to Nebraska Medicine because more than 80 percent of their current job activities involve clinical care. <\/p>\n

    “We want to thank all these employees for their dedicated service to the College of Medicine and know they will continue to be important assets to our organization as part of Nebraska Medicine,” said Bradley Britigan, M.D., dean of the UNMC College of Medicine and president of Nebraska Medicine. <\/p>\n

    Dr. Britigan noted that seven Nebraska Medicine employees will move to UNMC, reflecting that most of their activity revolves around clinical research.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

    By the time families get to Omaha, they are frazzled. Anxious to get their new organ, but scared to death of what the uncertain future might hold. <\/p>\n

    “It’s all about building relationships and building them quickly,” Williams said. “You have to focus on the other person if you want to develop a relationship. You have to earn their trust.”<\/p>\n

    Over the years, she has delivered care to more than 5,000 transplant patients and mentored countless others on what it takes to be a transplant nurse. <\/p>\n

    Always a hard charging personality, Williams has softened her image — thanks in part to Dale Carnegie training she received.<\/p>\n

    It worked. Nurse of the year — you bet. <\/p>\n

    Based on the standing ovation she received, I’d say the judges made a wise choice.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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