Marilou loves clinical practice at Georgetown University Hospital!
As a staff nurse in the dialysis unit, she was given the opportunity to climb the clinical ladder, a professional advancement program that is available for staff nurses. This was made possible because I have a supportive nurse manager who believes in the program and in her.
Georgetown University Hospital utilizes peer reviews. Staff nurses provide co-workers with a sound professional feedback, which she can take as an opportunity for growth.
As a Magnet Champion (the committee that worked to achieve and sustain Magnet status at Georgetown University Hospital) Marilou got to know not only the nurses from other units, but also employees from all over the hospital. For her, collaboration is now a positive encounter because she knows and likes the people she works with and depend on.