UConn Health Labor and Delivery Nurse Lauren Piro, 35, of West Hartford is the epitome of gratitude.

It’s been 9 years and he or she nonetheless loves her job at UConn Health and the folks she works with, even whereas engaged on weekends, as a Labor and Delivery employees nurse at UConn John Dempsey Hospital.

“It’s really special at UConn Health,” Piro says. “I love coming to work. I work with the best group of nurses. We are like a family here at UConn Health.”

She says regardless of when she walks into work and will get to see who she will get to work with on any given day she at all times will get excited.

“I know we are going to work together, work hard, get through the workday and also have fun!”

She provides: “I wouldn’t be where I am as a nurse today if it wasn’t for everyone here in my unit.”

Piro can also be the proud mother to four-year-old twins who have been born proper at her particular office, UConn John Dempsey Hospital.

“Every day at UConn Health is never the same!” she exclaims. In her L & D employees nurse function she cares for maternity sufferers and likewise their newborns too.

“As an L & D nurse we care for laboring mothers, we do OR care, the nursery to care for babies, or triage care for anyone who is pregnant with an issue needing management,” she shares.

“And sometimes I get to be the charge nurse of the unit. It’s a lot of problem solving, and putting out fires, but I enjoy it.”

But what she’s most grateful for at UConn Health is which you can at all times be your real self at work.

“I like that we all can just be ourselves here. Also, as a result everyone has a good sense of humor.”

Also, Piro appreciates that everybody she works with goes out of their approach to assist each other which is at all times crucial in a affected person care emergency scenario.

“If there is ever an emergency, everyone seamlessly comes together to help. We are a true team”

Piro additionally believes sufferers can really feel the UConn Health distinction too.

“The patient experience here for Moms-to-be is amazing! There is no other word to describe it. I am so grateful we can give them an amazing experience.”

“The patients feel like they are family too!” she says warmly. “We treat patients like they are members of our own family. It’s different here at UConn Health than other hospitals.”

Also, Piro likes educating different nurses.

“We have a lot of new nurses joining us, so I also am a preceptor to help train them about their new role and our unit,” she says.

Piro is aware of the brand new nurses will all like it at UConn Health too.

“UConn has a very special sense of community that other institutions just don’t have.”

When Piro ponders her personal sense of gratitude, she’s reminded to at all times be pleased about who and what you might have in your life.

“In Labor and Delivery, we see people from all walks of life. We are reminded at times that life is not always butterflies and rainbows for everyone or all the time. Our job allows us to walk in other people’s shoes, have a window into their personal lives, and help them. It keeps you thankful for your health, family, and children too.”

Piro says one of the best a part of her job is at all times seeing the gratitude expressed by her sufferers experiencing the delivery of their baby. And she feels so blessed to be part of their journey.

“Labor is really cool and such an incredible process,” she says. “It is such an honor to be a part of a birth of a child. When a baby is born, I love seeing how thankful and grateful new or even repeat parents are. We are so proud of the parents. We see them at their most vulnerable and most triumphant moments. No matter your labor experience, it sticks with you forever. It’s always really exciting.”

Plus, there may be at all times numerous emotion and pleasure within the delivery room in accordance with Piro.

“I love watching the partner as the baby comes out. I always know if they start crying, I will start crying tears of joy too!”

Also, the nice help of her supervisor Lina Godfrey, RN is admittedly vital to Piro and her unit co-workers.

“Our manager is truly amazing! She is super supportive,” says Piro. “She is always working side-by-side with us and in the trenches. That kind of manager is hard to find.”

When winter climate is way from sight, and when Piro just isn’t at work fortunately caring for her sufferers with colleagues, or at dwelling caring for her twin son and daughter, you could find her exterior.

“I love to see sunshine,” she exclaims. “And I love to garden.”

UConn Health has gratitude for the devoted service of this employees nurse to our establishment and for bringing her very personal sunshine to work every day to brighten the lives of her sufferers and fellow workers.

“Lauren is a nurse on our unit who truly embodies gratitude,” says her L & D unit supervisor Godfrey. “We are so grateful to have her.”