Meet Nurse Paurus
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Jeff Paurus, RN and nursing instructor, is a nurse educator who has been training nurses with Children’s HeartLink for 20 years.
During his teaching trips, he has donated countless hours of his time to educating nurses and nursing students. He has made 36 trips to China alone! He has also volunteered with our Nurse Residency Program in Kochi, India, the only program of its kind in the country.
This program trains the nurses who work with families during home visits before and after their child has heart surgery. In addition, Jeff has been working to improve hospital screening in India for newborns with possible congenital heart disease.
Jeff elaborates, “I think that one of the problems in many countries is that there’s very little support to foster further development with nursing. Our hope is that the prestige of nursing will increase, with both the educational programs we provide and the recognition they receive.”
“Children’s HeartLink values the role of nursing at their partner hospitals. They make great efforts to improve postoperative care for children in the ICU and the step-down floor. The nurse’s role doesn’t end in the operating room.”
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