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Get to Know our SRH Staff: Carrie Wilson, Ambulatory Care

Get to Know our SRH Staff: Carrie Wilson, Ambulatory Care

by | Jan 10, 2020 | Clubfoot & Foot Disorders

What is your role at the hospital? 

I am the RN coordinator for Dr. Richards and I also assist with Dr. Sucato’s scoliosis clinic. My primary role is providing education to patients and families, as well as helping to get patients ready for surgery to make sure medical clearances are obtained. One day to the next is never the same!

What do you enjoy most about Scottish Rite for Children?
The patients and their families!

What was your first job? What path did you take to get here? How long have you worked here?
My very first job was as a lifeguard when I was in high school. During college, I had several different jobs. I worked at a restaurant in the summers (where I met my husband to be), I worked for a stockbroker and I worked at Dillard’s.

I started at the hospital during my last semester at Texas Woman’s University. I was initially a nurse tech and then after I graduated, I was hired as a full-time inpatient nurse. As of this month, I have worked here for 32 years and I’ve been the RN coordinator for Dr. Richards for the past 22 years.

What are you currently watching on Netflix?

Call the Midwife
Who would you most like to swap places with for a day?

Jerry Jones (owner of the Dallas Cowboys) – although I don’t think he could handle my job if we had to “swap”!
What is a fun or interesting fact about your hometown?My hometown is Des Plaines, Illinois. It is the home of the first McDonald’s franchise.
What is your favorite thing to do when you’re not working?
Watching football and spending time with my family.

Get to Know our SRH Staff: Kat Petty, Fracture Clinic

Get to Know our SRH Staff: Kat Petty, Fracture Clinic

by | Jul 15, 2019 | Fractures

What is your role at the hospital? What do you do on a daily basis? 
I am the R.N. coordinator for the Fracture Clinic at our Frisco campus. I coordinate patients’ needs (orders, medications, supplies, phone calls) and manage the overall flow of the clinic. 
The clinic serves patients that have been injured and may have a fracture. We have walk-in clinic hours from 7:30 – 9:30 a.m., as well as scheduled appointments throughout the day. It’s a busy place!
What led you to Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children? How long have you worked here?
I have been here for exactly two years. When I was looking to transfer out of the hospital setting, I came across a job posting for Scottish Rite Hospital. I did one of my nursing school clinicals at the hospital back in 2010 and I remembered how great of an experience that was. The building was a happy place, the employees were friendly and of course the popcorn smell wafting through the building left an impression on me!
 
What do you enjoy most about Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children?
I really enjoy making a difference in children’s lives. Bonus, the management is unlike any I have worked for!
 
What was your first job? What path did you take to get here?
My very first job was when I was 14. I was a daycare worker at a facility that also doubled as a themed party event center on the weekends. My specialty was dressing up as Snow White.
 
What do you like to do in your spare time?
Read, spend time with my husband, feed people, craft, travel, volunteer at my church and plan events.
 
Three words to best describe you:
Patient, considerate, disciplined
 
What would you do (for a career) if you weren’t doing this?
I would be a home decorator or a professional crafter!
 
What’s the most adventurous thing you’ve ever done?
When I was 19, I did a leadership internship and participated in an event called E.S.O.A.L. – Emotionally Stretching Opportunity Of A Lifetime. 
 
This event was fashioned after the Navy Seals boot camp training. For 96 hours, with little to no sleep, we hiked for what felt like a million miles and ran rounds and rounds of obstacle courses. I ate some pretty interesting things (think live mealworms with ketchup and ice cream) and stayed really dirty as we rolled down hills and waded through mud pits. Through the nights, we had sleep-wake cycles: seven minutes to sleep with a rude awakening to jump in a pool of ice water. I’m proud to say that I lasted to the end (only 25% of us made it to the finish line). To date, the hardest and most adventurous thing I have ever done!