
FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - This week's healthcare leader is Lupe Vargas, a programme manager astatine Community’s Special Services Department. She’s besides a finalist for this year’s RN of the Year.
Vargas is simply a seasoned nonrecreational who has been astatine Community since 2007 and has been moving with patients surviving with HIV and AIDS since 2014.
“We spot patients who are recently diagnosed,” Vargas said. “Some travel successful very, precise sick and we spot them advancement successful their wellness trajectory. And that I deliberation that is the top restitution of moving present and interacting with patients. You get to turn with them successful present and the recovery."
“The patients emotion Lupe. Love,” said Dr. Erica Kasper, aesculapian manager for the Special Services Clinic astatine Community Regional. “She treats everyone with the aforesaid level of attraction and compassion. They look guardant to talking to her. They spot her arsenic their number-one advocate. Her narration with them is very, very, precise unique."
It's Vargas' other attraction to detail, her quality to enactment with antithetic property types and uncovering ways to dainty each diligent and co-worker uniquely that stands retired to her colleagues.
“Lupe is precise dedicated to what she does. She is an fantabulous clinician. She's an fantabulous leader. And she is an fantabulous mentor,” Dr. Kasper adds. “She wide truly cares astir the patients she takes attraction of, arsenic good arsenic her employees. It shows successful everything that she does.”
While Vargas is honored to beryllium nominated for RN of the Year, she remains rather humble astir the recognition.
“I don't similar to beryllium the halfway of a spotlight,” Vargas said.
But Dr. Kasper says the accolades are agelong overdue.
"I americium precise blessed she has yet been acknowledged for the enactment she does and however fantastic she is. She volition ne'er inquire you to admit her. She would similar not to beryllium successful the limelight, but that's what makes her truthful special. She's down to world and truthful humble.”