Nurses help patients in countless ways. While many may often think of caregivers in hospital rooms and clinics throughout the community Sanford Health serves, they are often thought of as operating rooms, hospices, senior living facilities, or Karen Pausch. Some provide care in places such as integrative medicine in the case of .
“I’ve been a nurse for about 45 years, so I’m an older nurse,” said Pausch, a Sanford Fargo Certified Practical Nurse and Healing Touch Certified Practitioner and Instructor.
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“I got into nursing just to help people. I think we all do it for basic reasons: compassion and wanting to do more.”
healing touch
Twenty years ago, Pausch wanted to try something new. There she became a certified practitioner of Healing Touch Therapy, a holistic therapy that seeks to improve physical and mental health while complementing her traditional medicine.
In Healing Touch, the practitioner places hands over various parts of the patient’s body to induce relaxation, reduce pain, and promote healing.
For her care, Pausch was recently awarded a Guardian Angel Award in recognition of her patients.
“Karen is my Healing Touch Provider in the Department of Integrative Medicine,” was named. “She literally saved my life. She helped me make dramatic improvements and changes in both my physical and mental health. Thank you for everything you have done, and thank you for your dedication to health and healing today and in the future.”
A guardian angel
The Guardian Angel program allows patients to honor their caregivers and donate money of their choice to the Sanford Health Foundation. Pausch said he was honored to receive his first Guardian Angel Award.
“It was very emotional, in fact. And I feel like that’s why I do it,” Pausch said.
Pausch is one of many guardian angels at Sanford Health, all of whom are named by the very patients they care for every day.
“Guardian Angel is one of the best programs we have.
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