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BY JANET PEREZ side grew from there, and she was hired launched the hospital’s structural heart gram to ensure a smooth transition for
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Contributing writer in the cardiac intensive care unit after program with a goal of 30 TAVR proce- patients from the hospital to home, and
graduating. dures in 2015. The hospital performed 78 led a change in Abrazo’s internal culture,
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ammy Querrey knew when she In 2014, she earned her acute-care TAVR surgeries that year. Querrey was where every decision is made with the
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was in high school she wanted to nurse practitioner designation and later asked to duplicate those efforts at Abra- best interest of patients in mind.
be a nurse, and it was during her joined Phoenix-based Abrazo Communi- zo Arizona Heart Hospital in 2016. “I feel blessed to work with an
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training that she set her sights on exactly ty Health Network as transcatheter aortic In fewer than three years, Querrey amazing team of medical profession-
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what kind of nurse she would be. valve replacement program coordinator helped bring minimally invasive alter- als who share the vision of delivering
The eldest girl in a family of five chil- at the Arrowhead Campus. Seeing a com- natives to open-heart surgery to the compassionate care to our patients,”
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dren, Querrey often would help her munity need for the procedure, Querrey hospitals, created a nurse navigator pro- Querrey said.
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mother take care of younger siblings In her position, she keeps apprised of
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when they were sick. But what solidi- R R CLOSE-UP all innovative heart therapies. She is also
fied her future career choice was a hos- a sub-investigator of clinical trials, giving
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pital visit to see her uncle. Title: Director dedicated their time and shared their her the opportunity to be on the cutting
“When I was a senior in high school, I Organization: Centers of Excellence/ expertise while I was becoming a nurse edge of new technology.
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