Patrick's Story
Patrick Small
Nurse Manager, Emergency - HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital (Highland, Illinois)
What happens when a National Guard veteran and former military medic finds an organization that values both his clinical excellence and leadership potential?
Patrick Small's trajectory from PRN nurse to ER charge nurse to department manager in just seven months reveals an environment that genuinely encourages rapid advancement.
With military discipline informing his calm, collected approach to ER chaos and his philosophy that skills can be taught but genuine connection cannot, Patrick discovered the best teamwork he's seen across multiple health care facilities and the joy of coming to work again, surrounded by people below him who want to succeed and leaders above him who want him to succeed.
Nurse Manager, Emergency - HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital (Highland, Illinois)
What happens when a National Guard veteran and former military medic finds an organization that values both his clinical excellence and leadership potential?
Patrick Small's trajectory from PRN nurse to ER charge nurse to department manager in just seven months reveals an environment that genuinely encourages rapid advancement.
With military discipline informing his calm, collected approach to ER chaos and his philosophy that skills can be taught but genuine connection cannot, Patrick discovered the best teamwork he's seen across multiple health care facilities and the joy of coming to work again, surrounded by people below him who want to succeed and leaders above him who want him to succeed.