National Nurses Week: Passion drives Robichaux’s work
Published 12:10 am Wednesday, May 11, 2016
THIBODAUX— Allison Robichaux didn’t become a nurse until she had her four children, deciding to go back to school because of her nurturing and helpful personality.
Allison Robichaux
“I’ve been nursing for 21 years now,” she said. “I recently became the medical surgical clinical director at Thibodaux (Regional Medical Center). I started at Thibodaux as a nurse tech and then I became an RN. I worked on the medical surgical floor for three years, then I went to ICU but I came back because of my passion for (the medical surgical unit).”
Robichaux said she finally has the job she has been waiting on for so long.
“I supervise the entire unit,” she said.
“I oversee all of the RNs and unit sectaries and I ensure that the unit has excellent outcomes. I make sure we provide quality care and that the team stays motivated and excited about providing such good care.”
As supervisor, Robichaux oversees 100 people.
“I’m very proud and very excited,” she said. “I can’t wait to make an impact and a difference on the unit. Our patient satisfaction scores are in the 99th percentile, and I want to continue to maintain and sustain that.”
Robichaux has been at Thibodaux her whole nursing career and is very proud of that fact.
“We have accomplished amazing things along what we call our journey to excellence,” she said.
“We have achieved so many goals, mainly in regards to our patient experience.”
Robichaux said her favorite part about nursing is the patients, adding it’s amazing to know the work makes a difference in another person’s life.
The hardest part, though, is when something is out of your control, Robichaux said.
“From there, it is in God’s hands,” she said. “When you lose someone that is absolutely the hardest part of the job.”
Robichaux wants her staff to make a difference in someone’s life by meeting the needs of the patient and family.
Robichaux appreciates National Nurses Week, which concludes Thursday, because it recognizes people for making a difference in other people’s lives.
“I want the community to know that nursing is a difficult job and it takes someone special and dedicated to make a difference,” she said. “Nurses are very hard workers and very passionate people.”
