Beyond the Bedside: A Look at Spartans in Nursing | Page 23

Bottom Line:

DO WHAT’S RIGHT

for the Patient

Finding Her Niche
Peg Albrets played with the idea of medical
school. But she wanted to do something closer
to patients, yet flexible enough to have her own
family. Nursing was the answer.

In her current position, she brings the case
manager’s broad perspective, knowledge, and
experience to training new staff and educating
the case managers and social workers who
work collaboratively with and for each patient.

She is passionate about empowering staff
to think critically, solve problems, and make
decisions within the ethical framework of
doing what is right for the patient. To her,
every experience is an opportunity to grow
professionally. So rather than give answers,
she asks the questions that
help people find answers for
SOLVING THE “PUZZLE” OF BEST CARE
themselves and keep a careful
A dedication to finding holistic solutions to the “puzzle” each
balance of caring, involvement,
patient’s case presents placed Peg Albrets at the forefront of
and objectivity.
the nursing-social work team approach to case management
“I just fell into discharge planning,” Albrets
reports, after working mostly in med/surg for
seven years. “When the hospital coordinator
went on maternity leave, I was asked to fill in.
And I found my niche in life.”

and care coordination for the last 25 years. Her dedication to
teaching set high standards in her own healthcare system and
has driven practice across the country.

HONORS
Donations to Stanford in her honor by patients’ families,
2014 and 2010

She arrived at Stanford University Hospital just
as t