Cary Orrick

Performance Improvement Coordinator
Nursing Administration Support

First UTSW job: Nurse on 6 South Telemetry at the former St. Paul University Hospital.

Best part of the job: Working with the specialists who are in very different roles from me. It has been a wonderful opportunity.

Unusual memory: I worked 20-plus years in the Emergency Department at St. Paul. Watching the lights go out on the sign above the ED was surreal. That “new beginnings” feeling coupled with sadness struck me. As I turned toward I-35, I could not see the end of the line of ambulances coming to move our patients to William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital.

How co-workers describe me: Talks too much.

What energizes me at work: Engagement; when people I interact with want to be where they are, doing what they are doing.

I wish I were an instant expert at: Storytelling. Everyone loves a good story.

I’m really good at: Working with my hands. I love to fix almost anything that is broken.

Hobby or passion: Cycling.