Providing that same quality of support for this mother and child has been inspirational. Guiding hand delivers best of care Pediatric social worker Gail Horinbein has played an instrumental role coordinating help for Sijia. For every turn of events in Sijia Feng s journey to Charleston, inpatient social worker Gale Horinbein has been a reassuring beacon of hope. She began wearing the hats of coordinator, communicator, educator, advocate and general majordomo for Sijia even before the child s arrival in January. Gale s always finding some way to help or identify new resources to assist patients.
Social workers provide a wide scope of services for patients and families.
Their focus is to consider a patient s needs and other health care issues. Often these demands extend their time beyond a regular work day, sometimes extending their support to weekends. Gale provides a lot for all our patients, said Tim Hushion, a nurse working at the Research Center. Without her, we couldn t provide the type of high quality care and clinical experience patients like Sijia require, he said. Besides working with Key, Horinbein covers a large territory handling patient care issues in the pediatric intensive care unit, pediatric cardiology and as coordinator of Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect.