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PALM BEACH GARDENS MEDICAL CENTER DELRAY MEDICAL CENTER
Jennifer Schultz, RN, BSN
Yaima Morgan, RN, BSN, BBA
“I’m so glad you’re my nurse.” “I feel lucky you’re
taking care of me.” When patients make comments like Yaima Morgan of Delray Medical Center describes her
this to Jennifer Schultz, it makes being a nurse all the experience of being a nurse as being a new adventure
more worthwhile. Jennifer has over 20 years of experi- each day. Yaima has been a nurse at Delray Medical
ence in nursing, and for the past two, she’s been help- Center for the past two years upon graduating from
ing patients on the road to recovery at Palm Beach Florida Atlantic University. Yaima says she has always
Gardens Medical Center. She feels the best part about felt the need to take care of others when they need you
being a nurse is helping the people she treats on a daily most. She started looking after the elders in her church
basis and making sure they improve so they can even- who didn’t have a family to help them when she was 14
tually go home to be reunited with their families again. years old. She started by acting as their caregiver and
Jennifer is a graduate of Florida Atlantic University, advocate when they had any sort of health issue. Yaima
earning her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a knew from that point on she wanted to be a nurse and
Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing. care for others. Yaima enjoys being able to interact with
her patients. She focuses on listening to who they are and establishing a bond with
them to make their experience as pleasant as possible. As Yaima puts it, she looks for-
Sean Koecheler, ADN ward to changing a patient’s life, but it’s usually the patient that makes the biggest
impact and ultimately ends up inspiring her.
You could say Sean Koecheler threw a curveball in life
to get where he is today. A top baseball prospect, Sean
was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers right out of Jaison Chowattukunnel, RN
high school, but chose to play college baseball. He
pitched at Palm Beach State College, and then was draft- Jaison Chowattukunnel likes making a difference each
ed by the Arizona Diamondbacks following his sopho- day for the patients he cares for. Jason enjoys being a
more year. Sean opted to stay in school and decided role model to his two young sons who are 2 ½ and 1, but
baseball wasn’t something he ultimately wanted to pur- he also models himself as someone who is known for
sue professionally. Inspired by his mother who has been having a positive attitude when he treats patients at
a nurse for nearly 50 years, Sean decided to throw a Delray Medical Center. The ever changing environment
change-up, he hung up his mitt, and now he is a hit as of healthcare is one of the things Jason enjoys the most
an ICU nurse at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center. about nursing. It also allows him to use his critical
Sean compares nursing to baseball, as he puts it, you thinking skills. Jaison earned his undergraduate degree
have to work together as a team to produce better out- from the University of Florida before going to Florida
comes for the patients. One of the things Sean enjoys the most about nursing is work- Atlantic University to complete his degree in nursing.
ing with cardiac patients, which is a prominent service line at the hospital.
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