July 18, 2014,

Dear Members of the UEXCEL Board,

It s my !leasure to "rte ths letter of re#omme$dato$ for Catl$ %o"als&, '(, B)( $
su!!ort of her *uest to #rede$tal to a Le+el III Cl$#al (urse, Catl$ be-a$ her #areer
"th the U$+ersty of Colorado .os!tal $ /#tober of 2010 as a (e" 0raduate 'esde$t
o$ the 1#ute Care of the Elderly u$t 21#e3, Catl$ has a !asso$ for our +ul$erable
elderly !ate$ts a$d !ro+des them "th truly #om!asso$ate #are, .er demea$or s
al"ays &$d a$d #alm$-, Early $to her #areer, Catl$ demo$strated stro$- leadersh!
s&lls fu$#to$$- $ the role of a relef #har-e $urse, )he ds!layed a$ e4em!lary
or-a$5ato$al #ommtme$t "th her #ommttee "or& a$d em!loyee e$-a-eme$t, I$ May
of 2016 she "as !romoted $to a !erma$e$t #har-e $urse role, 1s her dre#t su!er+sor, I
ha+e had the o!!ortu$ty to +sual5e Catl$7s tra$sformato$ a$d -ro"th as a u$t leader,
Catl$ has a stro$- u$dersta$d$- of the $urs$- !ro#ess, e4#elle$t assessme$t s&lls a$d
the ablty to !rort5e #are to !ate$ts o$ our u$t, Catl$ su##essfully #om!leted the
(#he modules a$d ser+es as a -eratr# resour#e $urse, )he br$-s her &$o"led-e of the
elderly !ate$t !o!ulato$ to other members of the health#are system "th her
membersh! a#t+tes o$ the 8allat+e Care Commttee a$d the (#he Cham!o$s -rou!,
9hs !ast year she has asssted $ m!ro+$- our #om!la$#e "th obta$$- a##urate a$d
#om!lete data o$ ad+a$#e dre#t+es, )he also authored a -udel$e for the 1#e u$t o$
/ral .ydrato$ Ma$a-eme$t: a$ m!orta$t del#ate bala$#e for our elders, 9hs sta$dard
"as "holeheartedly a!!ro+ed by our 0eratr# Leadersh! Commttee, Catl$ has a
#ommtme$t to lear$$- a$d has atte$ded a $ato$al #o$fere$#e for the !ast three years,
9hs 1!rl she atte$ded the a$$ual (#he Co$fere$#e held $ )a$ De-o, Calfor$a, )he
s also a$ e4#elle$t tea#her a$d a member of our u$t based !re#e!tor #ou$#l, )he
asssted -reatly ths !ast year "th me$tor$- of se+eral $e" -raduate $urses $
!re!arato$ for the e4!a$so$ of our u$t,
I$ a$ effort to m!ro+e the *ualty of #are our !ate$ts re#e+e o$ the 1#e u$t, Catl$ led
a *ualty m!ro+eme$t !ro;e#t amed at m!ro+$- !ate$ts7 *ualty of slee!, Catl$
resear#hed the lterature o$ slee! $ the hos!tal sett$-, led a ;our$al #lub art#le o$ ths
sub;e#t a$d $ter+e"ed !ate$ts o$ ther !er#e!to$ of ther *ualty of slee! $ the
hos!tal, )he obta$ed a ya#&er tra#&er to allo" $-ht staff to -au-e the $ose le+el, )he
ds!layed !osters o$ the u$t em!has5$- <=uet >o$e? from 10!m@ 4am a$d edu#ated
staff o$ the m!orta$#e of bu$dl$- $-httme tas&s to a+od $terru!to$ of slee! "he$
!ossble, /ut#ome results of ths !ro;e#t $#lude a$ $#rease $ the do#ume$tato$ of
slee! $ the ele#tro$# med#al re#ord a$d the $#or!orato$ of ds#uss$- barrers to slee!
$ our daly $ter@!rofesso$al rou$ds, 9hs $#ludes re+e"$- med#ato$s a$d tm$- of
med#ato$s that may $terfere "th slee!,
I$ summary I bele+e that Catl$ %o"als& has e$thusast#ally demo$strated the
re*ureme$ts for #rede$tal$- to a le+el III Cl$#al '(, I bele+e she !ossesses the
$e#essary *ualtes a$d determ$ato$ to su##eed at ths le+el, )he s a +alued member of
our 1#e $urs$- staff a$d s a$ asset to ths hos!tal,
8lease do $ot hestate to #o$ta#t me for a$y addto$al $formato$,
)$#erely,
Ja$ .a-ma$, '(, M)
(urse Ma$a-er
8 East 'ehabltato$ Med#$e
1#ute Care of the Elderly U$t a$d 8a+lo$ )utes
U$+ersty of Colorado .os!tal
12A0B E, 1Ath 1+e,
1urora, C/ 8004B
C20@848@680A