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- This is definitely my mobile office.
I drive between 100 and 120 miles a day.
My name is Kim DeMasie, and I am a nurse practitioner in Indiana.
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I've been with Optum for about four years.
I think seeing people in their home is so important,
because we have to see people where they are.
You find out what kind of neighborhood that they live in,
if they feel safe in their neighborhood.
You get the whole picture.
This is where they live, and just treat them with dignity and kindness.
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Hi. How are you? [chuckles]
Okay, we're gonna review your medication,
so if you can pass your bottles over here...
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Take a deep breath and hold it.
I'm gonna write down all your vital signs for you.
If we can make a difference in somebody's life,
then that is the greatest reward that I can get.
I'm gonna look in your ears and your eyes.
Well, I can see clear through there. - [laughing]
Whether you've been healthy or not, just to be reminded it's good to be alive.
- And you can just feel that when she's here,
it's all about you.
You just feel loved and cared for.
- We're not just treating their blood pressure that day.
It really opened my eyes how important that is
to be that support person for other people that are going through things.
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I got the diagnosis-- "You have breast cancer."
And it was really earth-shattering because I had always been the caregiver.
I had to go through four months of chemo.
We decided to do a mastectomy.
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After the second breast cancer scare,
it makes you think about your life.
And life is very short.
We only have a certain number of days,
and you have to wake up every day and make the most of that day
and just live it to its fullest.
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Well, today is actually our 14th anniversary of having the food pantry,
so it's a pretty big week for us.
I started it 14 years ago in memory of my dad.
It's just steadily grown with the community's help.
We have the Optum team here today,
some fellow nurse practitioners that are helping serve the community.
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Everybody has to feel accepted and cared for.
A good day is when I feel like I've helped somebody.
It's very fulfilling.
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