North Lauderdale resident Ethel Rentas, BSN, R.N., CCRN, a nurse at Holy Cross Health, was recognized as the hospital’s Colleague of the Month for February.
Rentas is part of the cardiovascular intensive care unit team, where her responsibilities include the all-important task of ensuring that drip titration is at its optimum. She also communicates complicated problems, challenges and solutions with fellow nurses, physician assistants and physicians. She is known for her excellent bedside manner with patients and their families. She also trains nurses who are new to the unit to bring them up to speed with the intricacies of cardiovascular care. Rentas is well-rounded, compassionate and dedicated. Her colleagues call her an asset to Holy Cross Health and to the nursing profession.
A graduate of Mercy Hospital College of Nursing in Miami, Rentas has been dedicated to the nursing profession for 12 years. She joined Holy Cross Health six years ago, where she is a member of the Code Blue Committee, which is a team that’s responsible for overseeing and improving the response in emergency situations. The committee ensures that resuscitation efforts are efficient and that the staff is well trained according to hospital policies and procedures. Rentas also belongs to the Broward Chapter of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN).
ABOUT HOLY CROSS HEALTH
A member of Trinity Health, Fort Lauderdale-based Holy Cross Hospital, dba Holy Cross Health, is a full-service, not-for-profit, Catholic, teaching hospital operating in the spirit of the Sisters of Mercy. Holy Cross has been recognized for six Types of Care in U.S. News and World Report’s 2024-25 Best Hospital rankings and was named among the 2024 America’s Best-In-State Hospitals by Newsweek. Holy Cross has been designated as a High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation for LGBTQ+ healthcare access. Through strategic collaborations and a commitment to being a person-centered, transforming, healing presence, the 557-bed hospital offers progressive inpatient, outpatient and community outreach services and clinical research trials to serve as our community’s trusted health partner for life. Holy Cross Health also encompasses Holy Cross HealthPlex outpatient facility, an urgent care center and more than 40 Holy Cross Medical Group physician practices. To learn more about Holy Cross Health, visit holy-cross.com. Connect @holycrossfl.
