{"id":7200,"date":"2017-01-23T11:54:05","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T18:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/?p=7200"},"modified":"2023-04-21T13:57:43","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T19:57:43","slug":"the-spiritual-clinician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/the-spiritual-clinician\/","title":{"rendered":"The spiritual clinician"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>
\"Chaplain
Chaplain Maria McLain Cox, pictured here, recently replaced longtime Poudre Valley Hospital Chaplain Mike Lundgren, who retired in July 2016. Photo by Kati Blocker, UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Although Maria McLain Cox is a hospital caregiver, she doesn\u2019t set broken bones, take blood pressure or even use medical equipment. But her role is just as important in the healing process, and her reach expands far beyond the patient.<\/p>\n

Cox is a hospital chaplain.<\/p>\n

She is one of\u00a0several chaplains at UCHealth<\/a>, spiritual caregivers who help patients, families, doctors and clinical staff manage some of life\u2019s crucial moments.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone has something greater than oneself \u2014 the people, beings and things that give the person meaning,\u201d Cox said. \u201cThat may be their faith, God, family, animals, nature, music or something or someone else. Many people have numerous things greater than themselves.<\/p>\n

\u201cPart of my job is to support the patients and families in connecting with these, for often in these connections they find their coping strategies and resilience, and peace and joy,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Hospital chaplains have a unique career. Similar to religious leaders, they obtain a Master of Divinity (or seminary degree) and then\u00a0train for an additional 1,600 hours in chaplaincy. They learn about trauma, bereavement, death and dying, other areas of human suffering and develop counseling skills. Chaplains are then eligible to apply for board certification, about a one-year process of additional education and appearance for an interview. Cox is board certified, and there is an additional board certification in Hospice and Palliative Care, which Cox recently completed.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a differentiating factor that makes the job not for everyone, but one that makes their services for everyone.<\/p>\n

\u201cChaplains help find underlying issues as part of the care team,\u201d Cox said. \u201cWe are taking a spiritual pulse to find out where patients are experiencing pain and suffering.\u201d<\/p>\n

The patients and their families<\/strong><\/p>\n

Although hospitals have chapels, they are not where you\u2019ll most likely find a chaplain working. Cox makes the rounds with leaders each day on the hospital\u2019s most acute floors and informally rounds the other units throughout the week.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope to assist people in finding meaning and resilience, their own \u2018grab bars\u2019 to hold onto as they negotiate their suffering,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Cox said patients reach out to her for religious reasons, such as to pray, receive a sacrament or get help finding a local religious group to join during extended stays. They oftentimes call on her for a Bible, and she gives them one to keep.<\/p>\n

But people reach out for nonreligious reason as well, and it\u2019s not always talking, she explained. Sometimes it\u2019s singing, meditating or telling stories, but it\u2019s always listening.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust like a doctor wouldn\u2019t give the same medicine to every person, I customize based on a person\u2019s needs and wants,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Doctors and nurses also request her spiritual support for their patients sometimes, such as when a patient has received bad news or needs to make a difficult decision about their health.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou may think of [hospital] chaplains only being there when there is a death and for religious reasons, but we use them in all aspects of care,\u201d said Vanessa Vasa, a registered nurse in PVH\u2019s Birthing Center. \u201cSometimes it\u2019s about having someone to talk to, and chaplains are a good support.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cox also attends every cardiac or pulmonary arrest within the hospital, as well as every death, but during those times her role shifts toward the people around the patient, especially the family.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the medical professional\u2019s job to rush in and fix,\u201d Cox said. \u201cBut we don\u2019t fix; we are there to hold their suffering with them.\u201d<\/p>\n

The staff<\/strong><\/p>\n

And there is another unique aspect of Cox\u2019s role at the hospital.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m one of the only clinicians in the building whose job it is to also take care of staff,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Hospital chaplains are \u201csounding boards,\u201d she continued, providing employees who deal with\u00a0trauma, death and stressful situations<\/a>\u00a0someone to talk through their feelings with. She meets with\u00a0staff struggling\u00a0<\/a>with compassion fatigue, trying to process a recent case or dealing with ethical quandaries.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaria is a huge asset,\u201d said Megan Townsend, an RN in PVH\u2019s Birthing Center. \u201cWe recently worked together after a loss, and she was incredible with the family. But just as important for us, she was responsive and respectful of my needs.\u201d<\/p>\n

UCHealth has full-time chaplains located at all of their larger hospitals, including PVH in Fort Collins, Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora and both Memorial Hospital locations in Colorado Springs. Their services also can be requested by providers at UCHealth\u2019s Grandview Hospital in Colorado Springs and the Broomfield Hospital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Although Maria McLain Cox is a hospital caregiver, she doesn\u2019t set broken bones, take blood pressure or even use medical equipment. But her role is just as important in the healing process, and her reach expands far beyond the patient. Cox is a hospital chaplain. She is one of\u00a0several chaplains at UCHealth, spiritual caregivers who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2164,"featured_media":7201,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[4796,154,4814,2182],"class_list":["post-7200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-innovative-care","tag-grief-bereavement-support-groups","tag-palliative-care","tag-stillbirth-miscarriage-bereavement-support","tag-uchealth-poudre-valley-hospital"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe spiritual clinician - UCHealth Today<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A look into hospital chaplain Maria McLain Cox's unique role as spiritual support staff within the hospital\u2019s walls.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/the-spiritual-clinician\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The spiritual clinician\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A look into hospital chaplain Maria McLain Cox's unique role as spiritual support staff within the hospital\u2019s walls.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/the-spiritual-clinician\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UCHealth Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uchealthorg\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-01-23T18:54:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-04-21T19:57:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/01\/28144447\/EXT_PVH-chaplain_Maria-McLain-Cox_1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kati Blocker, UCHealth\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@uchealth\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@uchealth\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kati Blocker, UCHealth\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/the-spiritual-clinician\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/the-spiritual-clinician\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kati Blocker, UCHealth\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2974962d9c19ae1bbcec3250ab830fbc\"},\"headline\":\"The spiritual clinician\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-01-23T18:54:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-04-21T19:57:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/the-spiritual-clinician\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":807,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/the-spiritual-clinician\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2017\\\/01\\\/28144447\\\/EXT_PVH-chaplain_Maria-McLain-Cox_1.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"Grief & bereavement support groups\",\"Palliative care\",\"Stillbirth & miscarriage bereavement support\",\"UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Innovative care\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/the-spiritual-clinician\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/the-spiritual-clinician\\\/\",\"name\":\"The spiritual clinician - UCHealth Today\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/the-spiritual-clinician\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/the-spiritual-clinician\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2017\\\/01\\\/28144447\\\/EXT_PVH-chaplain_Maria-McLain-Cox_1.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-01-23T18:54:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-04-21T19:57:43+00:00\",\"description\":\"A look into hospital chaplain Maria McLain Cox's unique role as spiritual support staff within the hospital\u2019s walls.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/the-spiritual-clinician\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/the-spiritual-clinician\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/the-spiritual-clinician\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2017\\\/01\\\/28144447\\\/EXT_PVH-chaplain_Maria-McLain-Cox_1.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2017\\\/01\\\/28144447\\\/EXT_PVH-chaplain_Maria-McLain-Cox_1.webp\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":700,\"caption\":\"Chaplain Maria McLain Cox, pictured here, recently replaced longtime Poudre Valley Hospital Chaplain Mike Lundgren, who retired in July 2016. Photo by Kati Blocker, UCHealth.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/the-spiritual-clinician\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The spiritual clinician\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/\",\"name\":\"UCHealth Today\",\"description\":\"UCHealth Today\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"UCHealth\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2020\\\/04\\\/24135149\\\/UCHealth-square-logo-1000x1000-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2020\\\/04\\\/24135149\\\/UCHealth-square-logo-1000x1000-1.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":1000,\"caption\":\"UCHealth\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/uchealthorg\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/uchealth\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/uchealth\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/school\\\/14839\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com\\\/uchealthorg\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UC41SJI79yjZIe96OajzN22g\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2974962d9c19ae1bbcec3250ab830fbc\",\"name\":\"Kati Blocker, UCHealth\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/62cfc49002cce7d835ff120702e1e8cd4b871b3468a4fed7137fbfa60674c6b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/62cfc49002cce7d835ff120702e1e8cd4b871b3468a4fed7137fbfa60674c6b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/62cfc49002cce7d835ff120702e1e8cd4b871b3468a4fed7137fbfa60674c6b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kati Blocker, UCHealth\"},\"description\":\"Kati Blocker has always been driven to learn and explore the world around her. And every day, as a writer for UCHealth, Kati meets inspiring people, learns about life-saving technology, and gets to know the amazing people who are saving lives each day. Even better, she gets to share their stories with the world. As a journalism major at the University of Wyoming, Kati wrote for her college newspaper. She also studied abroad in Swansea, Wales, while simultaneously writing for a Colorado metaphysical newspaper. After college, Kati was a reporter for the Montrose Daily Press and the Telluride Watch, covering education and health care in rural Colorado, as well as city news and business. When she's not writing, Kati is creating her own stories with her husband Joel and their two children.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/author\\\/katieblocker\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The spiritual clinician - UCHealth Today","description":"A look into hospital chaplain Maria McLain Cox's unique role as spiritual support staff within the hospital\u2019s walls.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/the-spiritual-clinician\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The spiritual clinician","og_description":"A look into hospital chaplain Maria McLain Cox's unique role as spiritual support staff within the hospital\u2019s walls.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/the-spiritual-clinician\/","og_site_name":"UCHealth Today","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uchealthorg\/","article_published_time":"2017-01-23T18:54:05+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-04-21T19:57:43+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/01\/28144447\/EXT_PVH-chaplain_Maria-McLain-Cox_1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Kati Blocker, UCHealth","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@uchealth","twitter_site":"@uchealth","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kati Blocker, UCHealth","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/the-spiritual-clinician\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/the-spiritual-clinician\/"},"author":{"name":"Kati Blocker, UCHealth","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#\/schema\/person\/2974962d9c19ae1bbcec3250ab830fbc"},"headline":"The spiritual clinician","datePublished":"2017-01-23T18:54:05+00:00","dateModified":"2023-04-21T19:57:43+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/the-spiritual-clinician\/"},"wordCount":807,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/the-spiritual-clinician\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/01\/28144447\/EXT_PVH-chaplain_Maria-McLain-Cox_1.webp","keywords":["Grief & bereavement support groups","Palliative care","Stillbirth & miscarriage bereavement support","UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital"],"articleSection":["Innovative care"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/the-spiritual-clinician\/","url":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/the-spiritual-clinician\/","name":"The spiritual clinician - UCHealth Today","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/the-spiritual-clinician\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/the-spiritual-clinician\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/01\/28144447\/EXT_PVH-chaplain_Maria-McLain-Cox_1.webp","datePublished":"2017-01-23T18:54:05+00:00","dateModified":"2023-04-21T19:57:43+00:00","description":"A look into hospital chaplain Maria McLain Cox's unique role as spiritual support staff within the hospital\u2019s walls.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/the-spiritual-clinician\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/the-spiritual-clinician\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/the-spiritual-clinician\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/01\/28144447\/EXT_PVH-chaplain_Maria-McLain-Cox_1.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/01\/28144447\/EXT_PVH-chaplain_Maria-McLain-Cox_1.webp","width":1000,"height":700,"caption":"Chaplain Maria McLain Cox, pictured here, recently replaced longtime Poudre Valley Hospital Chaplain Mike Lundgren, who retired in July 2016. Photo by Kati Blocker, UCHealth."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/the-spiritual-clinician\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The spiritual clinician"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/","name":"UCHealth Today","description":"UCHealth Today","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#organization","name":"UCHealth","url":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/24135149\/UCHealth-square-logo-1000x1000-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/24135149\/UCHealth-square-logo-1000x1000-1.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"caption":"UCHealth"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uchealthorg\/","https:\/\/x.com\/uchealth","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/uchealth\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/school\/14839\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/uchealthorg\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC41SJI79yjZIe96OajzN22g"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#\/schema\/person\/2974962d9c19ae1bbcec3250ab830fbc","name":"Kati Blocker, UCHealth","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/62cfc49002cce7d835ff120702e1e8cd4b871b3468a4fed7137fbfa60674c6b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/62cfc49002cce7d835ff120702e1e8cd4b871b3468a4fed7137fbfa60674c6b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/62cfc49002cce7d835ff120702e1e8cd4b871b3468a4fed7137fbfa60674c6b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kati Blocker, UCHealth"},"description":"Kati Blocker has always been driven to learn and explore the world around her. And every day, as a writer for UCHealth, Kati meets inspiring people, learns about life-saving technology, and gets to know the amazing people who are saving lives each day. Even better, she gets to share their stories with the world. As a journalism major at the University of Wyoming, Kati wrote for her college newspaper. She also studied abroad in Swansea, Wales, while simultaneously writing for a Colorado metaphysical newspaper. After college, Kati was a reporter for the Montrose Daily Press and the Telluride Watch, covering education and health care in rural Colorado, as well as city news and business. When she's not writing, Kati is creating her own stories with her husband Joel and their two children.","url":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/author\/katieblocker\/"}]}},"coauthors":[{"id":2164,"name":"Kati Blocker","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/author\/katieblocker\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7200"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69640,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7200\/revisions\/69640"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}