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Mary Wiemken<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wherever Mary Wiemken goes, she wonders to herself, \u201cIs there a piano?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

There was one in the basement of her college dorm, in various places in Spain where she studied abroad, in airports across the country and in the main lobby of UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s not a language to music,\u201d said Wiemken, a registered nurse who works in the ICU and medical\/surgical units at YVMC. \u201cMusic has a way of transporting the musician and the listener at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wiemken began piano lessons as a young child, something \u201cyou just did, growing up in the Midwest.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMy grandmas loved hearing me play. It was hard when I lost them both in eighth grade,\u201d said Wiemken. \u201cI really liked caring for them, and my Grandma Harriet would always tell me, \u2018You\u2019ll be a great nurse some day.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Grandma Harriet\u2019s comment stuck with Wiemken, especially as she witnessed some of the care her grandma received.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe spent time in and out of a hospital and in a nursing home for the last four months of her life, progressively getting more confused because of her dementia,\u201d said Wiemken. \u201cThe nurses who cared for her weren\u2019t always as kind as we thought they should be. I knew then that I wanted to be a nurse, just like she had foretold, so no one else\u2019s grandma was treated that way. I didn\u2019t think about anything else. I was going to be a nurse.\u201d<\/p>\n

She did just that, and as she would visit family friends in nursing homes, just as she had visited her own family, she would inquire about a piano.<\/p>\n

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Mary Wiemken playing the piano in the lobby at YVMC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI wanted to play for the residents because I know how much the older generations appreciate music,\u201d said Wiemken. \u201cMusic can take people back to happy times or fond memories, especially for patients experiencing dementia. It can take them away from what they\u2019re facing for a bit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wiemken plays for the same reasons today. Like other nurses and health care workers, she has her share of busy and stressful days. Playing the piano helps her re-center and ground herself.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s cathartic for me,\u201d she said. \u201cI never used to play in front of people, but then I started to realize that playing not only makes me feel good, but it makes other people happy, too. Music is a beautiful thing to share. I think there\u2019s an exchange of appreciation between those who play and those who listen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whether she\u2019s playing Moonlight Sonata or Prelude in G Major, she now plays by ear and by memory.<\/p>\n

\u201cReading music and playing at the same time caused a disconnect, whereas if I can memorize the music, I can really lose myself in the song and get into a flow state,\u201d said Wiemken.<\/p>\n

She used to only play during lunch breaks on the weekends, when the hospital lobby was traditionally empty. Over time, she\u2019s become more comfortable playing when there are patients or visitors around.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlaying makes me smile, and if I can help someone else smile, that\u2019s even better,\u201d said Wiemken. \u201cI think about Grandma Harriet from time to time when I play, and I hope she\u2019s smiling, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

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