Jesus Adaniel’s track record could be featured in a New YorkTimes best-selling novel.

A former Army Lieutenant. A RN and CRNI. An assistant nursemanager in the Trauma Intensive Care Unit. Sprinkle on pediatriccertifications, and Adaniel even owns the BrightStar Care agency in DelrayBeach, Florida that he works for.

The 47-year-old and his wife purchased a BrightStar locationin Delray Beach, Fla., in August 2007 and opened six months later. With healthcare in his blood, Jesus has been in the industry for 24 years and began inhome care in New York with his wife, Amy.

Amy was ill during her pregnancy with both of the couple’schildren, experiencing extreme nausea and severe hyperemesis. When the twomoved to Florida, Amy lost her job due to injury, and Jesus decided to takethings into his own hands.

With the encouragement of BrightStar Care CEO Shelly Sun,Jesus and Amy bought a location and fell in love. “My sister-in-law who owns afranchise needed a nurse for a DON position,” Jesus said. “I helped her out fora year and began to think to myself, my wife is looking for a job, so why notdismiss working for somebody when we could do it for ourselves. We did ourresearch, and found BrightStar Care.”

“We fell in love with BrightStar Care’s approach, conceptand model. It allowed us to be able to participate in personal care, which wewere both passionate about.” Jesus was adopted by his aunt, an RN in New YorkCity. Right after high school, Jesus began working in the OR in the military.He learned quickly he was more passionate about health care, which had a highdemand at the time, and he decided to pursue nursing.

Jesus said it isn’t easy to juggle owning a business andactually being in the trenches as a Director of Nursing. But he makes it work,and helping out the critically injured pushes him each day. “The most rewardingpart of my job is taking care of older critically injured clients,transitioning them to a home care setting and getting to know them personally,”Jesus said. “I believe that it’s my duty to deliver competent nursing to thatportion of the population.”

Jesus cited the personal side of home health care when askedif he had any unique stories. “I have one client who always gives me an icecream bar,” he said. “They treat me like I’m family.” Jesus and Amy are alsostrong advocates for music therapy and their location works with local musictherapists to diversify and enhance care. Furthermore, Jesus helps his wife on“the committee for the Alzheimer’s Association.” Amy is a chairman.

Jesus considers himself blessed. “I can care for theclinically injured and help see them transition to a home or community tocontinue their life,” he said. “Being a part of that transition phase isamazing, and once you get to know the client at their home, you become almost apart of their family once you know they are looking forward to you coming byand spending time with them.”

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