Amy Myers
September 2024
Amy
Myers
,
RN
3SL
Bon Secours St Francis Hospital
Charleston
,
SC
United States
Amy just held my hand, saying nothing, everything; she gave me a human touch and quiet caring.
I am a 71-year-old who was rushed to the ER with shortness of breath, chest pain, and pressure; I was admitted to the 3rd floor, where I met one of the best, focused, knowledgeable, and caring nurses I have ever met, Amy Myers. I have had thousands of nurses working for me over my 40 years as a healthcare executive heading hospitals and nursing home companies as president or VP ops, etc. So I know what great nursing is on paper, but I’ve only been a patient 6x in my 71 years, and Amy Myers is a great nurse in Action – a poster “RN” who is compassionate, responsive, and thorough. It was Amy who followed through to get my breathing treatments started when my respiratory system was slow to pick me up. She advocated for me firmly to get my breathing treatments started. Once started, I began to breathe better.
As a former healthcare executive, I would promote her as a patient, and I want Amy to be my nurse. For example, she held my hand as I cried because at 71 – struggling to get air – to breathe is how in 2007 my mom died at the age of 73, way too close to my reality. I felt the fear my mom must have felt, suffocating to death. It was too much for me, so I cried, and as an exec, a woman, and a leader, I never let my emotions show. Amy just held my hand, saying nothing, everything; she gave me a human touch and quiet caring. She saw me, not this old hacking, spitting woman, but me– the person, and I felt safe and saw dignity, compassion – great nursing in action. I observed Amy offer help to me and others; however crazy busy it is, she never made me feel like a burden. Great nursing.
Add to it, that she used humor to get this stubborn former hospital exec to follow fall risk precautions. Let me know I was not above the rules which is a “miracle” because old healthcare leaders don’t follow rules. (worst patients are nurses, doctors and stubborn retired Health Execs)
One last comment – Amy observed I was writing on the inside of the book I was reading because I didn't have a notebook, and writing helps me focus. She asked if I wanted her to get me a tablet on her lunch. I said no as I didn’t want to use her time. She brought me a yellow pad anyway. Her money, her time, her caring in action.
Great nursing. She made my life better in this moment in time. Please recognize her for me.
As a former healthcare executive, I would promote her as a patient, and I want Amy to be my nurse. For example, she held my hand as I cried because at 71 – struggling to get air – to breathe is how in 2007 my mom died at the age of 73, way too close to my reality. I felt the fear my mom must have felt, suffocating to death. It was too much for me, so I cried, and as an exec, a woman, and a leader, I never let my emotions show. Amy just held my hand, saying nothing, everything; she gave me a human touch and quiet caring. She saw me, not this old hacking, spitting woman, but me– the person, and I felt safe and saw dignity, compassion – great nursing in action. I observed Amy offer help to me and others; however crazy busy it is, she never made me feel like a burden. Great nursing.
Add to it, that she used humor to get this stubborn former hospital exec to follow fall risk precautions. Let me know I was not above the rules which is a “miracle” because old healthcare leaders don’t follow rules. (worst patients are nurses, doctors and stubborn retired Health Execs)
One last comment – Amy observed I was writing on the inside of the book I was reading because I didn't have a notebook, and writing helps me focus. She asked if I wanted her to get me a tablet on her lunch. I said no as I didn’t want to use her time. She brought me a yellow pad anyway. Her money, her time, her caring in action.
Great nursing. She made my life better in this moment in time. Please recognize her for me.