January 2026
Aubrey
Dealy
,
RN
LDRP
Hutchinson Regional Medical Center
Hutchinson
,
KS
United States
When I left, the feelings were completely different. Instead of scared, I felt reassured. Instead of being alone, I felt like I was just leaving after visiting with a friend. Instead of terrified, I felt confident.
I am 30 weeks pregnant. I came in for low fetal movement, and I was alone and scared of what was going to happen. Last year, my husband and I lost our 4-year-old to murder, and with the 1-year anniversary coming up, I went into that room ready to have my heart broken, but I was sending up prayers.
Aubrey came in, just professionally doing her job, but the positive nature of this woman was felt from the beginning. When she hooked up the heart monitor and said, "There she is!" I told her I wanted to cry and the circumstances surrounding my terror. She stopped, looked me in my eyes, and said she was so sorry, offered her condolences, and at that moment. I was no longer alone.
To be seen in a vulnerable physical, mental, and emotional state and have someone really see you is what every person deserves in a moment like that. And I did cry.
She was in the room with me for a little over half an hour, asking questions, monitoring the baby, and also going above and beyond to make conversation that felt like just a couple of girls talking. She changed the entire mood of the visit with her reassurance, kind words, and caring nature.
When I left, the feelings were completely different. Instead of scared, I felt reassured. Instead of being alone, I felt like I was just leaving after visiting with a friend. Instead of terrified, I felt confident.
Aubrey is the kind of nurse that everyone dreams of having. The way she performs her job is what people will remember through the good and the bad of childbirth and/or loss. She's the kind that is making a difference and has the potential to change the stigma surrounding the Labor & Delivery unit there at Hutchinson Regional. Aubrey is the kind of nurse I pray every woman gets to encounter in this part of her life.
Who ever sees this, weather it be a committee or supervisor, I really hope you understand the impact she has and the total gem that is found in that unit.
Aubrey, if you get to read this, I need you to know that you made a difference that night, and I hope that gives you the motivation to keep doing exactly what you do. I found it so funny that when I asked how I could go about complimenting you and your work to a higher-up, how modest and almost uncomfortable you looked at just taking a compliment. So I hope you are put on the spot with this and made to feel special, maybe you'll get used to it!
Ps. I also hope to come across you out in the wild and try some of that sourdough!
Thank you again, seriously, from the bottom of my heart, thank you!
Aubrey came in, just professionally doing her job, but the positive nature of this woman was felt from the beginning. When she hooked up the heart monitor and said, "There she is!" I told her I wanted to cry and the circumstances surrounding my terror. She stopped, looked me in my eyes, and said she was so sorry, offered her condolences, and at that moment. I was no longer alone.
To be seen in a vulnerable physical, mental, and emotional state and have someone really see you is what every person deserves in a moment like that. And I did cry.
She was in the room with me for a little over half an hour, asking questions, monitoring the baby, and also going above and beyond to make conversation that felt like just a couple of girls talking. She changed the entire mood of the visit with her reassurance, kind words, and caring nature.
When I left, the feelings were completely different. Instead of scared, I felt reassured. Instead of being alone, I felt like I was just leaving after visiting with a friend. Instead of terrified, I felt confident.
Aubrey is the kind of nurse that everyone dreams of having. The way she performs her job is what people will remember through the good and the bad of childbirth and/or loss. She's the kind that is making a difference and has the potential to change the stigma surrounding the Labor & Delivery unit there at Hutchinson Regional. Aubrey is the kind of nurse I pray every woman gets to encounter in this part of her life.
Who ever sees this, weather it be a committee or supervisor, I really hope you understand the impact she has and the total gem that is found in that unit.
Aubrey, if you get to read this, I need you to know that you made a difference that night, and I hope that gives you the motivation to keep doing exactly what you do. I found it so funny that when I asked how I could go about complimenting you and your work to a higher-up, how modest and almost uncomfortable you looked at just taking a compliment. So I hope you are put on the spot with this and made to feel special, maybe you'll get used to it!
Ps. I also hope to come across you out in the wild and try some of that sourdough!
Thank you again, seriously, from the bottom of my heart, thank you!