Bobbi Rychlick
May 2015
Bobbi
Rychlick
,
RN
ICU
Kaiser Permanente Westside Medical Center
Hillsboro
,
OR
United States

 

 

 

Bobbi was caring for a patient who was dying unexpectedly. The plan was to withdraw care the following day at which time the patient would go to the OR for organ donation. The patient's significant other wanted to sleep in bed with her on their last night together. The patient was intubated with a feeding tube, IVs, a foley, and a rectal tube, and yet Bobbi made it work. She moved the patient over in bed and let the patient's significant other sleep with her for several hours. It meant so much to him to have that opportunity.