September 2016
Bradee
Wheeler
,
RN
CCU
SwedishAmerican Hospital
Rockford
,
IL
United States
Bradee demonstrated a great degree of compassion while caring for a patient who was a very young overdose. She came up with the idea of obtaining a handprint of the patient to provide to the family and her 18 month old child. The patient was being placed on comfort care, and it was very hard for the family to finalize that decision. Bradee used this as a way of helping create a lasting memory they could keep. They were very touched by her compassion.