March 2024
Chelsey
Scott
,
RN
Intensive Care Unit
Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital
Lebanon
,
TN
United States
Chelsey not only displayed incredible advanced nursing skills, but she also displayed incredible kindness and respect during a very difficult time.
My grandfather was admitted to the ICU with Covid, pneumonia, and septic shock. At one point during his stay, he was on a ventilator. During that time, Chelsey Scott was one of his nurses. Not only did she provide him with the utmost quality care and respect. She also provided us, his family, with amazing care. She allowed him to have dignity during a time when he was sedated by making sure to care for simple needs like washing his face and combing his hair for him. At one shift change, she even took the time to introduce his new nurse to me and fill in the nurse on some of the minor details that she and I had discussed. Chelsey not only displayed incredible advanced nursing skills, but she also displayed incredible kindness and respect during a very difficult time. My grandfather was slow to wake up the day he was extubated, but Chelsey was patient and reassuring to us as his family. After he woke up, I had a moment of concern, but Chelsey had already anticipated it, contacted the doctor, and had the ball in motion before I could even ask. She embodies the heart of a caregiver. She provided calmness during our storm. Her attention to detail and ability to handle the difficult task of being an ICU nurse while also being compassionate to her patients and their families is why she should be recognized.