Christy Liverman
May 2014
Christy
Liverman
,
RN
E.D.
Carolinas Medical Center-Lincoln
Lincolntown
,
NC
United States
...Our job in the Emergency Department can be difficult at times but it also can highlight the most compassionate and caring nurses. Christy advocates for her patients and has excellent clinical skills.
A few weeks ago she had our critical care assignment (2,3 and 4). EMS called in with CPR in progress of an infant. Although the code lasted an hour and the infant was not resuscitated, the care for the family went on for many hours. Christy cried with them, laughed with them and eventually guided them to feel comfortable as they could leaving their deceased child in her care and leaving. This took many hours but Christy remained with the family and coached, guided, educated and mourned with them.
As soon as we cleared the room we got a call of a Motor vehicle accident involving a mother who was pronounced dead at the scene and two young children who were inbound for evaluation. I tried briefly to rearrange the assignment knowing Christy had just been through but she quickly said "no, I will take them both in my room". The children were frightened and had no idea where or what happened to mama but Christy greeted them with a warm smile and joked with them and they quickly warmed up to her and the rest of the staff. We cleared them from any trauma and waited for the search of family to be done by police. Finally a grandmother and then extended family was located. This turned into another hour of caring for a grieving family-a large family. All throughout Christy was professional and caring. She even thinking ahead that the toddler and school age child would need a new car seat to be sent home, none of which the family had ability to locate or purchase immediately. She notified me, the charge nurse, I called Kathy Mason, our manager, and Kathy went to Walmart and purchased a toddler seat and a booster seat for the children to ride safely in. This the family greatly appreciated. They were clearly still in shock and appreciated our thinking to try to help care for them, their family and their deceased.
Christy finished out her shift with competence, she always gives 100%. Some people would have been crushed after the infant code that started off her shift.
A few weeks ago she had our critical care assignment (2,3 and 4). EMS called in with CPR in progress of an infant. Although the code lasted an hour and the infant was not resuscitated, the care for the family went on for many hours. Christy cried with them, laughed with them and eventually guided them to feel comfortable as they could leaving their deceased child in her care and leaving. This took many hours but Christy remained with the family and coached, guided, educated and mourned with them.
As soon as we cleared the room we got a call of a Motor vehicle accident involving a mother who was pronounced dead at the scene and two young children who were inbound for evaluation. I tried briefly to rearrange the assignment knowing Christy had just been through but she quickly said "no, I will take them both in my room". The children were frightened and had no idea where or what happened to mama but Christy greeted them with a warm smile and joked with them and they quickly warmed up to her and the rest of the staff. We cleared them from any trauma and waited for the search of family to be done by police. Finally a grandmother and then extended family was located. This turned into another hour of caring for a grieving family-a large family. All throughout Christy was professional and caring. She even thinking ahead that the toddler and school age child would need a new car seat to be sent home, none of which the family had ability to locate or purchase immediately. She notified me, the charge nurse, I called Kathy Mason, our manager, and Kathy went to Walmart and purchased a toddler seat and a booster seat for the children to ride safely in. This the family greatly appreciated. They were clearly still in shock and appreciated our thinking to try to help care for them, their family and their deceased.
Christy finished out her shift with competence, she always gives 100%. Some people would have been crushed after the infant code that started off her shift.