Jennifer McMillen is a fairly new nurse. Recently, one of her patients, a 78 year old man was a readmit for atrial fib. After talking with him she found out one of his needs was for someone to talk with. He had no family and really no close friends, except his pastor. She promised him she would play checkers with him when she “caught up”; unfortunately she never had a chance before the end of her shift. When he asked her if she would be back in the am, he was very sad to learn she was going to start her vacation the next day.

The next morning at approximately 10:00am, she showed up checker board in hand to play checkers with this man. During their interaction, his heart rate stayed in the 80’s. This truly show’s her commitment not only to caring for her patients, but caring about them.