Kim Henry
August 2020
Kim
Henry
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RN
3 East- Inpatient Surgical Unit
Orlando VA
Orlando
,
FL
United States

 

 

 

After 2 days of freezing in my room, wrapped in 3 blankets, at 7 am Friday, my night nurse introduced me to my new nurse for the day, Wonder Woman. I could see her assessing the situation and said she had to say "Good morning" to others and would be right back. Well, she did.
Kim noticed I had a pitcher of water, but no glass, well she brought 2. She called maintenance to fix the freezing air. She brought a longer heart monitor cord seeing the one I had was too short. She asked how long was the monitor attached, I said 2 days. She said, not good. She went and brought back a new ET Phone Home tip. She had noticed my fingertip was wilted. Also noticed I was right-handed and recommended putting it on my left hand for easier movement.
Well within a few hours I came out of my 2 days of 3 blanket cocoon. There were more incidents of nursing acts that don't come to me at this moment but instantly jump-started my recovery.
Thank you to all, especially Kim Henry!