Kristoffer Delos Trinos
February 2018
Kristoffer
Trinos
,
RN
8 South- Pediatrics
St. Luke's Medical Center Global City
Global City Taguig City
Philippines
For a first-time parent, seeing your son admitted to a hospital (week old) is not a pleasant nor an easy experience. We went through a lot of stress thinking that if we can only perform a miracle or take our son's pain away, we would have done it. However, with such compassionate nurses around us, taking care of our son and seeing to it that he was always comfortable was a consolation from all this undertaking.
Our son was admitted then transferred because of Neonatal Pyrexia. Our first night in the hospital was probably the hardest. That is where we are forced to adjust and bear the stress of seeing our child with an IV line and waiting for medical professionals to visit our son and make initial assessments. Our nurse back then was Kristoffer. He is someone who helped us cope with the situation. He may never have provided so many words to pacify us but his physical availability, whenever we needed him, meant a lot. He was always prompt in attending to our needs. He is so patient and answered our queries in the most genuine and caring way. I would always observe him and how he handled our child and yes he was able to render care more than what we expected.
He was on the graveyard shift for 2 days, but never did I observe his energy and compassion waver even a bit. At any time of the night, he frequently visited our child and checked on him as if he was his relative. That put our questions to rest as to his sincerity in taking care of our son. We saw how diligently he handled our child. But what caught me the most was when he did not leave at 6 am and even extended beyond his official duty hours in the morning because according to him, "hindi ko maiwan si baby, kailangan siya iobserve muna (I do not want to leave the baby, he needs to be observed first)". This is a trait that is not commonly observed in millennialnurses nowadays and when you find one, they deserve nothing but kind words of acknowledgment, gratitude, and appreciation. Kristoffer is certainly an asset to his unit and to the institution. We hope that more and more nurses will be able to exemplify compassion in its most professional way, like Kristoffer to our son. Thank you Kristoffer, we really appreciate your efforts in caring for our son. Kudos!
Our son was admitted then transferred because of Neonatal Pyrexia. Our first night in the hospital was probably the hardest. That is where we are forced to adjust and bear the stress of seeing our child with an IV line and waiting for medical professionals to visit our son and make initial assessments. Our nurse back then was Kristoffer. He is someone who helped us cope with the situation. He may never have provided so many words to pacify us but his physical availability, whenever we needed him, meant a lot. He was always prompt in attending to our needs. He is so patient and answered our queries in the most genuine and caring way. I would always observe him and how he handled our child and yes he was able to render care more than what we expected.
He was on the graveyard shift for 2 days, but never did I observe his energy and compassion waver even a bit. At any time of the night, he frequently visited our child and checked on him as if he was his relative. That put our questions to rest as to his sincerity in taking care of our son. We saw how diligently he handled our child. But what caught me the most was when he did not leave at 6 am and even extended beyond his official duty hours in the morning because according to him, "hindi ko maiwan si baby, kailangan siya iobserve muna (I do not want to leave the baby, he needs to be observed first)". This is a trait that is not commonly observed in millennialnurses nowadays and when you find one, they deserve nothing but kind words of acknowledgment, gratitude, and appreciation. Kristoffer is certainly an asset to his unit and to the institution. We hope that more and more nurses will be able to exemplify compassion in its most professional way, like Kristoffer to our son. Thank you Kristoffer, we really appreciate your efforts in caring for our son. Kudos!