We had a young patient on our floor who was bleeding out from a groin site. We were unable to stop the bleed with manual pressure. Unfortunately, the patient required the application of a fem. Stop. Once we applied the device the patient was in excruciating pain. We gave him pain medications, ice, and anxiety medications however, nothing took his pain away. The patient was screaming and crying his way through the pain. Madi was in caring for one of her own patients when she heard the fem. Stop patient's sobs. She left her assigned patient's room to comfort the patient in pain. Through her compassion and caring presence, the patient finally stopped sobbing. He was still in 10/10 pain. Madi was able to use therapeutic communication and touch to help ease the patient through this process. She sat at this patient's side for an hour and a half comforting him with her calming presence. Even though Madi spent all this time with another nurse's patient, she still managed to provide her four patients with outstanding care. Madi is the perfect example of an Extraordinary Nurse. She deserves nothing but the best because that is how she treats her patients.
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This nurse is far from exceptional. I was admitted with all of the signs of COVID and thankfully tested negative. I had such high blood pressure, I was stroke-bound. The only thing I have in my life that keeps me going every day is my dogs and my friends. I was so stressed with leaving my dogs with last-minute notice with a neighbor who only added to my anxiety. Of all the comings and goings in my room, Madi was the only person who not only wore her heart on her sleeve but worked tirelessly to get me well enough to go home to my loving dogs. After 2 days she said she was going to get me well and find what medication was going to be the cure. In between covering all her other patients, she said we were going to work together and that we did. Every 20 minutes she would come in check my blood pressure and go back to the drawing board. She would come back with ½ pill, explain what it was, told me she went through a physician for approval, and come back again in 20 minutes. This went on from 7 pm until 330 am, this girl came up with the medication that not only lowered my blood pressure to normal but she was calming and determined and my saving grace. She worked on a solution no matter how long it took and it worked. A physician came in and said, "I guess me changing your meds did the trick!" I said, "no it was Madison who did the trick." I had a nurse verify it was indeed Madi. I have since followed up with my primary with the best results I've ever had.