Melanie
Fradella
November 2022
Melanie
Fradella
,
Student Nurse
Louisiana State University Health School of Nursing
New Orleans
,
LA
United States
Melanie is being exceptionally welcomed by the preceptors on this unit and has been offered a full-time position as a new graduate nurse which is highly unusual due to the coveted and minimal openings which remain highly desired by existing house staff.
I nominated Ms. Melanie Fredella, Senior II, BSN student, for the DAISY-In-Training Award for her outstanding compassion, advocacy, and intellect. Melanie has been working as a nurse tech in the Labor & Delivery unit at EJGH for a while. This unit director has asked for Melanie to complete all management practicum shifts on this very unit due to Melanie’s demonstrated personal standards of excellence in patient care, advocacy, eagerness to learn, and capacity to integrate new knowledge immediately into patient and family care strategies. Melanie is being exceptionally welcomed by the preceptors on this unit and has been offered a full-time position as a new graduate nurse which is highly unusual due to the coveted and minimal openings which remain highly desired by existing house staff.
In working with Melanie it is easy to understand the L&D team's enthusiasm for her joining their team. An example of her outstanding manner of blending holistic assessment and care was in her presentation of a complex patient at our clinical conference meeting. Melanie explained her patient’s condition as post-miscarriage with conversion disorder. She carefully and compassionately explained the condition as having the appearance of a stroke yet neurologically without evidence of a cardiovascular event. Melanie described the physical, emotional, and existential distress experienced by her patient and the ways the nursing staff combine care, safety measures, and consolation to their patient who could not understand why her body was not responding normally. The complexity of this syndrome combined with maternal loss and inclusion of the patient's teenage children in care was beautifully and empathetically defined. Melanie brings an old-soul kind of insight and presence to her nursing care. Even as a Senior II student she has earned the respect of her future colleagues who now share with excitement the news of her continued and evolving employment. I believe Ms. Melanie Fredella exemplifies the essence of a DAISY-in-Training Awardee.
In working with Melanie it is easy to understand the L&D team's enthusiasm for her joining their team. An example of her outstanding manner of blending holistic assessment and care was in her presentation of a complex patient at our clinical conference meeting. Melanie explained her patient’s condition as post-miscarriage with conversion disorder. She carefully and compassionately explained the condition as having the appearance of a stroke yet neurologically without evidence of a cardiovascular event. Melanie described the physical, emotional, and existential distress experienced by her patient and the ways the nursing staff combine care, safety measures, and consolation to their patient who could not understand why her body was not responding normally. The complexity of this syndrome combined with maternal loss and inclusion of the patient's teenage children in care was beautifully and empathetically defined. Melanie brings an old-soul kind of insight and presence to her nursing care. Even as a Senior II student she has earned the respect of her future colleagues who now share with excitement the news of her continued and evolving employment. I believe Ms. Melanie Fredella exemplifies the essence of a DAISY-in-Training Awardee.