Both my husband and I were admitted together after a devastating car crash that nearly claimed both our lives. Trauma has a very serious, multi-system impact on the human body! While the doctors are trying to put together the many pieces of a trauma puzzle, the nurses are in action mode, trying to ascertain every other patient's needs besides those that the physicians discovered. Being able to anticipate and understand what I needed regarding adjustments to my pain control medications as well as taking the little extra time it took to actually listen to me unburden myself as a result of the car crash we were in.

There is a saying, “It’s the little things that count.” That could not have been truer about what Morgan Crowley did for us! Knowing how difficult it was for both my husband and me to be in the same hospital but separated from each other after experiencing a near-fatal car crash, Morgan inquired about the possibility of having my husband moved to my room from PCU, where his condition and level of care were downgraded. Morgan was able to request that we share a room for our last night together. I do not think bringing husbands and wives together to at least share the comfort of being together is part of RN training! However, Morgan went above and beyond my required typical needs and helped fill an ache and sadness that I held not being able to be with my husband. My husband and I will be reunited together when/if for one night we are delighted!

Nursing is a unique profession – nursing is a vocational calling – and nursing is human advocacy in its highest form. Nursing is meeting the patient where they are and helping patients regain their health and humanity.