I recently had the privilege of witnessing an amazing moment in a nurse's career. We had a patient, J, who had been in isolation for about a month. She and her husband were precious people, but J was coming to the end of her journey.
I received report from Morgan Nale, holding back tears she told me she did not think the patient would last much longer. She told me she had never been there when a patient passed away and asked me "what do you do?" I replied, "You make the patient clean and presentable, take water and tissues to the family, and there is not much more you can do".
Morgan stayed over an hour past her shift, visiting with the patient and her husband. Later that day I overheard the doctor asking the husband if he was sure that he did not want his wife in the care of hospice. His reply was, "I know that she will not get this level of care anywhere else. I want her left in the care of these angels, Morgan and Sarah, who prayed with us during the night. They have genuine concern for her, and I could not ask for a better group of nurses".
She passed away two nights later, but I know that he will never forget his angels that prayed with him. In response to Morgan's question, I forgot to add that "you make them feel like they are a person, not just someone you are giving meds to and take to the bathroom. You make them feel like you genuinely care for them", and Morgan, you did!