Samantha Smalley
May 2024
Samantha
Smalley
,
RN
3 South
WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital
Lebanon
,
PA
United States
Samantha helped me facilitate my mother's care and even stayed beyond her shift to care for not only my mother but her other patients as well.
My mother spent a total of 23 days in the WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital. This number of days reflects an initial hospitalization and then readmission to the hospital after an acute rehabilitation stay. My mother was admitted to the hospital for what can be described as a mini-stroke and was then kept in the hospital in preparation for an endarterectomy. Her stay in the hospital consisted of testing and consults for her upcoming surgery. My family, along with myself, stayed with my mother for the waking hours of her hospitalization.
As a registered nurse, I saw many hospital personnel. The bright light in her care was Samantha Smalley. Samantha took care of my mother on the day of her pacemaker insertion and sent her to the OR on the day of her endarterectomy. Samantha demonstrated professionalism, compassion, and outstanding nursing skills and was invested in my mother's care one hundred percent. She changed my mother's IV site the first day she had her. My mother developed gastrointestinal distress after her pacemaker insertion, which was very uncomfortable, and Samantha took care of her differentiating between a cardiac event and a non-life-threatening side effect from her surgery.
Samantha sent her off to surgery the following day, but only after my mother had a syncopal event while Samantha was ambulating her. She took everything in stride and maintained her professionalism, all the while reassuring my mother during that time. When I arrived in the ICU for my mother's postop recovery, there was a note attached to her pacemaker box: "Hope all went well. Prayers for comfort and a speedy recovery." The note had a heart on it and was signed "Sam S. RN, 3 South"
During an event-filled recovery that included 7 to 8 days in the ICU, my mother was to be moved out of the ICU and back to the floor. I did not want her to return to a medical floor, but after speaking to the supervisor, she assured me that Samantha was coming on shift that night and would assign her to my mother, and she did. It was reassuring to see Sam in the morning and know that my mother had had a nurse in whom I had confidence. My mother was discharged 24 hours after that day. Then, my mother was readmitted to the hospital and, after a late-day admission, found Samantha to be her nurse on the night shift. It was a comfort to see her, and she listened to my concerns and, in cooperation with her doctor, provided my mother with excellent care. She helped me facilitate my mother's care and even stayed beyond her shift to care for not only my mother but her other patients as well. She said to my mother, “I am soon going to have to send you a birthday card if you keep coming back.” All in all I am sure that I am not the only person to recognize that Samantha Smalley is an asset to the hospital. I just could not let her efforts in caring for my mother go unnoticed. Thank you, Samantha!
As a registered nurse, I saw many hospital personnel. The bright light in her care was Samantha Smalley. Samantha took care of my mother on the day of her pacemaker insertion and sent her to the OR on the day of her endarterectomy. Samantha demonstrated professionalism, compassion, and outstanding nursing skills and was invested in my mother's care one hundred percent. She changed my mother's IV site the first day she had her. My mother developed gastrointestinal distress after her pacemaker insertion, which was very uncomfortable, and Samantha took care of her differentiating between a cardiac event and a non-life-threatening side effect from her surgery.
Samantha sent her off to surgery the following day, but only after my mother had a syncopal event while Samantha was ambulating her. She took everything in stride and maintained her professionalism, all the while reassuring my mother during that time. When I arrived in the ICU for my mother's postop recovery, there was a note attached to her pacemaker box: "Hope all went well. Prayers for comfort and a speedy recovery." The note had a heart on it and was signed "Sam S. RN, 3 South"
During an event-filled recovery that included 7 to 8 days in the ICU, my mother was to be moved out of the ICU and back to the floor. I did not want her to return to a medical floor, but after speaking to the supervisor, she assured me that Samantha was coming on shift that night and would assign her to my mother, and she did. It was reassuring to see Sam in the morning and know that my mother had had a nurse in whom I had confidence. My mother was discharged 24 hours after that day. Then, my mother was readmitted to the hospital and, after a late-day admission, found Samantha to be her nurse on the night shift. It was a comfort to see her, and she listened to my concerns and, in cooperation with her doctor, provided my mother with excellent care. She helped me facilitate my mother's care and even stayed beyond her shift to care for not only my mother but her other patients as well. She said to my mother, “I am soon going to have to send you a birthday card if you keep coming back.” All in all I am sure that I am not the only person to recognize that Samantha Smalley is an asset to the hospital. I just could not let her efforts in caring for my mother go unnoticed. Thank you, Samantha!