April 2015 Honoree
shane cate, RN
"Shane is a new oncology nurse on F7. He just completed orientation as a new graduate and he had a patient that had relapsed who was here for further chemotherapy and a possible transplant. The patient was here by himself. During the course of caring for this patient, Shane realized the patient was about to have a birthday. He wanted to do something special for the patient so he arranged to have a steak dinner delivered to the hospital. He paid for this out of his own money. I find this truly impressive that he had such insight into what the patient was going through and the desire to help. I talked with the patient and discovered that the patient did not even know that Shane was the one that arranged the dinner. He wanted to remain anonymous.
Thank you, Shane, for your exceptional compassion, advocacy, and dedication to your patients. You truly make a difference.
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