I gave this mug as a simple appreciation to Ms. Sittie, the CCU staff nurse. I call her my google map.
She was the assigned staff of a highly critically mechanically ventilated case that need close monitoring. She is constantly on her feet to provide care, from ensuring all infusions are running freely, suctioning, giving a sponge bath to decrease patient body temperature since the patient was continuously highly febrile, turning/changing position and a lot more in addition to that is a huge number of forms to be filled out and documentation. Naturally, when your patient condition demands a lot of your time, you will not remember to smile and a demanding physician will easily irritate you. But not Ms. Sittie, she is like a walking CD, and I call her my google map, because when I came for rounds and assess the patient, Ms. Sittie patiently guides me, answering all my questions like she is a dictionary of the condition of the patient from laboratories to the future plans of other medical teams. While answering all my inquiries as to the status of the patient, she is also sponge bathing the patient. She is great at multitasking, and amazingly she can remember even the laboratory results. Despite the long hours of work, more time demanded for patient care, and most of the day she is on her feet, she still smiles and her patience is still intact.
I know physicians can be so demanding and an additional burden to the staff nurses. We get more of the information from the sister since she spends time with the patient more than us. Physicians like us can never survive without these sisters' help. Often times they know the patient better than we do. For these, I gave her the mug as a sign of appreciation for her efforts in caring for her patient, ensuring patient safety, and seeing that she tried her best to make her patient better, but she deserves more than the coffee mug, so I nominate her for a DAISY Award.