Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Western NC VA Health Care System
May 2024
Surgical Intensive Care Unit
at Western NC VA Health Care System
SICU
Western NC VA Health Care System
Asheville
,
NC
United States
Rebecca Allison, RN
Brady Bartlett, RN
Mollie Boison, RN
Christine Calso, RN
Anjuli Carter, RN
Russell Coggins, RN
Brianna D'Amato, RN
Zachary Driver, RN
Heather Finch, RN
Benjamin Garland, RN
Ashley Giordano, RN
Vicki Kuznetsov, RN
Randi Lickliter, RN
Laura Martyns, RN
Darlene McKinney, RN
Andrew Mewshaw, RN
Gina Moore, RN
Ginna Morrison, RN
Shawn Orr, RN
Jessica Parce, RN
Kelly Parker-Ramsey, RN
Caleb Queen, RN
Whitney Reese, RN
Amber Rice, RN
Molly Rollins-Crosby, RN
Megan Shoop, RN
Scott Teeters, RN
Christina Testerman, CNA
Terri Tines, RN
Amanda Willis, RN
Stuart Wimberly, RN
Brady Bartlett, RN
Mollie Boison, RN
Christine Calso, RN
Anjuli Carter, RN
Russell Coggins, RN
Brianna D'Amato, RN
Zachary Driver, RN
Heather Finch, RN
Benjamin Garland, RN
Ashley Giordano, RN
Vicki Kuznetsov, RN
Randi Lickliter, RN
Laura Martyns, RN
Darlene McKinney, RN
Andrew Mewshaw, RN
Gina Moore, RN
Ginna Morrison, RN
Shawn Orr, RN
Jessica Parce, RN
Kelly Parker-Ramsey, RN
Caleb Queen, RN
Whitney Reese, RN
Amber Rice, RN
Molly Rollins-Crosby, RN
Megan Shoop, RN
Scott Teeters, RN
Christina Testerman, CNA
Terri Tines, RN
Amanda Willis, RN
Stuart Wimberly, RN
A heartfelt thank you for hiring the absolute best group of nursing and medical personnel we’ve ever met while my husband was treated at WNCVAHCS.
I can hardly use the word “treated” … it is more proper to say he was brought back to life, first by the life-saving actions of the staff of the ED, and then the SICU: more than 20 doctors and nurses who responded to that “Code Blue” that day. Every single staff member on duty for the 13 days he spent there gave all the expertise, care, and generous spirit they had.
I am convinced that no other hospital would have given the effort/time…the single-minded goal… of saving a patient who presents as he did. He is a 76-year-old Veteran, with lots of complicated medical issues, and he was wheeled into the Emergency Department with a very weak body.
I have in front of me a form for “Nursing Services Shining Light” to be given to Nursing Recognition council. I want to fill out this form for so many of the staff of SICU, but sadly, I can’t tell you all their names (and couldn’t find out any of their last names). I can tell you that Caleb, Ginna, Gina, and Molly are written on our hearts for the extraordinary concern they showed; not only to him but to myself and my sons during our most heart-wrenching first couple of days. I can’t thank enough for the everyday (and night) encouragement, support, smiles, and assurances of Mollie, Christine, AJ, Scott, and Jessica. But I’d recognize those smiles again in a minute.
I know it’s their job to do their best for my husband, but they also understood that we, the family, needed to be included in care. Clearly and patiently, they helped us understand what he was going through, and what decisions we needed to make. They understood that we needed to let him know we were there for him.
To Doctors Andresen, McFerrin, Bond, Annand, Westle, Clayton, Coalson: THANK YOU SO MUCH! I can’t list all the doctors who made his miraculous recovery happen, he and I are enormously grateful for the cardiac, nephrology, thoracic surgeons, hospitalists, and therapy teams that made all the right decisions for him even in the middle of the night.
Often, other hospital staff stopped by his room throughout his stay to see how he was recovering. Over and over, they told us how amazed they were at his recuperation from such a drastic cardiac event. The only response we can give to that is a heartfelt, thank you.
I can hardly use the word “treated” … it is more proper to say he was brought back to life, first by the life-saving actions of the staff of the ED, and then the SICU: more than 20 doctors and nurses who responded to that “Code Blue” that day. Every single staff member on duty for the 13 days he spent there gave all the expertise, care, and generous spirit they had.
I am convinced that no other hospital would have given the effort/time…the single-minded goal… of saving a patient who presents as he did. He is a 76-year-old Veteran, with lots of complicated medical issues, and he was wheeled into the Emergency Department with a very weak body.
I have in front of me a form for “Nursing Services Shining Light” to be given to Nursing Recognition council. I want to fill out this form for so many of the staff of SICU, but sadly, I can’t tell you all their names (and couldn’t find out any of their last names). I can tell you that Caleb, Ginna, Gina, and Molly are written on our hearts for the extraordinary concern they showed; not only to him but to myself and my sons during our most heart-wrenching first couple of days. I can’t thank enough for the everyday (and night) encouragement, support, smiles, and assurances of Mollie, Christine, AJ, Scott, and Jessica. But I’d recognize those smiles again in a minute.
I know it’s their job to do their best for my husband, but they also understood that we, the family, needed to be included in care. Clearly and patiently, they helped us understand what he was going through, and what decisions we needed to make. They understood that we needed to let him know we were there for him.
To Doctors Andresen, McFerrin, Bond, Annand, Westle, Clayton, Coalson: THANK YOU SO MUCH! I can’t list all the doctors who made his miraculous recovery happen, he and I are enormously grateful for the cardiac, nephrology, thoracic surgeons, hospitalists, and therapy teams that made all the right decisions for him even in the middle of the night.
Often, other hospital staff stopped by his room throughout his stay to see how he was recovering. Over and over, they told us how amazed they were at his recuperation from such a drastic cardiac event. The only response we can give to that is a heartfelt, thank you.