Tarah Johnston, RN

This nurse went above and beyond for her patient by taking care of his physical, mental, and emotional needs. Early in the morning the patient was worried about getting home to his wife because she had dementia, and he was her primary caregiver. Tarah advocated getting his head CT taken care of super early so he could get home to his wife because she had gotten lost the day before while driving. Long story short, his wife got lost on the way to the hospital on the way to pick him up. A kind stranger drove up to the patient's wife, called the unit, and helped Tarah locate where his wife ended up. Between the sweet stranger and Tarah, they were able to get the patient's wife to a local police station. Since the patient had been in a wreck the night before, his wife had their only vehicle, and he was very stressed about how she was lost again and how he was going to get a taxi to where she was. Tarah ended up taking her lunch early and volunteered to drive her patient to the police station where his wife was because they had built such a great relationship throughout the stressful morning of trying to find his wife. This is just one of the many amazing things she has done for her patients. She truly is an amazing nurse who is a ray of sunshine for her patients and her coworkers. We can't think of a more deserving nurse for the DAISY Award.