Jill Stewart and Mary Stowe, RN, MS, NEA-BC Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer
November 2012
Jill
Stewart
,
RN
PICU
Children's Medical Center
Dallas
,
TX
United States
My son was diagnosed with ALL Leukemia at Children's in 2012. We have been blessed to have been under the care of Children's since his illness. We have experienced the greatest of care from housekeeping, food services, support staff, doctors and nurses. I have told many in my community what an awesome environment and great job Children's has done in caring for my son and taking care of our family as well. Those that know me are surprised it is not that often I give an endorsement. I have always felt that by endorsing something you can put others in harm's way if the organization fails to meet their obligations. I have no issues telling others how great Children's has been. I would like to state that we received a lot of great care, but one person really stood out to our family always going above and beyond.
Jill Stewart is more than deserving of your DAISY award. It is hard to pick out one highlight of the care we received from Jill, because she was always an excellent nurse. Jill was our nurse on the CCBD floor on more than one occasion, and we were surprised to find out she was floating over to this floor. My wife is a registered nurse and works in ICU at another hospital. She wants the very best for our son and at times was a very protective mother and a nurse at the same time. Jill always excelled and provided the very best of care. A competent nurse that paid attention to detail, that follows procedure and protocol was very important to my wife. Jill always performed higher than the expectations my wife had. It was very important to have someone care for our son that was a skilled nurse. I am a pastor, and I will be the first to admit I know nothing of nursing etiquette. My wife was looking for a competent nurse. I was looking for a compassionate nurse. We found both of those qualities in Jill.
My son is a teenager fighting a serious illness, there were days when he was more difficult to care for than others, but Jill always showed respect, compassion, and concern. I think it would be easy for a nurse to get caught up in the day to day routine. A nurse can be so detail driven and so procedure driven that it would be easy to forget that there is a hurting person on the other end of the needle they hold. It would also be easy to be so compassionate and emotion driven that it would be easy to forget that the needle they hold can cause serious harm. Jill was the perfect balance of competence and compassion. We always pray before we go for treatment that we receive the very best of care for our son, and there is no doubt that Jill has been an answer to that prayer.
Jill Stewart is more than deserving of your DAISY award. It is hard to pick out one highlight of the care we received from Jill, because she was always an excellent nurse. Jill was our nurse on the CCBD floor on more than one occasion, and we were surprised to find out she was floating over to this floor. My wife is a registered nurse and works in ICU at another hospital. She wants the very best for our son and at times was a very protective mother and a nurse at the same time. Jill always excelled and provided the very best of care. A competent nurse that paid attention to detail, that follows procedure and protocol was very important to my wife. Jill always performed higher than the expectations my wife had. It was very important to have someone care for our son that was a skilled nurse. I am a pastor, and I will be the first to admit I know nothing of nursing etiquette. My wife was looking for a competent nurse. I was looking for a compassionate nurse. We found both of those qualities in Jill.
My son is a teenager fighting a serious illness, there were days when he was more difficult to care for than others, but Jill always showed respect, compassion, and concern. I think it would be easy for a nurse to get caught up in the day to day routine. A nurse can be so detail driven and so procedure driven that it would be easy to forget that there is a hurting person on the other end of the needle they hold. It would also be easy to be so compassionate and emotion driven that it would be easy to forget that the needle they hold can cause serious harm. Jill was the perfect balance of competence and compassion. We always pray before we go for treatment that we receive the very best of care for our son, and there is no doubt that Jill has been an answer to that prayer.