Alaina had a 4 year old with pneumonia that had really not been feeling well all day. Adhering to our job of setting goals every day, she asked this little girl early in the morning what she wanted her goal to be for the day and she replied, “To beat you in a race”! She set her goal, and by 2:30 in the afternoon Alaina had coordinated a race.
She built a paper checkered flag, she made a crown with jewels for when the little girl won (obviously it was rigged from the beginning), she had a nursing student use her green jacket for the green flag to start the race, she got a toy car for the little girl to ride in and a wagon for herself to ride in. She had the dad push the little girl and I, Alaina’s fellow RN, pushed her in the wagon while she steered.
We started the race and the little girl was laughing and telling her dad to “hurry!!” all the way to the end of the road (our unit). We waved the checkered flag at the end and presented the little girl with her crown and a round of applause. She was SO excited! This made her day and brightened all of our day as well.
Way to go Alaina for great patient care!