Linda Hamilton-Mgr, Spry, Wendel, Whistler
April 2013
Linda
Spry
,
RN
Infusion Cneter
IU Health North Hospital
Carmel
,
IN
United States
I wish to nominate a team of Registered Nurses employed at IU North Hospital for the DAISY Award.
Registered Nurses Linda Spry, Allison Wendel and Brooke Whistler work together as a team in the infusion unit located in Room 525. I am their cancer patient. I nominate them as a team because it comforts me to know that I will receive extraordinary health care no matter which of these professionals administers my chemotherapy. These ladies work long hours in close quarters with large numbers of (sometimes demanding) cancer patients and I've not witnessed one of them blow their cool.
Prior to beginning chemotherapy at IU North I evaluated the infusion units at IU Simon Cancer Center, and later, IU Fishers. Both sites offer superior infusion facilities that are more conducive to comforting patients, alleviating their anxiety, and providing a healing state of mind, than those found in Room 525's infusion unit. I understand this facility was not built as an infusion unit but was converted to such when IU Health acquired Clarian Hospital. Were it not for RN's Spry, Wendel, and Whistler, I would have chosen to receive chemotherapy elsewhere. I've benefited from their genuine compassion and concern for their patients' well-being. These qualities, combined with their other professional attributes, supersede the physical shortcomings of Room 525's infusion unit. How great is that, when human kindness, care, and compassion, overcome man-made obstacles? I hope that IU North has many more registered nurses similar to those found serving their cancer patients in Room 525.
Registered Nurses Linda Spry, Allison Wendel and Brooke Whistler work together as a team in the infusion unit located in Room 525. I am their cancer patient. I nominate them as a team because it comforts me to know that I will receive extraordinary health care no matter which of these professionals administers my chemotherapy. These ladies work long hours in close quarters with large numbers of (sometimes demanding) cancer patients and I've not witnessed one of them blow their cool.
Prior to beginning chemotherapy at IU North I evaluated the infusion units at IU Simon Cancer Center, and later, IU Fishers. Both sites offer superior infusion facilities that are more conducive to comforting patients, alleviating their anxiety, and providing a healing state of mind, than those found in Room 525's infusion unit. I understand this facility was not built as an infusion unit but was converted to such when IU Health acquired Clarian Hospital. Were it not for RN's Spry, Wendel, and Whistler, I would have chosen to receive chemotherapy elsewhere. I've benefited from their genuine compassion and concern for their patients' well-being. These qualities, combined with their other professional attributes, supersede the physical shortcomings of Room 525's infusion unit. How great is that, when human kindness, care, and compassion, overcome man-made obstacles? I hope that IU North has many more registered nurses similar to those found serving their cancer patients in Room 525.