It is with the utmost respect and grateful thanks that I nominate Amanda Monson for the prestigious DAISY Award. My father has been in inpatient at Sanford Health a number of times over the years with his first mild heart attack. Complications from that heart attack have led us on a journey that has been filled with the unknown.
One day, he was brought by ambulance after a fall in a grocery store bathroom while I was with him. What started out as a gentleman who hit the floor on blood thinners injuring his hand quickly escalated into a breathing event where he had to be intubated in the ER. He was brought up to ICU in the critical condition. The next several hours were filled with dreadful thoughts.
Amanda Monson was his nurse for the next couple of days, bringing professionalism and wisdom in those next critical days. Again, the caring and compassion and explaining helped us to relay information by text to message to our other two siblings living out of town. While he was so unstable, she championed for my dad. She observed, she made recommendations to doctors and following up to make sure they were acted on.
We were so fortunate to be able to call her "family" as we worked through this chapter. Dad is now in transitional care at Eventide Fargo.
Amanda Monson, hats off to you for not only helping my dad but for helping us through as well. You epitomize the statue out in front of the hospital: Health, Calling, Healing, Community and Leadership. You display these worthy traits for all you care for, patients and families!