October 2009
James
Griffin
,
RN
Medical- Surgical, Wound-Ostomy
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center
Nashua
,
NH
United States
While this individual had his own assignment on the floor (W4), he was aware of a patient that he felt needed a wound vac to improve his chances of healing. This RN made several phone calls to applicable doctors requesting an order for a wound vac. He was very passionate about the need for this device and spent most of his day chasing down the appropriate people to get the job done. At no time did he sacrifice his assigned patients in order to get this accomplished. Although this individual is a wound nurse one day a week, this particular day he was not. He squeezed this extra responsibility into his day and made sure he saw it to the end. It is because of this RN that the patient got what he needed. The patient and family member were very grateful to have him advocating for them.