May 2016
Jennifer
Buskirk
,
RN
ICU
Mercy Tiffin Hospital
Tiffin
,
OH
United States
While I was prepping for an outpatient procedure, I had a horrible headache. A friend drove me to the ER, and I was then admitted. The afternoon before my outpatient procedure, I was to be sent home and would need to finish my prep at home. Jennifer sensed how afraid I was that the prep would cause the same problem, and I would be all alone.
Without my knowledge, she went above and beyond. She interacted between doctors and administrators, between inpatient and outpatient departments. She arranged it so I would stay as an inpatient, and nurses would oversee my prep. Then I would go to outpatient for the procedure and then back to my bed as an inpatient. The relief I felt was so overwhelming. I am so thankful to her. Jennifer didn't see me just as a patient but as another human being in need.
Without my knowledge, she went above and beyond. She interacted between doctors and administrators, between inpatient and outpatient departments. She arranged it so I would stay as an inpatient, and nurses would oversee my prep. Then I would go to outpatient for the procedure and then back to my bed as an inpatient. The relief I felt was so overwhelming. I am so thankful to her. Jennifer didn't see me just as a patient but as another human being in need.