December 2014
Lucie
Gold
,
RN
L&D
University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston and Ambulatory Care
Galveston
,
TX
United States

 

 

 

Lucie showed excellence by responding rapidly when a patient was clearly in the process of delivery - in the parking lot. A bystander flagged her down and stated that a woman was yelling in pain and had a bulge in her sweatpants. Lucie showed teamwork by recruiting other nurses that were leaving for the day too and asked them to immediately call for more help from L & D. She exhibited critical thinking and advocacy by placing the patient on a bench so that she could deliver the baby safely. Lucie illustrated patient and family focus by comforting the young mother throughout the entire process, even after the baby was delivered and more help arrived. Her caring and courageous actions that morning speak to her extraordinary devotion to nursing.