Andy Loehr, RN, MSN, CPNP, Department Director for ED; Pat Guthrie, RN, CPEN, DAISY Honoree; Cheri Hunt, RN, MHA, NEA-BC, Vice President for Nursing/Chief Nursing Officer
May 2013
Pat
Guthrie
,
RN, CPEN (Charge Nurse in ED)
Emergency Department
Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Kansas City
,
MO
United States
First Nomination:
There was a girl brought in to the Emergency Department that was in a very bad accident, and her mother was killed. The girl's father showed up and he was beside himself. The entire Trauma Team responded.
There was a nurse who went and sat with the father. The father asked, "What am I going to do?", "What am I going to tell her when she wakes up about her mother?", "What do I do when she cries for her mother?"
The nurse said to the father, "When you go home today, I want you to take the bed clothes off the bed and put her pillow case in a plastic bag. I want you to take some other things out of the dirty laundry, put those in a plastic bag as well, and I want you to put them away. When she cries for her mother, I want you to get something out of the bag and give it to her to sleep with."
We are resuscitating this girl, and doing fine with the procedure. Meanwhile, this nurse had the presence of mind to comfort this father that had nothing to do with what was going on at the time, and I thought, "That is just awesome". I don't think that would happen anywhere else but at Children's Mercy Hospital, and by Pat Guthrie.
Second Nomination:
Pat went out of her way to console a grieving family that was suffering mightily during a recent trauma a few weeks back. She was immediately with the family assisting social work and sitting down with them, giving them a shoulder to cry on in their time of need.
She routinely goes out of her way to get even the smallest item for any family that needs it and is constantly conversing with attending physicians in the ED on care that is best for the patient. She is involved in some way in almost every one of the traumas that come into the ED and helps each of those situations in a uniquely positive way.
She has a knack of giving realistic, but extremely caring and thoughtful information to parents and children alike when they visit the ED. I have never heard a parent shout an ill word toward Pat, even in many difficult situations. Pat is the epitome of the word advocate for patients and the families that support them.
There was a girl brought in to the Emergency Department that was in a very bad accident, and her mother was killed. The girl's father showed up and he was beside himself. The entire Trauma Team responded.
There was a nurse who went and sat with the father. The father asked, "What am I going to do?", "What am I going to tell her when she wakes up about her mother?", "What do I do when she cries for her mother?"
The nurse said to the father, "When you go home today, I want you to take the bed clothes off the bed and put her pillow case in a plastic bag. I want you to take some other things out of the dirty laundry, put those in a plastic bag as well, and I want you to put them away. When she cries for her mother, I want you to get something out of the bag and give it to her to sleep with."
We are resuscitating this girl, and doing fine with the procedure. Meanwhile, this nurse had the presence of mind to comfort this father that had nothing to do with what was going on at the time, and I thought, "That is just awesome". I don't think that would happen anywhere else but at Children's Mercy Hospital, and by Pat Guthrie.
Second Nomination:
Pat went out of her way to console a grieving family that was suffering mightily during a recent trauma a few weeks back. She was immediately with the family assisting social work and sitting down with them, giving them a shoulder to cry on in their time of need.
She routinely goes out of her way to get even the smallest item for any family that needs it and is constantly conversing with attending physicians in the ED on care that is best for the patient. She is involved in some way in almost every one of the traumas that come into the ED and helps each of those situations in a uniquely positive way.
She has a knack of giving realistic, but extremely caring and thoughtful information to parents and children alike when they visit the ED. I have never heard a parent shout an ill word toward Pat, even in many difficult situations. Pat is the epitome of the word advocate for patients and the families that support them.