It was a last minute decision from the doctors to administer a medication to a patient on 7-East that would require 1:1 nursing for the entire duration of the medication (8 hours). Staffing moved things around and were able to send us Daniel Myers from the Float Pool. Unfortunately this meant Daniel would have to give up the patients he had just received report on, being this was the start of his shift. Despite this, he arrived on the floor cheery and willing to help.

Daniel made calls to the doctors and pharmacy to ensure the patient received the medication in the way it was intended. He spent the rest of the day giving one-on-one attention to his patient. He was able to work with this patient, who is historically very difficult to work with. While administering the medication he noticed that some of the patient's wounds were on his head and that wound care might be easier if he had his head shaved. The patient was so happy and said he had been wanting to shave his head for days. Daniel located a razor (a good one at that) and helped the patient shave his head, which has made wound care much easier on the patient and the nurses. He also, by being his usual friendly self, convinced him to do his wound care (which he would intermittently refuse).

Just by Daniel having one on one time with the patient and truly caring about the patient, he was able to reach a patient who is mostly, by choice, not reachable. It was incredible. The next two days the patient strutted around the unit, gave friendly greetings to those he passed, and was overall more pleasant than he had been in his entire stay at the hospital.

Daniel genuinely cares for each patient and works so hard to help them receive the best care possible. Whenever nurses on our unit see Daniel's name on our assignment sheet someone will almost always utter some version of, "Oh, Daniel! He's so great! We're so grateful to have him whenever we can!"