One day in June, a senior at a local high school was playing football with his friends. He took a good hit that knocked the wind out of him. Later, he was admitted to the Surgical-Anesthesia Intensive Care Unit with a ruptured spleen. He was set to graduate later that week. The physicians told him it would not be possible to leave the hospital so soon.
Heather Brush, ASN, RN, CN III, Heather Goodman, BSN, RN, CCRN, and Casey Cecco, BSN, RN, (nurses in the SAICU), with the help of Dr. Kirsten Norrell (trauma resident), Jen Knezovich (Nurse Extern), Megan Manlove (marketing), dietary, and Deb Shenk and Liz Maser (patient experience), decorated his room and brought cake and snacks. The patient and his family Skyped his friends from graduation.
Heather Brush said, "You try to treat every patient like you'd treat your own child".