December 2021
Tammy A
Ford
,
Associates Degree
OB
Valley View Medical Center
Fort Mohave
,
AZ
United States
Tammy went out of her way and made a genuine connection with me and my baby.
Tammy was an amazing nurse to us in such a special time of our lives. I came in to be induced and things did not go as planned. I was feeling really discouraged after my C-Section, 36 hours of labor, no sleep, no food, only ice chips. Tammy went out of her way and made a genuine connection with me and my baby. She taught me how to breast feed, right from the beginning. She brought me food and water without me having to ask and she constantly came in to check on me. It was so refreshing to have a nurse that genuinely cared for what my wishes were in my birth plan. She spent lots of time talking to me (a first time mom at age 22 in the middle of Covid) about my mental health and how to care for my baby. She went above and beyond her job as a care giver. Before her shift ended, she came in to say good-bye to us and shared her phone number with us in case we had any questions regarding anything. I feel my experience would have been different without her.