April 2022
Onyinyechi "Anne"
Ogbonna
,
BSN, RN
OSCU
Novant Health Charlotte Orthopedic Hospital
Charlotte
,
NC
United States
I think I was a tough patient that night, yet she never made me feel like a burden.
My first night after the surgery was a physically and emotionally difficult night for me. Although I could tell that Anne was exhausted and spread out thin and working and running around like a bumble bee, she recognized my pain and discomfort and took such amazing care of me with a lot of patience and compassion. I think I was a tough patient that night, yet she never made me feel like a burden. On the contrary, she made me feel special and like I was the most important patient and made sure to care for me the best way she could. I was very miserable, scared, and in a lot of pain, and I felt like if Anne was not there, I don't think I could have survived. She checked up on me regularly through the night, and I almost had no need to press the call button for her but maybe once. She was definitely on top of her game and knows what her patients need.