Tatyana Frunker
August 2022
Tatyana
Frunker
,
RN
Outpatient Surgery
Flagler Health
St Augustine
,
FL
United States
Tatyana represents so well what it means to be a caring nurse in the treatment of this patient.
Tatyana Frunker has been honored as the most recent DAISY Award recipient at Flagler Hospital it was announced today. She was honored for providing excellent and compassionate care to a patient during a recent trying time. Tatyana was nominated by a patient diagnosed with Atypical Hyperplasia (ADH), a precancerous condition that affects cells in the breast, who needed to have a double mastectomy:
"Tatyana shared her personal story with me about her twin daughters that had mammograms at age 40. I am around the same age and she shared with me how one daughter’s results were fine and the younger daughter's results were the exact same thing I had: Atypical Hyperplasia. She said she was shocked and shared a bit of her daughter's journey through this and also related how her daughter is doing great now and is young and beautiful. She assured me that I was in good hands with Dr. R and Dr. V and that I too am young and will come out of this okay. I was having surgery for a double mastectomy and suffer from anxiety.”
Their shared experience provided hope and comfort to the patient, who continued, “I was in an anxious state of mind and this story was very encouraging to me. It is nice to know that someone else has gone through the same trials and they came out on the other side healthy.”
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“Tatyana represents so well what it means to be a caring nurse in the treatment of this patient,” said the President and CEO of Flagler Health+. “She is a fitting, and well-deserved recipient of the DAISY Award. Her level of care and her willingness to share her own personal experience made a tremendous difference in this patient’s life and we are sincerely grateful.”
"Tatyana shared her personal story with me about her twin daughters that had mammograms at age 40. I am around the same age and she shared with me how one daughter’s results were fine and the younger daughter's results were the exact same thing I had: Atypical Hyperplasia. She said she was shocked and shared a bit of her daughter's journey through this and also related how her daughter is doing great now and is young and beautiful. She assured me that I was in good hands with Dr. R and Dr. V and that I too am young and will come out of this okay. I was having surgery for a double mastectomy and suffer from anxiety.”
Their shared experience provided hope and comfort to the patient, who continued, “I was in an anxious state of mind and this story was very encouraging to me. It is nice to know that someone else has gone through the same trials and they came out on the other side healthy.”
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“Tatyana represents so well what it means to be a caring nurse in the treatment of this patient,” said the President and CEO of Flagler Health+. “She is a fitting, and well-deserved recipient of the DAISY Award. Her level of care and her willingness to share her own personal experience made a tremendous difference in this patient’s life and we are sincerely grateful.”