November 2023
Kristina
Smith
,
RN, BSN
Clinical Resource Unit
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
Barrington
,
IL
United States
She made me feel very comfortable and calm and I wasn’t anxious.
Kristina was a floating nurse assigned to my floor the evening I was in distress. She made me feel very comfortable and calm and I wasn’t anxious. She used her medical talent to relieve my bladder of over 1000 ml of urine, which I was unable to void. The following evening 4 RNs were unable to complete the same task, and a urologist needed to be called. It was the most difficult and traumatic experience of my life. I wished Kristina was working that evening not only to thank her but to have her repeat her previous technique. I never saw Kristina again after she assisted me, but months later, I discovered this app to say thank you.