Danielle Buettner
September 2023
Danielle
Buettner
,
RN, MSN
Pediatric Inpatient Rehabilitation
ChildServe
Johnston
,
IA
United States
Dani diligently trains and walks alongside each family on their journey. She ensures that her staff understands the training needs of each family and works with providers when we need to clarify needs of training.
Danielle Buettner is closer to Wonder Woman than RN at this point. As I sit here and attempt to write about what a caring, driven, detail-oriented, task-slaying leader she is, I can’t think of the best examples of her work. She has her hands in so many things that it is hard to pick one instance. There are just too many.
Dani cares about families. She has built relationships with families that I know have impacted their lives and hers. She helped create a training plan for a family that wanted to go home without homecare nursing. In order to do this, she worked on emergency scenarios, she personally coached them through difficult training and thought of ways to make everyday care easier when they got home. She diligently trains and walks alongside each family on their journey. She ensures that her staff understands the training needs of each family and works with providers when we need to clarify needs of training.
Dani cares about children. She is likely the goofiest nurse. She encourages her staff to get involved in games and things that put a smile on the children’s faces. From bouncing a beach ball off her head repeatedly to conducting a beach ball volleyball game on the unit and every snuggle in between, she is there to help a child have a great day. Children naturally respond to her caring nature. Not only is she fun, but she puts in the work to understand each child’s needs and care planning. She ensures staff have what they need to do what they do best when caring for these kids.
Dani cares about her environment. She is always looking for ways to help improve the work environment that she oversees. Dani brings creative and realistic ideas on how we can best utilize our space as we continue to get settled into our new unit. Even before the opening, she was paramount in making decisions about how we thought things would work.
Dani cares about the team. She has her finger on the pulse of her staff and supports them throughout their day. She ensures that they not only have what they need to do their jobs, but she also cares about their personal lives. Often, she will fill in for staff so they can leave early for a family event or appointment that can’t be missed. She devotes her time not only to her unit, but often, you will find her on any of the inpatient units or outpatient areas just helping out.
Dani cares about families. She has built relationships with families that I know have impacted their lives and hers. She helped create a training plan for a family that wanted to go home without homecare nursing. In order to do this, she worked on emergency scenarios, she personally coached them through difficult training and thought of ways to make everyday care easier when they got home. She diligently trains and walks alongside each family on their journey. She ensures that her staff understands the training needs of each family and works with providers when we need to clarify needs of training.
Dani cares about children. She is likely the goofiest nurse. She encourages her staff to get involved in games and things that put a smile on the children’s faces. From bouncing a beach ball off her head repeatedly to conducting a beach ball volleyball game on the unit and every snuggle in between, she is there to help a child have a great day. Children naturally respond to her caring nature. Not only is she fun, but she puts in the work to understand each child’s needs and care planning. She ensures staff have what they need to do what they do best when caring for these kids.
Dani cares about her environment. She is always looking for ways to help improve the work environment that she oversees. Dani brings creative and realistic ideas on how we can best utilize our space as we continue to get settled into our new unit. Even before the opening, she was paramount in making decisions about how we thought things would work.
Dani cares about the team. She has her finger on the pulse of her staff and supports them throughout their day. She ensures that they not only have what they need to do their jobs, but she also cares about their personal lives. Often, she will fill in for staff so they can leave early for a family event or appointment that can’t be missed. She devotes her time not only to her unit, but often, you will find her on any of the inpatient units or outpatient areas just helping out.