Jennifer Dumont
July 2023
Jennifer
Dumont
,
RN
Tacoma General Hospital Campus Post Anesthesia Care
Tacoma General Hospital
Tacoma
,
WA
United States

 

 

 

I felt safe and I felt cared for.
Jennifer woke me up after coming out of a very important surgery. A breast reduction. In order to reduce chronic pain in my life. I had no idea what had happened from the time I laid down on the table and felt the painful medications go in my IV. Then she was there. She greeted me with a warm welcome and a cheery smile and reassured me everything went well with no complications. She told me all my vitals were looking good and offered me something to drink and eat right away. I felt safe and I felt cared for. Compared to the last few times I had surgery, this was a huge improvement. It was as if a huge burden had been lifted from me and she took it all upon herself to be there for me. Our time together was short and although I was not very coherent I remembered to ask her to write down her name for me because I wanted to nominate her for the DAISY Award and I knew the only way I would remember would be if it was with my stuff. I made her promise me she would do it.