December 2023
Jenna E
Curtis
,
BSN, RN
Unit 5-1400 Medical Surgical Nursing
University of Rochester Medical Center- Strong Memorial Hospital
Rochester
,
NY
United States
This scenario stays close to her heart because she was there for the good times, helped this patient, stood by their side, and advocated for them during the hardest time.
Jenna has used her knowledge, experience, and critical thinking to better our patients, staff, and floor. As Jenna has moved up the clinical ladder to become our new Assistant Nurse Manager, she has created projects to better serve our patients and their needs during their hospital stay, educate staff, and create a positive atmosphere every day. Not only does Jenna live up to the ICARE values every shift, but she demonstrates the critical thinking and efficiency that check all the boxes for the DAISY Award.
Jenna shows great compassion for the patients she cares for. She pays close attention to every detail, and she leaves patients after a 12-hour shift knowing her by name and with such gratitude that they have a nurse like her to care for them. It brings me back to when I was a new graduate nurse, and Jenna was my preceptor. We admitted this patient from the ICU who came in with one active issue and had multiple complications during their whole hospital stay. This particular patient had been transferred back and forth from the floor to the ICU multiple times. Jenna and I had the pleasure of admitting them for the first time and then, months later, sending them back to the ICU, where a turn of events occurred, and the patient ended up passing away. However, every time this particular patient returned to our floor, the only face they could recognize was Jenna's. Patients meet a lot of new faces in the hospital, but when they are here for a long period, it gets hard to remember who is who. If a patient cannot see you for a while, come back to the floor, and remember Jenna and only Jenna's name each time, then she must have done some miraculous things for this patient. This is just one example of many times that this has happened to Jenna, but this scenario stays close to her heart because she was there for the good times, helped this patient, stood by their side, and advocated for them during the hardest time. It would be a great honor to myself, our interdisciplinary team, and our patients to have an individual like Jenna be recognized as a DAISY Award recipient.
Jenna shows great compassion for the patients she cares for. She pays close attention to every detail, and she leaves patients after a 12-hour shift knowing her by name and with such gratitude that they have a nurse like her to care for them. It brings me back to when I was a new graduate nurse, and Jenna was my preceptor. We admitted this patient from the ICU who came in with one active issue and had multiple complications during their whole hospital stay. This particular patient had been transferred back and forth from the floor to the ICU multiple times. Jenna and I had the pleasure of admitting them for the first time and then, months later, sending them back to the ICU, where a turn of events occurred, and the patient ended up passing away. However, every time this particular patient returned to our floor, the only face they could recognize was Jenna's. Patients meet a lot of new faces in the hospital, but when they are here for a long period, it gets hard to remember who is who. If a patient cannot see you for a while, come back to the floor, and remember Jenna and only Jenna's name each time, then she must have done some miraculous things for this patient. This is just one example of many times that this has happened to Jenna, but this scenario stays close to her heart because she was there for the good times, helped this patient, stood by their side, and advocated for them during the hardest time. It would be a great honor to myself, our interdisciplinary team, and our patients to have an individual like Jenna be recognized as a DAISY Award recipient.