CFMH's Amanda Haynes, LPN, Comes in during holiday to help a patient to go home!

Submitted by Tracy McCown, BSN, RN, CMSRN, CFMH's Senior Director of Nursing, Unit Director of ACS/ICU/Palliative Care

We had a patient ready for discharge on Labor Day, but waiting for a holter monitor to be placed.  It being a holiday, our Cardiac Rehab/Diagnostics department was closed.  The director reached out to Amanda Haynes who works in Cardiac Diagnostics.  She was more than willing to come in on a holiday to place the holter monitor on the patient so that they could go home.  Amanda's willingness to come in on a holiday so this patient could go and enjoy her holiday, displays commitment to our patients and our facility.  Amanda lives Carilion's values on a daily basis and we are blessed to have her here at CFMH!! I reached out to thank Amanda for her help.  I feel her response reiterates her commitment to our patients: "You are very welcome, I don't mind at all and I'm glad she is able to get home today with the appropriate monitoring she needs.  Please don't hesitate to ask if I can be of any assistance.  I will always do whatever I can to help out."