It is hard to choose one RN who cared for me during my stay in the Neuro ICU because I had so many caring, wonderful nurses who went above and beyond. So I want to highlight Ashley who made a point of trying to keep my spirits up and doing anything extra to make me and my husband feel special. Ashley decided I would feel better if I could have my hair washed of all the blood that was stuck in it from my fall on my garage floor two days after I had an aneurysm repair of my brain. I ended up having a subarachnoid hemorrhage and was flown to Scripps and then sent to UCSD Jacobs.
Ashley could tell I was a poor patient when it came to lying down and asking for help. So she tried to keep me interested in anything to keep me from begging to go home. She kept explaining everything that was going on. As a nurse myself for 40 years it is so hard to be a patient and really hard to lie in bed for 14 days. But having Ashley in the ICU made my stay much more tolerable. Thank you for your compassion.