LeeAnn Almas
March 2022
LeeAnn
Almas
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RN, BSN
Critical Care
Evangelical Community Hospital
Lewisburg
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PA
United States

 

 

 

LeeAnn is skilled not only in her clinical abilities but in her caring and ability to bond with patients and understand how to handle each one as an individual.
My brother was a COVID patient at Evangelical for over 4 weeks. He is a 50-year-old man who had never been hospitalized in his life and had no prior medical history. LeeAnn and he connected, and she was so patient with him. She explained medical terms and why he was being asked to do certain things, such as sleep positions. Her patience and caring for him went above and beyond. He was frustrated, scared, and angry and I watched her handle each emotion with nothing but patience and caring. She is skilled not only in her clinical abilities but in her caring and ability to bond with patients and understand how to handle each one as an individual. He was not eating, and she would encourage him by not only talking to him and explaining why it was so important but by bringing him food, asking him what he liked, and bringing him a breakfast sandwich from home because Mcdonald's didn't make that breakfast sandwich anymore. She went above and beyond, and I would like her to be recognized for that.