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I am nominating Jennifer Allen. Jennifer is 24 years old and began her nursing career as an LPN at Miami Valley Hospital working in their burn unit. She has since graduated with an RN degree and continues there. Many ask her how she does it realizing that working with burn victims is very critical care. Her response is that not everyone can tolerate that type of care and that someone has to be able to care for them and has seen numerous nurses when floated to that floor become nauseous while attempting to care for the burn victims. Jennifer’s first 2 years of working there she was awarded for “Outstanding Patient Care.” When staffing was short, they would call her in on a whim and she would go in and help out wherever she was needed. Jennifer puts her heart and soul into her career and it seems as Nursing was in fact her calling. She is very committed to providing the best care she possibly can and is compassionate to her patients and their Families. Jennifer knows the importance of this as she herself was on the other side when her father suffered a severe brain injury and was hospitalized at Miami Valley for 2 ½ months. She struggled through that crisis and knew, she too, had to rely on other nurses to provide the best care possible; though it was not easy for her at times. With several close calls on her father’s life, and caring for him once he came home, she realized that she must do the same and go back to caring for her patients. Lives depend on her care and she continues to give 100%.
Nominated by Joni Allen