January 2024
Samantha
Brewer
,
RN
Telemetry Med Surg
Halifax Health Medical Center
Daytona Beach
,
FL
United States
You could tell by her tone and her voice that she was genuinely happy to be there working and wanting to help keep me safe and healthy.
I have never been more impressed with anyone as a person let alone a health professional. There are no amount of words I could say to express my gratitude for her but I'm going to try. Samantha Brewer was my glimpse of light every day, even though she works the night shift. This thank you isn't about my story, but I was admitted to the hospital after having an incomplete miscarriage, severe blood loss and becoming septic. I had just gotten a divorce, my family other than my children, live hours away and I had never felt so alone. That was until Samantha came into my room with a radiant smile and introduced herself as my nurse. For the first time, in what seemed like months, I felt a sense of ease. They say nurses are the most trusted profession and I can truly say I understand why after being in Sam's care. The way she carried herself and treated me like me, not a person she felt pity for after losing a child, she saw me as my individual self. You could tell by her tone and her voice that she was genuinely happy to be there working and wanting to help keep me safe and healthy. But it's not just her personality that made her a great nurse, but her intuition, attentiveness, and advocacy made her seem like she has done this for 10 years. I honestly couldn't believe that she had only graduated 3 years ago and was expelling this sense of knowledge. Sam is the main reason why I got out of the hospital with a glass half full attitude when I easily could have been leaving with a follow up appointment with a psychiatrist. She not only helped me heal my body, but she healed my soul just by being herself and listening to me. I truly believe she was born to do this, and she will continue to do amazing things in her career. If I had my daughter, I would've been honored if she grew up to be you. Thank you for being my bit of sunshine on some of the worst of my life.