Thursday, April 25, 2024
Sandra, was one of the first nurses I met when I graduated in 1973 and started working on the surgical Unit at the West Side Community Hospital. I can still see her wheeling patients up from the Recovery Room, giving post op orders as the stretcher rolled quickly down the hall. “did you get all that, or do I have to repeat it?” were her famous words. Sandra was a very knowledgeable nurse, and as a new graduate, Sandra took the time to explain Recovery Room Nursing when I floated to the Recovery Room,to work with her occasionally. She, however, would expect you to remember everything for the next time you worked with her, thus challenging me to be a better nurse. Years later, after we moved on, I met her out shopping, and to my surprise remembered me, both married and single names, and asked how my family was doing. I was amazed at her memory, as she asked about all the “ new nurses” that came to work the same time as me.
My condolences to the family, on the death of your beloved Sandra
Mary Gatien
