Tynisha Mosley-Bates, BSN, RN, Director of Nursing for BrightStar Care Baltimore City/County earned the title of 2018 National Nurse of the Year for her compassion with patients and their families, tenacity with doctor follow-ups, and going above and beyond her duties to ensure comfort and care.
00:00 Tynisha is the sort of nurse everyone wants. She really cares about patients. She's a kind, gentle person. She always wants to do the right thing.
00:10 It's not about you. If someone coming into their home, coming into their life, I think it's important to build that rapport. They build that strong bond with them right from the get-go. It's not just the nurses input. It's also the clients input and then how do we achieve that. I think that is the most important part of being a nurse.
00:35 It's truly genuine what she does and how much she cares. She is just patient, understanding and compassionate. That's the embodiment of who she is.
00:45 It's got to be in your heart. It's got to be something you wanted to do. So for someone to really to be passionate about what they do, that really means a lot.
00:53 Even in a situation that was a bit unusual. She showed dignity, patience, kindness and that's professionalism. I can't say enough wonderful things about her. She's absolutely amazing.
01:07 When you think about, what you're doing for someone else... That's really satisfying to me. That's the best part of Nursing for me. I know it might be a little different that you know your happiness depends on someone else but for me that's really important.
01:25 You know my son, one day he just came to me he said "Mom I'm so proud of you!" and that just melted my heart. I looked at him like "Well what is this coming from?"
01:34 You could just see on their faces how incredibly proud they were of their mom, their wife who was the Northeast Nurse of the year.
01:45 So in appreciation of the fact that you are our number one nurse here is a portrait.
01:54 This is beautiful! Wow! You know it just makes me feel like I'm doing the right thing. That makes me
happy.