Anna Jane Davis
Anna Jane graduated from the Temple College Nursing program and worked in the Critical Care unit at Baylor Scott & White. She as loved by her patients, and their families who recognized her deep sense of compassion and skilled competency. Though her family didn’t live close by, she was never far from their thoughts, and her sudden death brought all of them together. Her grandmother loves reading the letters of the students who have been helped through a scholarship or won the Anna Jane Davis Critical Care Nursing Award.
Impact
When I was doing my clinicals, it was obvious that I wanted to go into critical care. Not everyone is made for that. You have to think fast, work under pressure and have a deep knowledge of how to handle dire situations. I’ve learned that at TC and want to work in a department where my skills will constantly be tested. Unfortunately, working in critical care, you have a higher rate of losing patients because their situations are so severe. So, it isn’t just your technical skills, it’s being able to talk to families and help them through the process of grief, or the roller coaster of improvements and declines.