{"id":71641,"date":"2023-09-21T08:00:39","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T14:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/?p=71641"},"modified":"2023-09-21T07:58:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T13:58:47","slug":"rachel-bunde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/rachel-bunde\/","title":{"rendered":"Rachel Bunde"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><figure id=\"attachment_71642\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-71642\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-71642\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/09\/07092101\/Image-web.webp\" alt=\"A photo of Rachel Bunde\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-71642\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rachel Bunde<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Seeking a fresh outlook<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A doctor had strict orders for the patient. She had to lie on her side, and the head of the bed could not be raised more than 30 degrees.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine being in that position for more than a month.<\/p>\n<p>Nurse Rachel Bunde, who was taking care of the patient on the surgical trauma unit at UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies, wondered often about what that must be like for her patient.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith any of my patients, I try to put myself in their shoes,\u201d Bunde said. \u201cAnd I just couldn\u2019t imagine having to be in the hospital for that long and not being able to go outside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For Bunde, being outside, breathing in fresh air and basking in the sunshine benefits her mental and physical health. She wanted the same for her patient. And she had an idea.<\/p>\n<p>If possible, with the doctor and the patient\u2019s permission, could she take her patient outside to the fifth floor observation deck? Could she give her patient a glimpse of the sky and a little fresh air?<\/p>\n<p>The patient loved the idea, and Bunde continued to advocate for her. Bunde sought the necessary approvals and planned the logistics to give the patient a break from her hospital room.<\/p>\n<p>Bunde received approval from the provider, who wrote an order requiring the patient to maintain the strict positioning orders throughout the transport. Bunde tracked down the right equipment and obtained a stretcher from another department. She mapped out a specific route that would fit the stretcher, and she planned for coverage while she was on the observation deck with the patient.<\/p>\n<p>Around 2 o\u2019clock in the afternoon, on a gorgeous sunny day and a light breeze in the air, Bunde took her patient outside. The patient\u2019s eyes filled with joyful tears.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust seeing her light up when we went outside, it really meant a lot,\u201d Bunde said.<\/p>\n<p>For 30 minutes, the patient basked in the glory that is the Colorado outdoors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRachel was able to take the patient outside for some fresh air and sunshine, which completely lifted the patient\u2019s spirits,\u201d said colleague Shelby Hegdal who recognized Bunde through <em>Celebrating You.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a lot of little things coming together,\u201d Bunde said. \u201cAnd everything came together perfectly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Teamwork was essential to making the transport successful, and Bunde credits her colleagues for helping to make it happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy teammates were super helpful,\u201d Bunde said. \u201cAs soon as we got the okay to do it, they asked what they could do to help me. They helped me get her there and looked after my other patients while I took her off the unit. It really couldn\u2019t have been done without the doctors and all of my team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Originally from South Dakota, Bunde moved to Colorado to follow her love for the mountains and nature. She has been a nurse for 10 years and has been on the trauma surgical unit for one year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like I make a difference here, and we all see each other as an important piece to the puzzle to make this unit really work,\u201d Bunde said. \u201cTo be there for all of our patients and go the extra mile, it makes for a really good environment. 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