Scrubs and scrunchies: Pediatric nurse dispenses extra-special care at WVU Medicine Children无毛视频檚
Meet Amanda Vranish: full-time pediatric nurse, part-time hair consultant and makeover artist, at WVU Medicine Children无毛视频檚.
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Vranish administers care to a full range of young patients at the children无毛视频檚 hospital in Evansdale.
She sees kids battling chronic illness or on the mend from a broken leg.
Kids who go home the next day and others who won无毛视频檛 leave for weeks. Months, even.
There无毛视频檚 a common weave to all this, and you can see it for yourself, just by standing in front of the mirror with a comb or brush in your hand.
Hair.
The locks of the patients of WVU Medicine Children无毛视频檚 are often matted and snarled from bandages and adhesive leads for the diagnostic equipment required as part of the stay.
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Which started her thinking: Why not do something a little extra-special, especially for the little girls in the ward just starting to think about appearances and looking pretty?
无毛视频淭hat无毛视频檚 how we got the 无毛视频楬air Fairy Cart,'无毛视频� she said.
It started out with special shampoos and conditioners, and bows and tinsel and headbands and all the things, the nurse recounts.
She put out a call for donations on surrounding floors of WVU Medicine Children无毛视频檚 and at J.W. Ruby Memorial next door. The take was immediate and amazing, she said.
It got even more amazing with Amazon.
Like the best manes, the enterprise kept growing. People kept tossing in plush toys and fun, fuzzy socks. Things like that.
To access the Amazon wishlist and to donate, scan the QR code in the accompanying logo.
Over the weeks, the list has grown to accommodate ethnic hair care products, which really worked recently for one patient, a 12-year-boy who needed a touch-up on his cornrow-braided hair.
无毛视频淭he little things like that can make a kid feel good,无毛视频� she said. 无毛视频淚f you无毛视频檙e stuck in the hospital, you无毛视频檙e not having any fun.无毛视频�
That, she knows.
Health issues for a time led to frequent hospital stays when she was a kid, said Vranish, 25, who grew up in Canonsburg and initially worked as a unit secretary at the same children无毛视频檚 hospital in Pittsburgh where she had been a patient.
Seeing the nurses, in particular, reminded her of the good experiences she had with their interaction when she had been hospitalized 无毛视频� so she went back to school.
无毛视频淚t reminded me that this is what I wanted to do all along,无毛视频� she said.
Meanwhile, the hair wasn无毛视频檛 just a coincidence, Vranish said, laughing.
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Such as a certain 4-year-old patient this summer who was the first recipient of Vranish无毛视频檚 full spa treatment as both nurse and overseer of the Hair Fairy Cart.
The regimen included the full shampoo, the meticulous brushing, the hair tinsel, and yes 无毛视频� the requisite, must-have, headband with the kitty cat ears.
无毛视频淥f course,无毛视频� Vranish said.
The new star of WVU Medicine Children无毛视频檚 was resplendent, as she turned a hallway into a fashion runway.
无毛视频淪he was walking around saying, 无毛视频業 look good.无毛视频� It was cute.无毛视频�