Publication Date: four/1/2023
Hannah Davis, RN, DAISY Award Winner at Mon Well being Preston Memorial Hospital
Hannah Davis, RN, of Mon Well being Preston Memorial Hospital was just lately awarded the DAISY Award® for Extraordinary Nurses. Awarded to nurses each two years at Mon Well being Preston Memorial Hospital, the DAISY Award is a part of the DAISY Basis’s packages to acknowledge the superhuman efforts that nurses put in day by day.
The nomination submitted by a member of the family of considered one of Hannah’s sufferers learn:
“Our daughter got here in for elective surgical procedure and had issues. Throughout the first night time, her coronary heart stopped. Hannah carried out chest compressions and was in a position to revive her. Throughout her keep, Hannah went above and past the decision of obligation as a nurse. Not solely was she compassionate, however Hannah made our daughter snug and he or she stored her spirits up. Her skill to be compassionate and genuinely involved about our daughter’s situation was a pure attribute.
He not solely cared about our daughter, but in addition about us. She provided us blankets and pillows once we had been exhausted, and drinks once we had been too afraid to go away the hospital to relaxation. The workers and docs are wonderful, however Hannah stood out. She confirmed power and dedication. She by no means faltered, even once we knew she was drained. Her smile comforted us. She saved my daughter. How do we start to let him know the way grateful we’re? Hannah, thanks, thanks, thanks!”
The CA-based non-profit DAISY Basis was established by relations in reminiscence of J. Patrick Barnes. Patrick died on the age of 33 in 1999 from issues of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), a little-known however not unusual autoimmune illness. The care that Patrick and his household acquired from nurses whereas he was sick impressed this distinctive solution to thank nurses for making such a distinction within the lives of their sufferers and their households.
“When Patrick was severely in poor health, our household skilled firsthand the outstanding ability and care that nurses present to sufferers day by day and each night time,” stated Bonnie Barnes, FAAN, government director and co-founder of the DAISY Basis. “Nonetheless, these unsung heroes are hardly ever acknowledged for the superhuman work they do. The type of work that Mon Well being System nurses should do day by day epitomizes the aim of the DAISY Award.”
Hannah is a Registered Nurse and Home Supervisor and has labored for Mon Well being Preston Memorial Hospital for a 12 months.
“It took me utterly without warning to win the DAISY Award, and it was an excellent honor,” stated Hannah. “Folks see us on our worst days. It’s our nice honor that sufferers and their households belief us to maintain them and their family members secure, cared for and defended after they can not. Nursing is a workforce effort and fortuitously I work with a extremely nice workforce at Mon Well being Preston Memorial Hospital.”
“It was very shifting to current this award to Hannah. She is the epitome of what nursing is understood for, she supplies care and compassion with medical experience that may make a distinction within the lives of sufferers,” stated Jennifer Nestor, Director of Nursing at Mon Well being Preston Memorial Hospital. “Seeing the tears within the eyes of the one who nominated her reminds us why we’re in healthcare and the way vital our mission is to serve our communities. It’s an honor to have Hannah and our different wonderful nurses on our workforce.”
Nurses could also be nominated by anybody who has been affected by their care (sufferers, relations, different nurses, physicians, different physicians, and workers), anybody who has skilled or noticed extraordinary compassionate care offered by a nurse. Thank and nominate a nurse for the DAISY Award by visiting MonHealth.com/PMHDAISY. To study extra in regards to the DAISY Award® for Extraordinary Nurses, go to DAISYFoundation.org.
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