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| Joe Fenton |
And that’s
why registered nurses Joe Fenton and Joan Mast have been named April’s
recipients of the hospital’s DAISY Awards. The awards are part of The DAISY
Foundation, a nationwide program recognizing extraordinary nurses.
Fenton
works in the heart intensive care unit at Franciscan St. Francis Health-Indianapolis;
Mast cares for patients in the intensive care unit at Franciscan St. Francis Health-Indianapolis.
Fenton’s
nomination came from a patient’s sister, who wrote: “All the staff was great
but Joe had a way about him that would calm the family down when the family
would get very high with anxiety.” He has shown us love and compassion and is
most worthy of receiving this outstanding award.”
The
daughter of a patient of Mast recognized qualities in her that exemplify extraordinary
service.
In
nominating Mast, she wrote: “Joan took the time and effort with my mother that
showed compassion and thoughtfulness. She has such a caring, compassionate and
loving sense about her.”
The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses is a national program that honors the
compassionate care and clinical excellence that our Franciscan St. Francis
nurses bring to their patients every day.
The DAISY
Award was established by the DAISY Foundation in memory of J. Patrick Barnes
who died at 33 of an auto-immune disease. His family was so impressed by the
clinical skills, caring and compassion of the nurses who cared for him that
they created this national award to say “thank you” to nurses everywhere. For
more information, go to www.daisyfoundation.org.
To learn more
about nursing careers and programs at Franciscan St. Francis, go to www.stfrancishospitals.org/nursing.
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| Joan Mast |
