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| NINA PATTERSON |
Registered
nurses Erika Nance and Nina Patterson have been named the November 2012 recipients
of the hospital’s DAISY Awards.
The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses is a national program
that honors the compassionate care and clinical excellence. Franciscan St.
Francis localized the program in 2010 to recognize its nurses for their
achievements.
Nance,
a nurse in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Franciscan St. Francis
Health-Indianapolis, was nominated by a co-worker for her compassionate caring
way with a patient. “Erika takes wonderful care of her patients. She was
extraordinary when she gave one of her patients a spa day,” wrote her
co-worker. “Her simple act of kindness really helped boost her patient’s morale
and spirit.”
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| ERIKA VANCE |
Patterson,
an Emergency Room nurse, was nominated by a family member who also happened to
be a nurse. “Nina is patient, kind and compassionate not only with her patients
but with staff she is also kind and helpful,” wrote the family member.
“I never felt rushed and she never seemed to
be in a hurry and took the time to explain everything.” She went on to say
that, “We love St. Francis and your philosophy of caring for others in such a
compassionate way at the time when it’s really, really needed. Nina is an
extraordinary nurse.”
The
DAISY Award was established by the DAISY Foundation in memory of J. Patrick
Barnes who died at 33 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.
