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| CHRISTA HAGIST |
Registered
nurses Brenda Copas and Christa Hagist have been named the February 2014 recipients
of the hospital’s DAISY Awards. Copas works in the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit,
while Hagist works in the Adult Intensive Care Unit at the Indianapolis campus.
The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses is a national program
that honors compassionate care and clinical excellence. Franciscan St. Francis
adopted the program in 2010 to recognize its nurses for their achievements.
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| BRENDA COPAS |
Copas
was nominated for her special kindness toward a patient who was going to spend
his 59th wedding anniversary in the hospital. With a cake, a song and many other special
touches, Copas was able to create a special moment for the patient and his
wife.
Copas
“goes the extra mile, beyond nursing care, to relationships with patients and
families that forever touch their hearts and make then smile,” wrote a
co-worker. “We have a nickname for Belinda, Saint Belinda. She passes blessings
onto others without evening thinking it. It is just what Saint Belinda does.”
Hagist
also was nominated by a coworker for an extraordinary act of service. She helped an ill patient provide a Christmas
smile for his wife. Too sick to get out of bed and leave the hospital and with the
gift shop closed, the husband had no Christmas card for his wife. Hagist
created a card for her patient to give to his spouse.
“She
truly made their day,” wrote the co-worker who nominated her for the DASIY
award.
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.
