INDIANAPOLIS
– Four nurses at Franciscan St. Francis Health-Indianapolis have been praised
by patients and peers for going above-and-beyond the call in caregiving.
Registered
nurses Cynthia Storm, Michael Rodriguez,
Jaime Frank and Lindsey Gridley
are the most recent recipients of DAISY Awards, a national program
that honors compassionate care and clinical excellence.
Storm,
who works in the emergency department, was cited for her “incredible
compassion” for the family of a young teen who succumbed to cardiac arrest in
her unit. She crafted hand molds of the child as a keepsake for the mother.
“Cynthia continued to extend compassion care for the grieving family after the
care of the patient had ended and still managed her other duties.”
Rodriguez,
a member of the orthopedics/neurology unit, was lauded by a family member of a
man being treated for lung and brain cancer. “He took the time to explain what
we could expect during treatment. His kindness to my brother was so touching
and he was consistently respectful and professional, even taking the time to
check in with all of us when he was assigned to other patients.”
Frank
was nominated by a patient in the labor and delivery unit, who wrote: “Jaime
brought a new sense of energy in the final hours before my son was born. When
it came time to deliver, she was exactly what I needed – supportive,
encouraging and straight forward not only to me but my family, too.”
Gridley,
a critical care unit team member, was cited by a colleague for going all out in
meeting the needs of all of her patients, often in the most fundamental ways.
“She makes sure all of her patients who aren’t on ventilators have their teeth
brushed twice a day, even doing it for them when they are unable to. She’s an
amazing nurse and advocate.”
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.
Franciscan St. Francis Health adopted the program
in 2010 to recognize its nurses for their achievements.
