St. Francis Hospital nurses plant goodwill with care for patients

Natalie Davis (l) and Nancy Kosegi

BEECH GROVE, Ind. -- St. Francis Hospital & Health Centers has two nurses whose acts of professionalism and compassion has sewn seeds of gratitude among their patients and colleagues.

And that’s why registered nurses Natalie Davis and Nancy Kosegi at the hospital’s Beech Grove campus have been named the latest recipients of the hospital’s DAISY Awards. The awards are part of The DAISY Foundation, a nationwide program recognizing nurses.

Davis, who works in the emergency room, was nominated by a colleague, who credited her for being a tireless and compassionate advocate for her patients and inspiration to all clinical and support staff.

“Her courage and her recent mission trip to Haiti encourages all of us to volunteer our services to the less fortunate at home and abroad, as well as each time we walk through the doors at St. Francis to begin our shifts,” the nominator said of Davis.

Kosegi was nominated by the mother of a child about to receive sedation before undergoing an MRI procedure. She put both child and family at ease.

“It feels so good to be at a facility where compassion makes the patient and parents feel safer when they separated,” the mother wrote.

The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses is a national program that honors the compassionate care and clinical excellence that our 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 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 St. Francis, go to www.stfrancishospitals.org/nursing.