That’s why registered nurses Charity Basey and Amy Gillard at the hospital’s Beech Grove campus have been named the latest recipients of the hospital’s DAISY Awards.
Basey was caring for an out-of-town patient – whose spouse was serving in the
Amy Gillard
“Charity was truly concerned with my well-being and tried everything imaginable to get him back in time,” the patient wrote in a letter to the hospital. “I will never forget her as she made a miserable time so much better for me and my family, and I will always be grateful to her.”
Gillard, who works in the emergency room, was credited for the help she rendered to the family of a seriously ill patient on a ventilator. That patient’s mother was unable to make it the hospital because of her own health issues and being unable to drive.
“Amy was getting off work and called the mother and asked if she could come to her home and bring her to the hospital so that she could be with her son,” a fellow nurse recalled. “That’s an exceptional example of the compassion.”
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.
