Three NICU nurses are the latest recipients of the DAISY Award, having been nominated by the parents of a baby who was in their care for the first five weeks of her life. The baby, born at 32 weeks gestation, weighed just 2 pounds, 9 ounces at birth and was immediately brought to the Baker…
While no one wants to be a part of someone’s “worst day of their lives,” Liz Dablock, Molly Lanza, Perrin Kaftan and Melissa Vadala were honored for their compassionate care as a family experienced a heartbreaking loss. The patient, pregnant and herself a pediatric intensive care nurse, wrote about the day her and her husband’s…
Congratulations to Melba Burwell, a Nursing Assistant on the 4 South Irving oncology unit, who was selected as the 2017 recipient of the Joan Fernbach Kingson Award. Nominated by Maggie Race, a registered nurse on the unit, Melba was noted for her hard work and willingness to lend a hand, but above all, her compassion…
Deb Patterson, RN, received the DAISY Award for excellence in nursing this month, having been nominated by a former patient. The patient wrote of the care Deb provided 11 years ago saying, “[Deb] met me at one of the lowest points in my life, medically and personally, and believed in me before I ever did.”…
