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<\/a><\/p>\nThe DAISY Award\u2122 was introduced at the Medical Center with a launch party in July and is being used to recognize one outstanding nurse each quarter. After receiving dozens of nominations from patients and family members, a selection committee at the Medical Center chose Mustill\u2019s nomination, making Kirk the first DAISY Award\u2122 honoree at Sonora Regional Medical Center. <\/p>\n
On her nomination form Mustill writes, \u201cFrom the moment [my husband] was admitted to the ICU, Caleb was on top of things. His patience, kindness and skill were clearly seen and deeply appreciated at a time when our family was in desperate need.\u201d Mustill describes Kirk\u2019s attentiveness and ends her nomination letter with this ringing endorsement, \u201cAs a retired nurse, I know and appreciate great nursing care and can say without reserve that Caleb has the heart and devotion to his patients that make him the extraordinary nurse that he is.\u201d <\/p>\n
Julie Kline, RN, Vice President of Patient Care Services, helped bring the DAISY Award\u2122 program to Sonora Regional Medical Center. \u201cThis award is extremely meaningful,\u201d explains Kline. \u201cNurses don\u2019t often have the opportunity to see the results of their work but having this recognition provides a glimpse at the impact that compassionate nursing care has on our patients and families.\u201d <\/p>\n
It is remarkable that the very first DAISY Award\u2122 was presented to a nursing graduate. While Kirk has worked at Sonora Regional Medical Center since 2007, he just completed nursing school last December and became a registered nurse earlier this year. \u201cThis is amazing,\u201d Kirk said at his DAISY Award\u2122 celebration with his colleagues in the ICU. \u201cThis is just what we do. I guess we get to make a difference in people lives just for doing our jobs.\u201d <\/p>\n
And Mustill\u2019s husband, Ted Mustill, is recovering from his illness and doing fine. Both Mustills were able to visit the
\nMedical Center to attend Kirk\u2019s DAISY Award\u2122 presentation and celebration to show their appreciation in person. <\/p>\n
About the DAISY Award\u2122
\nThe DAISY Award\u2122 is an international program that rewards and celebrates the extraordinary compassion and skillful care given by nurses every day. DAISY Award honorees are recognized at a public ceremony in his or her department and receive a DAISY Award\u2122 pin, a hand-carved stone sculpture entitled A Healer\u2019s Touch, and everyone in the department celebrates with Cinnabon\u00ae cinnamon rolls. <\/p>\n
The DAISY Foundation was established in 1999 by the family of J. Patrick Barnes who died of complications of the auto-immune disease Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia Purpura (ITP) at the age of 33. (DAISY is an acronym for diseases attacking the immune system.) During Pat’s 8-week hospitalization, his family was awestruck by the care and compassion his nurses provided not only to Pat but to everyone in his family. So one of the goals they set in creating a Foundation in Pat’s memory was to recognize extraordinary nurses everywhere who make an enormous difference in the lives of so many people by the super-human work they do every day.
\nTo find out more about the program, including the growing list of Partners, please go to www.DAISYFoundation.org. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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