Grinnell Regional Medical Center invites members of
the public to nominate an outstanding nurse for The DAISY Award. GRMC will honor all nursing staff during National
Hospital Week with The DAISY Award. Nominations are due Friday, April 12.
The award was
established by The DAISY Foundation in memory of J. Patrick Barnes, who died at
age 33 of an auto-immune disease. DAISY stands for “diseases attacking the
immune system.” The DAISY Award recognizes outstanding nurses for their
compassion and care.
“At GRMC, we have many DAISY nurses,” says Doris Rindels, assistant
vice-president. “They are the kind of nurse that other nurses want taking care
of their mom. They are the nurses that go above and beyond for their patients.
Their coworkers feel that working with them is a real gift because they care
about all aspects of their job and teammates.”
GRMC is participating
in this award program with Mercy Health Network of Central Iowa to honor
outstanding nurses. All nurses (LPN, RN, and Advance Practice Nurses) who
provide direct patient care in any GRMC department or clinic are eligible to be
nominated for a DAISY Award.
Nomination forms are
available at GRMC nurse’s stations, the nursing administration office, human
resources, The Light Center for Public Health, and GRMC clinics in Lynnville,
Victor, and Deer Creek Health Center in Toledo.
The Mercy Health
Network of Central Iowa will also recognize a DAISY Award RN in June. Those
selected from Mercy Health Network of Central Iowa affiliate hospitals, such as
GRMC, will be considered to be the DAISY Award recipient at the network level.
They will attend a special presentation ceremony in Des Moines and one RN will
be chosen to be the DAISY Award recipient for the entire Mercy Health Network
of Central Iowa.
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