Extraordinary nurses to be honored at Shawnee Health Care

CARTERVILLE, IL| by Staff Report| May 12, 2019 

Original article can be found at: https://thesouthern.com

Shawnee Health Service is pleased to announce our adoption of The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses® at Shawnee Health Care health centers. The award is part of the DAISY Foundation’s mission to recognize the extraordinary, compassionate nursing care they provide patients and families every day. Shawnee Health Service began accepting nominations for The DAISY Award on May 6, the first day of Nurse’s Week 2019.

Nurses may be nominated by patients, families and colleagues at any Shawnee Health Care health center, or online at www.shawneehealth.com. The award recipient is chosen by a committee at Shawnee Health Service. This year, the award will be presented in September at a celebration attended by the Honoree’s colleagues, patients and visitors. After this year, the award will be presented during Nurse’s Week each year. Each honoree will receive a certificate commending him or her as an “Extraordinary Nurse.” The certificate reads: “In deep appreciation of all you do, who you are, and the incredibly meaningful difference you make in the lives of so many people.”

The DAISY Foundation is a not-for-profit organization, established in memory of J. Patrick Barnes, by members of his family. Patrick died at the age of 33 in late 1999 from complications of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, a little known but not uncommon auto-immune disease. (DAISY is an acronym for Diseases Attacking the Immune System.) The care Patrick and his family received from nurses while he was ill inspired this unique means of thanking nurses for making a profound difference in the lives of their patients and patient families.

Shawnee Health Service is a network of eleven Federally Qualified Health Centers and related Shawnee Alliance social services. Shawnee Health Care, the health center program of Shawnee Health Service, provides integrated primary medical and behavioral health care, dental care, and obstetric/gynecologic care to patients regardless of ability to pay.