Kristee Glaman, RN, Internal Medicine, has been named as a DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses winner at the SSM Health Fond du Lac Regional Clinic.
The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses® is part of The DAISY Foundation’s mission to recognize the extraordinary, compassionate nursing care they provide patients and families every day.
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 (ITP), 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.
Nurses may be nominated by patients, families and colleagues. The award recipient is chosen based on specific criteria to receive The DAISY Award.
Here is Glaman’s nomination:
“Kristee went above and beyond to help comfort a patient and to bring his wife to him. Kristee is Dr. Muller’s triage nurse. Dr. Muller saw one of his patients for hip pain and upon examination, Dr. Muller found the patient to have a very dangerous irregular rhythm that needed attention. Dr. Muller stated he needed to go to the ER immediately. The patient was resistant because his wife was at home, his car was at the clinic, and he did not want to go to the ER. Kristee went to talk with the patient to see how she could convince him that he needed to go to the ER now. She then asked the patient if she could call his wife. When she called her and updated her on what was going on, she asked if she could pick her up, to bring her to the ER during her lunch hour. The patient’s wife agreed and the patient agreed to go to the ER. Kristee picked up the patient’s wife and as she got near the ER a patient had fallen in front of her car outside the ER parking lot. She stopped and helped the patient up. A code-medical was called. Another ER nurse who was driving in also came to help and Stuart’s Landscaping employee ran and got a wheelchair. The ER nurse took the patient who fell into the ER. Kristee brought the patient’s wife to him so they could be together. I just wanted to share how much Kristee cares for the patients she cares for and their families!”
Glaman was recognized on October 30 during a brief ceremony. She received a certificate commending 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.” Honorees also receive a DAISY Award pin, and a beautiful and meaningful sculpture called A Healer’s Touch, hand-carved by artists of the Shona Tribe in Zimbabwe.
“When Patrick was critically ill, our family experienced first-hand the remarkable skill and care nurses provide patients every day and night,” according to Bonnie Barnes, FAAN, president and co-founder of The DAISY Foundation. “Yet these unsung heroes are seldom recognized for the super-human, extraordinary, compassionate work they do. The kind of work the nurses Fond du Lac Regional Clinic are called on to do every day epitomizes the purpose of The DAISY Award.”
More information is available at http://DAISYfoundation.org.
