7/13/23 Ripon Nurse Recognized as DAISY Award Extraordinary Nurse
13 July 2023 News
Janice Kurth, RN, Medical/Surgical, was recently recognized with a DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses winner at SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital.
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 DAISY Awards are presented to one recipient two times a year at Ripon Community Hospital during celebrations attended by the honoree’s colleagues, patients, and visitors.
Kurth was nominated by a patient who wrote:
“Jan was an angel during my hospitalization at Ripon Community Hospital. She went above and beyond to always make sure that I was comfortable and had everything I needed tended to. She was amazing and I am very appreciative of her kind care.”
Kurth was recognized recently 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 at Ripon Community Hospital are called on to do every day epitomizes the purpose of The DAISY Award.”
More information is available at http://DAISYfoundation.org.
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