Angela Scott, enfermera de Goshen Health, galardonada con el premio DAISY

In 2022, Goshen Health began participating in DAISY (Diseases Attacking the Immune SYstem) Awards, an international recognition program that honors and celebrates the skillful, compassionate care nurses provide every day. Patients and their families were invited to nominate nurses they felt had provided them with exceptional care.
 
Jeannette Matthews and her husband Dennis Hemphill (who goes by Tom) nominated Angela Scott, RN in Day Surgery. After her husband had undergone a difficult treatment for prostate cancer, Matthews wrote, “… the procedure left him discouraged and in pain. That’s where the second-floor recovery nurses came in. I can’t say enough good about ALL the nurses, but especially Angie. There was no stone unturned to make him as comfortable as possible, helping soothe him. She stayed even though all of her other patients were gone ….. We still talk about her and how much of a difference she made, how she took time for us.”
 
“We are so pleased to honor the compassionate and excellent work of our nursing Colleagues through the DAISY Award,” said Julie Crossley, Goshen Health Chief Nursing Officer. “We celebrate the difference Angie made in Jeannette’s and Tom’s lives, at a time when they especially needed compassionate care.”
 
Matthews and Hemphill were present when Scott was presented with the DAISY Award, Feb. 4. As a DAISY honoree, Scott received a sculpture called The Healer’s Touch, along with benefits and opportunities to attend a conference of her choice and receive reduced tuition for certifications and chamber courses.
 
To nominate a nurse at Goshen Health for the DAISY Award, go to GoshenHealth.com/About-Us/DAISY-Award. The DAISY Foundation (who promotes and distributes the awards) was established by the family of J. Patrick Barnes after he died from complications of the auto-immune disease ITP in 1999. During his hospitalization, they deeply appreciated the care and compassion shown to Patrick and his entire family. When he died, they felt compelled to say “thank you” to nurses in a very public way. To learn more, visit DAISYFoundation.org.

Angela Scott, RN, DAISY Award winner (center) with patient Tom Hemphill and his wife Jeannette Matthews, who nominated the nurse for the award. The DAISY Award honors compassionate, skillful nursing care.