Congratulations to Alexandra Ekhoff, our October 2024 DAISY award winner!
Joseph | Duax | RN/Home Health Care |
Lauren | Haas | RN/Emergency Service |
Crystal | Earls | RN/4 Rehab |
Kaylee | Fahnestock | RN/Emergency Service |
Sarah | McClintock | RN/Procedural Care |
Anne | Price | RN/IMCU |
Madelynn | Norton | RN/Ortho-Neuro |
Alexandra | Ekhoff | RN/Home Health Care-Daisy Honoree |
Crystal | Knepper | RN/3 Tele |
Sharon | Gardner | RN/Procedural Testing |
Leslie | Malone | RN/Wound Center OP HBO |
Kim | Ruckman | RN/Obstetrics Unit |
Jacob | Bruner | RN/ICU 3 |
Janet | Weldon | RN/ICU 3 |
Darrell | McGee | RN/Float |
Diana | Boyd | RN/3 Tele |
Amber | Chase | RN/Float |
Congratulations to our newest DAISY Honoree, Alexandra Ekhoff. Alexandra, a.k.a. Ali, is a Nurse with Riverside Home Health Care. The DAISY Award recognizes the exceptional, skillful, and compassionate care these nurses demonstrate for our patients and families every day.
Her nomination read, “Ali saved a life yesterday. Ali arrived at her scheduled time to visit a very ill patient in their home. She knocked on the door several times and no one answered. She could hear the patient’s cell phone ringing and his dogs were barking. Ali knew something was not right. She called the police department to come do a well check. The town Ali was visiting does not have their own police department and the county police officers who needed to respond were miles away. The officers talked Ali through entering the home since the door was unlocked and she is well known by her patient. Ali found her patient gasping for air in his bedroom, on 10 liters of oxygen, and in respiratory distress. 911 was called and the patient was transported to the ED. Because of Ali’s strong will and gut feeling that something was not right, this patient’s life was saved. Thank you Ali for going above and beyond &caring for our home health care patient’s.”
Congratulations to Kim Gaddis, our September 2024 DAISY award winner!
Nicole | Gibson | RN/Emergency Service |
Jacob | Bruner | RN/ICU-3 |
Deborah | Johnston | RN/Procedural Care |
William | Slager | RN/Emergency Service |
Kellie | Bessler | RN/CTC |
David | Lukowski | RN/Geriatric Psych |
Kelsey | Doran | Office RN-Clinic RN/RMG Urology |
Rebecca | McCord | LPN/Riverside Cardiac Specialists |
Emma | Watts | RN/Emergency Service |
Hailey | Matthias | RN/Emergency Service |
Jacqueline | Granger | RN/Recovery Room |
Megan | Lumbrezer | RN/Emergency Service |
Mandi | Troli | NP/Momence CHC |
Skylar | Carney | RN Registry I/Emergency Service |
Caroline | Stanek | RN/Home Health Care |
Kim | Gaddis | RN/Nursery Daisy Honoree |
Morgan | McCormick | Clinical Team Lead/Fifth Floor East |
Allison | Burger | Clinical Team Lead/IMCU |
Maggie | Barber | RN/ICU-3 |
Zoey | Harer | RN/ICU-3 |
Join us as we recognize Nursery RN Kim Gaddis as our newest DAISY Honoree. The DAISY Award celebrates the extraordinary, compassionate, and skillful care nurses provide every day.
Kim’s nomination read: “During my hospital stay 9-21-2024 through 9-23/2024 Kim was the nursery RN who took care of my new baby boy from the start of the C-section till we basically got discharged. When she introduced herself and informed me that she was going to be the nurse in the C-section to get babies height, weight, and do the baby’s bath, I informed her that my husband was unable to watch my daughter get bathed back in 2022 at RMC or anything and if she could grab him once this baby was born so he could see all the things he missed out on with our daughter and she did! My husband was so excited he was able to experience that this time around and I’m so thankful for Kim doing that. Kim was compassionate, never judged if my husband and I had questions even though this was our 2nd child, and she was so knowledgeable when she showed us circumcision care. She helped us with diaper changes after my baby was circumcised because of how new it was and we had no idea what we were doing. She never made us feel incompetent and she always kept us stocked with everything we needed. She was also fast to bring us formula when the baby needed to be fed. She was just overall very attentive and caring and listened to all of our concerns or needs. She checked on us all the time and always made sure we were comfortable and addressed any needs and or questions or concerns. She deserves this!”
Congratulations to McKenna Ganassin who was named our August 2024 DAISY Honoree.
Ashley | Walling | RN/Labor & Delivery |
Deborah | Johnston | RN/Procedural Care |
Kendree’a | Hodges | CNP/Watseka Primary Care |
Rylie | Karvunis | RN/IMCU |
Katherine | LeClear | NP/CHC Admin. |
Courtney | Held | RN/IMCU |
Jill | Mitchell | RN/Labor & Delivery |
Peyton | Mullin | RN/Emergency Service |
Grace | Gorman | RN/Emergency Service |
David | Lukowski | RN/Geri Psych |
Colin | Lamie | RN Team Lead/Geri Psych |
Michael | Cullinan | RN Team Lead/Emergency Service |
Gwendolyn | Tammen | RN/Wound Center OP HBO |
Meghan | Davis | RN Registry I/Mental Health |
Mary | Longtin | RN/Med Peds |
Olivia | Wilson | RN/CTC |
Charly | Mpundu | RN/Emergency Service |
Rick | Carlson | NP/RMG Internal Medicine |
Joanna | Lambert | NP/East Court St CHC |
Renee | Koerner | RN Team Lead/ICU |
Bailey | Boswell | RN/IMCU |