Congratulations to our first DAISY Award winner here at Riverside!
The first DAISY Award recipient at Riverside is Amy T. Amy is a nurse on 3 Cardiac Telemetry who was nominated by a patient’s family. The nationwide DAISY award program recognizes the exceptional clinical skills and compassion shown by nurses.
The nomination read, “Amy was my mother’s nurse during a stressful time in our life. My mother was going to have heart surgery and my siblings and I were all nervous, as well as my mother. My father passed away earlier this year during a heart surgery so we were all anxious and scared. Amy went out of her way to come talk to us multiple times the day before, held my mother’s hand, reassured her that the doctors were wonderful and would take amazing care of her.”
“The day of the procedure she was so calm and it eased my mother’s nerves as well as mine. She went through her preparation every step of the way and even came to her recovery room to see her after her shift. That to me is the definition of an amazing nurse, an angel. She truly made my mother’s experience wonderful. Riverside will always have our hearts. Thank you Amy!”
We are delighted to have the following nurses join our team. On behalf of everyone at Riverside, we would like to extend our warmest welcome and good wishes to the newest Riverside Nurses!
We are delighted to have the following nurses join our team. On behalf of everyone at Riverside, we would like to extend our warmest welcome and good wishes to the newest Riverside Nurses!
This month we would like to feature two Riverside nurses who made career changes within the organization to become nurse educators. Michelle Jenczmionka BSN, RN, CCRN, is now the Critical Care Educator. Erika Ohlendorf MSN, MBA, RN, CCRN, is now a Clinical Nurse Educator.
We recently celebrated the first cohort to participate in the New Grad RN Transition to Practice Program at Riverside. This program allowed new registered nurses to gain hands-on experience and work directly with nurse managers. We are so proud of all their hard work and dedication!