Meaburn receives September DAISY
award
Andrea Meaburn, R.N., 10E, was honored Oct. 10 as the September DAISY
(Foundation for the Elimination of Diseases Attacking the Immune
System) Award for Extraordinary Nurses winner. 
Andrea Meaburn,
R.N., right, receives “A Healer’s Touch” sculpture from Nurse Alliance
chair, Cindy Hough, R.N.According to her nomination form, Meaburn received the award because she exhibits wonderful decision making skills, her focus on collaboration, and her high level interpersonal skills. She has worked at MUSC for 19 years, 11 of those years in the 10E unit of the Main Hospital.
Meaburn responded to the award with surprise and many thanks to the other nurses on her unit, who she credits with allowing her to be a part of a great team.
The monthly award is part of the DAISY Foundation’s program to recognize the super-human efforts nurses perform every day and is co-sponsored by Sandpiper Retirement Community, a continuum of care retirement community in Mount Pleasant.
“Andrea is a wonderful role model and mentor. She is patient-focused, goal-oriented, and possesses an endless amount of energy,” said Kim Gadsen, R.N., 10E nurse manager. “She serves as the weekend night charge nurse and preceptor for new employees on the unit, CNL candidates, and leadership students from the College of Nursing. Andrea is constantly seeking areas of growth for herself and her co-workers. She coordinates the unit’s monthly clinical council at which various topics of interest are shared with the staff by physicians, residents, and community resources.”
Meaburn was also cited for always keeping the patient’s best interests at heart, “knowing her stuff,” as a key individual on the unit for clinical and patient education, and as the first person that her colleagues call on the unit when a patient is in trouble.
The not-for-profit DAISY Foundation was established by J. Mark Barnes and his family in memory of his son, J. Patrick, who died at the age of 33 from complications of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP), a little known but not uncommon auto-immune disease. The care Patrick and his family received from nurses inspired this unique means of thanking nurses for making a profound difference in the lives of their patients and patient families.
Meaburn received an African Shona Tribe sculpture entitled, “A Healer’s Touch,” a framed certificate, and a DAISY Award pin. The DAISY Foundation also delivered cinnamon rolls to all the nurses in her unit. Cinnamon rolls were a favorite of Patrick’s, and he frequently asked his father to bring them to the nurses as his way of saying thanks.
MUSC is among 50 medical facilities currently honoring nurses with the DAISY Award. This is one initiative of the DAISY Foundation whose overall goal is to help fight diseases of the immune system.
More information is available at http://www.daisyfoundation.org.
The following registered nurses were nominated for the DAISY Award For Extraordinary Nurses for Aug. 15- Sept. 15: Susan Curran, Mary Troani, Sharon Groat, Missy Tournet, Ramona McLean, Myrtle Edwards, Peggy LeVeen, Trese Koprows, Cyndi Weiss, Paris Wiggins, Althea Cooper, Rebecca Griggs, Teresa Watts, Wanda Beardsley, Connie Huggins, and Marsha Remington.
Friday, Oct. 21, 2005
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