'Making a difference every day': 10/14

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'Making a difference every day'

DAISY winners helped in healing process

Toschua Thomas and Jessica Stout Johnson, 10W
Nominated by nurse manager Mike Sawin after he received a letter of thanks from the patient.

Toschua Thomas and Jessica
Stout Johnson "We had a young female patient on 10W, who was scalped in an ATV and had to have all of her hair removed. Toschua purchased a basket of lotions and oils as well as a real wig that she could wear over the dressing. The patient left a card for Toschua and Jessica that said, 'It helped so much to know that I would look normal with the wig. You are both amazing nurses that I count as an honor to have met.' The patient is a nurse at another hospital. Their kindness to a young female patient helped her cope with a traumatic life changing event and to be able to begin the healing process."

Toschua Thomas and Jessica Stout Johnson, 10W, were September's DAISY winners. To see past winners, visit http://tinyurl.com/3apnmdn.

The MUSC DAISY (Diseases Attacking the Immune System) Award for Nurses is a monthly award and is part of the DAISY Foundation's program to recognize the super-human efforts nurses perform every day.

The foundation was formed in 2000 by the family of J. Patrick Barnes. Barnes died of complications of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura.

Friday, Oct. 14, 2011

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