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The MUSC DAISY
(Diseases Attacking the Immune System)
Award winner for September is Jamie Greer,
R.N., Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Unit.
With Greer is her husband, Alan, and Greer's mother. The following is Greer's nomination
letter, submitted by Robin Matutina, R.N., Children's Services
 Registered nurse
Jamie Greer, center, is presented with
the DAISY Award. With Greer is Greer's husband and mother. To nominate a nurse,
visit https://www.musc.edu/medcenter/formstoolbox/DaisyAward/index.htm.
To see more on the DAISY Foundation,
visit http://www.daisyfoundation.org.
"Jamie is a selfless nurse who quietly
brings supplies to the clinic such as
baskets and blue books that she purchases.
Jamie sent me this email describing the
value of primary nursing. I believe this
story she shared with me describes her
expert nurse intuition identified by our
clinical ladder nursing theorist Pat
Benner and her caring that nursing
theorist Jean Watson would applaud. The
following story is Jamie's words from an
email: 'I recently became the primary
nurse for a 16-year-old patient. She
completed a phase of her treatment which
required her to come to the clinic three
times per week for four weeks. About two
weeks ago, she came for a chemo
appointment and seemed withdrawn. No
matter what I did I could not get a smile
from her or get her to talk much, just
continued complaints of being tired. It
turned out she had arrived at the clinic
with a blood sugar of over 900 due to high
dose steroids she had been taking. Because
of the quick response and team work of
everyone in the clinic we were able to get
the patient to the hospital quickly.' This
is just one example of Jamie's expert
nurse intuition and caring, both of which
are invaluable to our patients at MUSC."
Friday, Oct.
12, 2012
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