Cleary Receives DAISY Award at East Georgia Regional Medical Center
3/18/2019
Amanda Cleary, R.N., nurse on the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at East Georgia Regional Medical Center, was awarded the hospital’s DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. Cleary has worked at East Georgia Regional Medical Center since 2007 and has been a registered nurse since 2004.
Cleary’s nominations were thoughtful and touching, as both one of her recent patients and colleagues described how extraordinary she is. Here are a couple excerpts from her nominations:
“Amanda takes time with her patients and listens to what they have to say. She is very friendly and a very nice person. If all nurses would love their job like her, the world would be a better place.”
“As a new nurse, it is always amazing to work with Amanda! She will stop whatever she is doing to help any and everybody. I wish all nurses were as helpful and sweet as Amanda. I am thankful to work with someone like her. She is awesome!”
“Amanda always goes above and beyond to help her coworkers and patients. She is a great person and nurse. She is always a patient advocate and will go to great lengths to save a patient’s life. She is a superhero in the shadows.”
Nominations were reviewed by a committee of nurses at EGRMC. Cleary was selected in recognition of the heroic, personal difference she makes in the lives of patients and her peers.
“I am extremely proud and thankful to have Amanda on our nursing team here,” said Marie Burdett, BSN, R.N., chief nursing officer at East Georgia Regional Hospital. “She is passionate about taking care of her patients, stepping up to help support her fellow nurses, and is well respected among her peers. Amanda nurses from her heart, and is very deserving of this recognition.”
The award is part of the DAISY Foundation's program to recognize the super-human efforts nurses perform every day. The DAISY Awards are given throughout the year at presentations given in front of the nurse’s colleagues, physicians, patients, and visitors.
“Nurses play a significant role in patient care, and it is very important that our nurses know the exceptional care they provide each day is valued,” said Paul Theriot, chief executive officer of East Georgia Regional Medical Center. “Nurses are our everyday heroes, and The DAISY Foundation provides a way for us to shed light on their heroism through this award program.”
The not-for-profit DAISY Foundation is based in Glen Ellen, CA, and was established by family members in memory of J. Patrick Barnes. Patrick died at the age of 33 in late 1999 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 while he was ill inspired this unique means of thanking nurses for making a profound difference in the lives of their patients and patient families.
"When Patrick was critically ill, our family experienced first-hand the remarkable skill and care nurses provide patients every day and night, said Bonnie Barnes, FAAN, President and Co-Founder of The DAISY Foundation. “Yet these unsung heroes are seldom recognized for the super-human work they do. The kind of work the nurses at EGRMC are called on to do every day epitomizes the purpose of The DAISY Award.”
Each DAISY Award Honoree will receive a certificate commending her or him for being an extraordinary nurse. The certificate reads: "In deep appreciation of all you do, who you are, and the incredibly meaningful difference you make in the lives of so many people." The Honoree will also be given a beautiful and meaningful sculpture called A Healer’s Touch, hand-carved by artists of the Shona Tribe in Africa.
East Georgia Regional Medical Center is owned in part by physicians.
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