Pictured are GRMC’s Family-Centered Maternity Suite team members. From left to right are: Jackie Funkhouser, Jaice Piper, Jordyn Riggleman, Joanne Lambert, Shirley Rounds, Lisa Davis, Amanda Beckman, Michelle Riggleman, Jennifer Michael, Krissy James, Charlene Bennett, Meagan Bennett, Erin Marsh, Leila Shaffer.
Garrett Regional Medical Center’s Family-Centered Maternity Suite (FCMS) staff were recently recognized with the hospital’s first-ever DAISY Team Award.
Numerous individual nominations for FCMS team members were received throughout the month of December for the DAISY (Diseases Attacking the Immune System) Award, an international recognition program that honors and celebrates the skillful, compassionate care nurses provide each day. To recognize the entire FCMS department, the hospital administration submitted a nomination for the DAISY Team Award.
“The Family-Centered Maternity Suite received the first DAISY Team Award at GRMC. The entire staff of this department deliver high quality, compassionate care,” stated Kendra Thayer, vice president of clinical services and chief nursing officer at GRMC and Potomac Valley Hospital. “Their teamwork and dedication are noticed by the patients and families they care for. The staff of this department exemplifies the mission of the hospital to care for our patients and each other like a member of our own family.”
The DAISY Team Award is designed to honor collaboration by two or more people, led by a nurse, who identify and meet patient and/or patient family needs by going above and beyond the traditional role of nursing.
The FCMS department works very closely with patients and providers at Cornerstone Family Medicine and Wellspring Family Medicine.
“The strong nursing team of the Family-Centered Maternity Suite is committed to providing the best obstetrical and newborn care possible. They combine their clinical excellence with compassion and empathy that is second to none,” remarked Sotiere Savopoulos, MD of Cornerstone Family Medicine. “They work hard to continually advance their skills and knowledge and stay on the cutting edge of OB and newborn care. The team dynamic between the nursing staff and physicians makes this a great place to care for our community together!”
This level of achievement in receiving the DAISY Team award recognizes that while an idea to achieve better patient and family outcomes may start with one individual, it often takes an entire team to implement successfully.
“The FCMS nursing staff is like none-other! They are more than deserving of the DAISY award, and I couldn’t be prouder that they were selected. I am certainly not surprised, however,” stated Marlana Bollinger, MD of Wellspring Family Medicine. “Their teamwork, love for patients and families, and dedication to their OB knowledge and skills rank them at the top of nurses I’ve ever worked with. They have such a great relationship with each other, the docs, and our patients.
Bollinger continued, “One thing that especially stands out to me is their care of moms who have adverse outcomes (the second-trimester losses, the fetal demises, etc.). They go above and beyond to make a traumatic experience as pleasant as possible for these moms and families, and they do it with such grace! I am proud I get to work alongside such an amazing team of nurses, LPNs, CNAs, and secretaries. Congratulations, girls!!!”
GRMC’s Family-Centered Maternity Suite features five labor, delivery, recovery, and postpartum rooms and four private patient rooms designed to provide a safe, comfortable atmosphere to welcome expectant parents and their newborns. The maternity suite is supported by a full array of modern technology with 24-hour care provided by a highly experienced team of physicians and nursing staff.
The DAISY Foundation was established by the family of J. Patrick Barnes after he died from complications of the auto-immune disease ITP in 1999. During his hospitalization, they deeply appreciated the care and compassion shown to Patrick and his entire family. When he died, they felt compelled to say “thank you” to nurses in a very public way (www.daisyfoundation.org).
For more information on Garrett Regional Medical Center, visit www.wvumedicine.org/Garrett.
