HOUSTON, Mo. — Texas County Memorial Hospital honored April Crites of Houston with a DAISY Award during a ceremony held for all of the DAISY Award nominees on Friday, November 15.
Crites is a registered nurse at TCMH Home Health of the Ozarks.
The DAISY (Diseases Attacking the Immune System) Award is the highest recognition award for an RN and licensed practical nurse (LPN) at TCMH.
The DAISY Award is part of the non-profit DAISY Foundation of Glen Ellen, CA. The Foundation was established by the family of J. Patrick Barnes, who died at the age of 33 in late 1999 from complications of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, a little known but not uncommon auto-immune disease.
The care Patrick and his family received from nurses while Patrick was ill and hospitalized inspired the DAISY Award. The DAISY Award recipient must be nominated for a specific act of extraordinary care that was experienced by the person making the nomination.
Crites received four DAISY Award nominations this year. She received the DAISY Award from the nomination she received from Steve Nece of Raymondville, which he submitted in recognition of the care he received from Crites while he was a patient of TCMH Home Health of the Ozarks.
Nece and his wife Diane, attended the DAISY award ceremony to honor Crites.
Crites received a special DAISY Award pin; a recognition certificate, a bouquet of fresh flowers, and a hand-carved stone sculpture called “A Healer’s Touch.”
An additional recognition ceremony for Crites at TCMH Home Health of the Ozarks will feature cinnamon rolls because Cinnabon cinnamon rolls were a personal favorite food of Patrick Barnes. During his hospitalization, he always shared the cinnamon rolls with the nursing staff.
Jamie Terry, RN, obstetrics; Sandra Eaton, LPN, Hospice of Care; Shelby Ellison, RN, medical surgical department; Judy Vernon, RN, obstetrics; Stephanie Gingerich, RN, medical surgical department; Marybeth Casper, RN, Home Health of the Ozarks; Shelly Rust, RN, medical surgical department; Melissa Callicotte, RN, medical surgical department; Chelsea Sawyer, RN, obstetrics; Melinda Jewett, LPN, medical office complex; Makenzie Richards, LPN, medical office complex; Brenda Cooper, LPN, medical office complex and Kristel Barton, RN, obstetrics also received special recognition and a DAISY pin for being nominated for DAISY Awards at TCMH.
TCMH currently employs 132 nurses. The nurses work in many departments of the hospital—medical surgical, obstetrics, emergency room, surgery, intensive care, home health, hospice, and clinics.
