Pictured from left are Rick Allen, Warren General Hospital CEO, Aaron Martin, an LPN who was recently awarded the DAISY Award, Tabitha VanDyke, WMG practice administrator and director of hospital home care services.

Aaron Martin, an LPN at the Crescent Park Family Practice at Warren General Hospital, has been honored with the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurse.

The award is part of the DAISY Foundation’s program to recognize the super-human efforts nurses perform every day.

Martin is the nineteenth DAISY Award recipient at Warren General Hospital. Martin was nominated by Angie Damore, CRNP, for going above and beyond.

“Aaron has gone above and beyond for all her patients,” Damore wrote. . She is known to reach out to check in and educate about resources available to help patients when struggling. She has stayed after hours counseling patients on the phone regarding childcare, diabetes education and walking through medication administration when they are unsure. Patients request her for vaccine administration. She is always willing to help out other members in the office as well.”

The DAISY Foundation is a not-for-profit organization, established in memory of J. Patrick Barnes, by members of his family. Barnes died at the age of 33 in late 1999 from complications of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Puerperal (ITP), a little-known but not uncommon auto-immune disease. (DAISY is an acronym for Diseases Attacking the Immune System.) The care Patrick and his family received from nurses while he was ill inspired the foundation’s effort to thank nurses.

Nurses may be nominated by patients, families, and colleagues. The award recipient is chosen by a committee at Warren General Hospital to receive The DAISY Award. Awards are presented throughout the year at celebrations attended by the honoree’s colleagues, patients, and visitors. Each Honoree receives a certificate commending her or him as an extraordinary nurse. Honorees also receive a DAISY Award pin and a beautiful and meaningful sculpture called A Healer’s Touch, hand-carved by artists of the Shona Tribe in Zimbabwe.

“We are proud to be among the healthcare organizations participating in The DAISY Award program,” said Joe Akif, Warren General Hospital chief nursing officer. “Nurses are heroes every day. It’s important that our nurses know their work is highly valued, and The DAISY Foundation provides a way for us to do that.”

More information is available at http://DAISYfoundation.org