Pytel named Daisy Award nurse

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DAISY AWARD WINNER — Joanna Pytel, RN was presented The Daisy Award, in recognition of nursing excellence at Bridgton Hospital. From left are Nancy Murphy RN, Donna Goodridge RN, David Frum, President, Pytel, Jill Rollins RN, John Ludwig RN and Karen Harding RN.

BRIDGTON — What is The Daisy Award at Bridgton Hospital? The Daisy Award honorees personify Bridgton Hospital’s remarkable patient experience. Daisy Award nurses consistently demonstrate excellence through their clinical expertise and extraordinary compassionate care, and they are recognized as outstanding role models in the nursing community. The Daisy Award is an international program that rewards and celebrates the extraordinary clinical skill and compassion of nurses. Bridgton Hospital is proud to be a Daisy Award Partner and presents the award quarterly during the year.

Bridgton Hospital presented its most recent Daisy Award to Joanna Pytel, RN, a nurse in the emergency department. Her nominator stated, “She is a quiet, compassionate and knowledgeable nurse, always compassionate to her patients. She gives of herself to her patients, so many times, while managing their medical care thoroughly and with great attention to detail. She is calm and caring. She listens to her patients.” Joanna was specifically honored for a pediatric trauma case she was involved in, where she maintained her calm leadership demeanor in a chaotic situation, providing incredible compassion and respect.

The Daisy Foundation was established in Glen Ellen, CA in 1999 by the family of J. Patrick Barnes who died of complications of the auto-immune disease Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia Purpura (ITP) at the age of 33. (DAISY is an acronym for diseases attacking the immune system.) During Mr. Barnes' eight-week hospitalization, his family was awestruck by the care and compassion his nurses at his hospital provided not only to him but to everyone in his family. So one of the goals they set in creating a Foundation in his memory was to recognize extraordinary nurses everywhere who make an enormous difference in the lives of so many people by the super-human work they do every day. In the fall of 2011, Bridgton Hospital joined The Daisy Foundation and hospitals across the country, in recognizing their nurses through this exceptional award.

Ms. Pytel, as a Daisy Award Honoree, was presented a bouquet of daisies, a Daisy certificate, a Daisy Award pin, and a hand-carved stone sculpture entitled A Healer’s Touch. Additionally, everyone in attendance celebrated with specially made cinnamon rolls. The significance of the cinnamon rolls is that Mr. Barnes especially enjoyed sharing cinnamon rolls with his nurses, and his family felt this should be a part of the ceremonies across the country. Ms. Pytel will also have a dedicated parking spot for the next three months on the hospital campus.

DAISY AWARD WINNER — Joanna Pytel, RN was presented The Daisy Award, in recognition of nursing excellence at Bridgton Hospital. From left are Nancy Murphy RN, Donna Goodridge RN, David Frum, President, Pytel, Jill Rollins RN, John Ludwig RN and Karen Harding RN.