June 2009
Josephine
Orozco
,
RN
Milford Campus
Bayhealth Hospital, Sussex Campus
Milford
,
DE
United States
DAISY AWARD NOMINATION – Milford Campus, Bayhealth Medical Center
Josephine Orozco – Josie Orozco was taking care of a man in his 50’s. He was terminally ill with a recently diagnosed cancer and retired military. His daughters lived in Virginia and not very involved with him in the recent years. The patient was a recipient of palliative care in the ICU for 3 days. On the third day, he passed away around the change of the shift. The patient had expressed his desire to have a military burial prior to his death. The patient’s daughters were beside themselves on what to do. Josie’s co-worker Ketta Harris was the oncoming night shift nurse. Josie and Ketta collaborated with a great amount of teamwork to assist the family in getting information for them. While Ketta cared for the patient’s body, Josie called the only contact she knew in the military, her own brother. Josie obtained all the information and gave it to the family. The patient’s daughter called the right contacts that Josie had obtained and the patient’s body was escorted out of our unit with an American Flag.
This was an example of how our staff goes above & beyond to work together with the patient’s families in order to meet and exceed our Bayhealth Nursing Mission.
As nominated by Dawn Fowler
Josephine Orozco – Josie Orozco was taking care of a man in his 50’s. He was terminally ill with a recently diagnosed cancer and retired military. His daughters lived in Virginia and not very involved with him in the recent years. The patient was a recipient of palliative care in the ICU for 3 days. On the third day, he passed away around the change of the shift. The patient had expressed his desire to have a military burial prior to his death. The patient’s daughters were beside themselves on what to do. Josie’s co-worker Ketta Harris was the oncoming night shift nurse. Josie and Ketta collaborated with a great amount of teamwork to assist the family in getting information for them. While Ketta cared for the patient’s body, Josie called the only contact she knew in the military, her own brother. Josie obtained all the information and gave it to the family. The patient’s daughter called the right contacts that Josie had obtained and the patient’s body was escorted out of our unit with an American Flag.
This was an example of how our staff goes above & beyond to work together with the patient’s families in order to meet and exceed our Bayhealth Nursing Mission.
As nominated by Dawn Fowler