Kathleen
Spadaro
January 2010
Kathleen
Spadaro
,
RN BSN
Oncology
Mercy Medical Center (MD)
Baltimore
,
MD
United States
DAISY WINNER – Kathleen Spadaro, BSN, RN, 7th Floor
DAISY Award Winner January 2010
Presentation: February 2, 2010
LIVE Presentation by Susan MacMillan
Welcome everyone.
We are here to present Kathleen Spadaro with Mercy’s DAISY Award. The DAISY Award is a national nurse recognition program that honors nurses who demonstrate excellence in patient care.
Kathleen’s nomination comes from her co-workers, and it is a heart breaker. In December a young woman and her husband arrived from Michigan for HIPEC surgery. The woman was dying from appendix cancer. She turned out to be inoperable and was given days to live and her distraught husband was desperate to drive her back home as soon as she was stable. The timing was too critical, however. The woman’s dying wish was to get back home to say goodbye to her two children.
Despite a full team of patients, Kathleen was determined to make this woman’s last wish come true. She involved the whole floor and spent hours working with the husband, physicians, social work and case management and in the end secured a medical flight trip home to Michigan to an inpatient hospice where her children and family were waiting.
Kathleen displayed every single Caritas in her efforts to fulfill a dying woman’s wish. She ‘CHERISHED’ this patient, her husband, her children, her family and the sacredness of their relationship and their last days together.
Kathleen practiced every single core value of the Sisters of Mercy. Dignity of life, Hospitality from our heart, Justice with total integrity, Excellence in our work, Empowerment to our gifts, Stewardship of our mission.
Kathleen, on behalf of the Sisters of Mercy and this hospital, I thank you for using your gifts here at Mercy.
ALL STAFF E-MAIL
Kathleen Spadaro, a nurse on the 7th Floor, is this month’s DAISY award winner. The DAISY Program is a national nurse recognition program that honors nurses who demonstrate excellence in patient care.
Kathleen demonstrated excellence in her determination to fulfill a dying patient’s wish – to get back to Michigan quickly to say goodbye to her two children. Working with the patient’s family, physicians, social work and case management, Kathleen helped secure a medical flight home for a patient whose time left was being measured in days.
Kathleen practiced every single core value of the Sisters of Mercy with her efforts –
Dignity of life; Hospitality from our heart; Justice with total integrity; Excellence in our work; Empowerment to our gifts; Stewardship of our mission.
Due to Kathleen’s dedication, this young mother celebrated Christmas at home with her children one last time. Please join with me in congratulating Kathleen on her DAISY award and in thanking her for sharing her gifts with us here at Mercy.
Susan MacMillan-Finlayson
Senior Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer
Patient Care Services
DAISY Award Winner January 2010
Presentation: February 2, 2010
LIVE Presentation by Susan MacMillan
Welcome everyone.
We are here to present Kathleen Spadaro with Mercy’s DAISY Award. The DAISY Award is a national nurse recognition program that honors nurses who demonstrate excellence in patient care.
Kathleen’s nomination comes from her co-workers, and it is a heart breaker. In December a young woman and her husband arrived from Michigan for HIPEC surgery. The woman was dying from appendix cancer. She turned out to be inoperable and was given days to live and her distraught husband was desperate to drive her back home as soon as she was stable. The timing was too critical, however. The woman’s dying wish was to get back home to say goodbye to her two children.
Despite a full team of patients, Kathleen was determined to make this woman’s last wish come true. She involved the whole floor and spent hours working with the husband, physicians, social work and case management and in the end secured a medical flight trip home to Michigan to an inpatient hospice where her children and family were waiting.
Kathleen displayed every single Caritas in her efforts to fulfill a dying woman’s wish. She ‘CHERISHED’ this patient, her husband, her children, her family and the sacredness of their relationship and their last days together.
Kathleen practiced every single core value of the Sisters of Mercy. Dignity of life, Hospitality from our heart, Justice with total integrity, Excellence in our work, Empowerment to our gifts, Stewardship of our mission.
Kathleen, on behalf of the Sisters of Mercy and this hospital, I thank you for using your gifts here at Mercy.
ALL STAFF E-MAIL
Kathleen Spadaro, a nurse on the 7th Floor, is this month’s DAISY award winner. The DAISY Program is a national nurse recognition program that honors nurses who demonstrate excellence in patient care.
Kathleen demonstrated excellence in her determination to fulfill a dying patient’s wish – to get back to Michigan quickly to say goodbye to her two children. Working with the patient’s family, physicians, social work and case management, Kathleen helped secure a medical flight home for a patient whose time left was being measured in days.
Kathleen practiced every single core value of the Sisters of Mercy with her efforts –
Dignity of life; Hospitality from our heart; Justice with total integrity; Excellence in our work; Empowerment to our gifts; Stewardship of our mission.
Due to Kathleen’s dedication, this young mother celebrated Christmas at home with her children one last time. Please join with me in congratulating Kathleen on her DAISY award and in thanking her for sharing her gifts with us here at Mercy.
Susan MacMillan-Finlayson
Senior Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer
Patient Care Services