Karen certainly exhibits the characteristics of a DAISY nurse: She works collaboratively with the physicians and other nursing staff. But her strength is helping the new nurses. She is a preceptor for the new RN residents as well as experienced new hires. And after they have graduated from the program, she continues to help them. Her expertise with the patient population seen on 6E is indispensable and she readily shares this expertise with the newer staff. She is always willing to answer questions and never tires of educating newer people.

Karen is active in committee work in 6 East. She is one of the coordinators of the Mock Code Task Force. This work group is continuously working to help nursing staff become more comfortable in patient emergency situations. She has been active on this committee for many years and shows the same enthusiasm that she did when she first started.

SEE ATTACHED FILE. 11/10/09.