Fredda Parkhill Kermes
May 2021
Fredda
Kermes
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RN, BSN, MHI
Professional Development, Clinical Projects, Telemedicine
Summit Healthcare Regional Medical Center
Fredda has been amazing, bringing us into the future with her advocacy in Tele-Medicine.
The DAISY Lifetime Achievement Award was created to recognize those nurses who have devoted their life’s work to the compassionate care of others. Recipients of this award are nominated for their dedication to nursing through active mentoring, role modeling, advocating for their patients and promoting the positive image of nursing. They serve as a beacon of inspiration to those at all stages of their career and in the various and important roles of nursing.
Fredda started her career as a young nurse in Chicago and due to the wonderful Illinois winters, she and her husband moved to Phoenix for a brief time. She came to Navapache Regional Medical Center (now Summit Healthcare Association) 36 years and 9 months ago.
Fredda devoted her life's work to the compassionate care of others. She is dedicated to nursing “through active mentoring, role modeling, advocating for her patients and promoting the positive image of nursing and she serves as a beacon of inspiration to those at all stages of their career and in the various and important roles of nursing”. As you can see, she is an outstanding example of why this award was created.
Several months ago, I asked nursing leadership for input about giving this award to Fredda, nursing leaders responded and said the following:
Wow. They had to have had Fredda in mind when they wrote that description. It certainly describes her to a T. I absolutely agree that she should be nominated for it. You should ask RM for some stories. I bet she has a few.
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Oh wow, Fredda has sure had her heart and desire match the spirit of the award. I think it’s a fabulous idea.
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Fredda has been amazing, bringing us into the future with her advocacy in Tele-Medicine. She is most deserving of the DAISY Award!
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I think that is an amazing reward for all her hard work and devotion to educating our staff and potential staff.
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As a new ED nurse, Fredda taught a group of us about learning from one another. She shared this pearl which I have always carried with me, “Always assume the person at the table comes with the same sense of commitment to the patient which you do - just seeing things from a different perspective.”
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Fredda has been a mentor to new grad nurses, an instructor for Pharmaceutical Coursework at the Community College, worked in Intensive Care and has led system innovation including AICU and telemedicine services not previously available in our community. She is passionate about emergency response including ACLS, BLS, Rapid Response Teams and Code Teams. She has developed projects for clinical improvements and when Fredda leads it, she never lets it fail due to drift. She is a friend and a partner in quality care.
Fredda started her career as a young nurse in Chicago and due to the wonderful Illinois winters, she and her husband moved to Phoenix for a brief time. She came to Navapache Regional Medical Center (now Summit Healthcare Association) 36 years and 9 months ago.
Fredda devoted her life's work to the compassionate care of others. She is dedicated to nursing “through active mentoring, role modeling, advocating for her patients and promoting the positive image of nursing and she serves as a beacon of inspiration to those at all stages of their career and in the various and important roles of nursing”. As you can see, she is an outstanding example of why this award was created.
Several months ago, I asked nursing leadership for input about giving this award to Fredda, nursing leaders responded and said the following:
Wow. They had to have had Fredda in mind when they wrote that description. It certainly describes her to a T. I absolutely agree that she should be nominated for it. You should ask RM for some stories. I bet she has a few.
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Oh wow, Fredda has sure had her heart and desire match the spirit of the award. I think it’s a fabulous idea.
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Fredda has been amazing, bringing us into the future with her advocacy in Tele-Medicine. She is most deserving of the DAISY Award!
***
I think that is an amazing reward for all her hard work and devotion to educating our staff and potential staff.
***
As a new ED nurse, Fredda taught a group of us about learning from one another. She shared this pearl which I have always carried with me, “Always assume the person at the table comes with the same sense of commitment to the patient which you do - just seeing things from a different perspective.”
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Fredda has been a mentor to new grad nurses, an instructor for Pharmaceutical Coursework at the Community College, worked in Intensive Care and has led system innovation including AICU and telemedicine services not previously available in our community. She is passionate about emergency response including ACLS, BLS, Rapid Response Teams and Code Teams. She has developed projects for clinical improvements and when Fredda leads it, she never lets it fail due to drift. She is a friend and a partner in quality care.