MedWest and the American Organization of Nurse Executives give Adamavich, Moody and Reinert DAISY Awards for excellence in nursing

9/11/2012

MedWest and the American Organization of Nurse Executives give Adamavich, Moody and Reinert DAISY Awards for excellence in nursing

Clyde, Sylva and Bryson City, N.C. – MedWest Health System and the American Organization of Nurse Executives have honored registered nurses Stephanie Adamavich of MedWest-Haywood, Melanie Moody of MedWest-Harris and Anne Reinert of MedWest-Swain with DAISY Awards For Extraordinary Nurses. 

The three nurses were recognized for their outstanding work with DAISY Awards, which are part of the California-based DAISY Foundation’s program to acknowledge the extraordinary efforts nurses put forth in the caring of their patients every day. 

Registered nurse Stephanie Adamavich works in the radiology department at MedWest-Haywood. Adamavich has worked for MedWest since 1994, first in the emergency department and then in the intensive care unit before transferring to radiology in 2007. She earned degrees from a diploma nursing school and from University of South Alabama. 

“We could not function in radiology without Stephanie,” Adamavich’s DAISY Award nominator wrote. “She is one of the most caring and compassionate nurses I have ever known.” Her nominator also wrote that Adamavich “loves her patients, and anytime she is asked to help or stay late, she does it with no questions asked and with a smile.” 

Adamavich described her colleagues in the radiology department at MedWest as being “absolutely wonderful.” 
“Everyone is focused on doing the best they can for each patient,” she said. “It is a privilege to serve on their team. What I enjoy best about nursing is the people – their families, their hopes and fears, their faith. I feel very blessed to live here in Haywood.” 

DAISY Award winner Melanie Moody is a registered nurse, certified pediatric nurse and the Care Team Coordinator for 3East at MedWest-Harris. 

Moody’s DAISY Award nominator described her as someone who is “always more than willing and ready to help no matter what the circumstance,” a nurse who is dedicated to helping her team with whatever is needed to provide patients with the highest level of care. 

Moody’s interest in nursing started at an early age when she was a volunteer. “I was a candy striper at this hospital many moons ago, and I just thought nurses were the greatest thing ever, so I decided then and there I was going to be a nurse,” she said. 

Moody has been a nurse for nearly 19 years, working for about 14 of those years at MedWest-Harris. “I am a certified pediatric nurse, and I love what I do,” she said. “I have worked all over this hospital, but my heart is with kids.” 

Registered nurse Anne Reinert, the Care Team Coordinator for the Main Floor of MedWest-Swain, also received a DAISY Award. 

Reinert’s nominator described a situation in which Reinert assisted with getting a fresh oxygen tank to a patient in the radiology department. “On my way to bringing a new oxygen tank back to radiology, I received a call for a stat electrocardiogram,” Reinert’s nominator wrote. “Even though Annie was in the middle of admitting a new patient to the unit, she dropped what she was doing to deliver the oxygen tank to radiology for me. Thanks to her help, the patient received his oxygen before the old tank ran out, and the second patient got his electrocardiogram in a timely manner.” 

For her DAISY Award, Reinert’s nominator wrote, “Annie’s actions embody the MedWest nursing values of professionalism, quality, respect, service and teamwork and truly make MedWest-Swain excellent, for both patients and staff.” 

Reinert has been a nurse for nine years and has worked at MedWest ever since she graduated from nursing school. She currently is pursuing a master’s degree in nursing in administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Receiving the DAISY Award is a “huge honor,” Reinert said. 

Nurses from MedWest-Harris, MedWest-Haywood, MedWest-Swain and MedWest’s office practices, urgent care facilities and other outpatient facilities are all eligible for nomination for DAISY Awards. 

All MedWest employees, physicians, patients, patients’ families and visitors are encouraged to submit nominations based on their own experiences with extraordinary nurses in the MedWest Health System. To nominate an extraordinary nurse, contact Tiffany Brackett at Tiffany.Brackett@haymed.org or (828) 452-8461. Nomination forms also are available at www.medwesthealth.org. 

The nonprofit DAISY Foundation is based in Glen Ellen, Calif., and was established in memory of J. Patrick Barnes who died at the age of 33 in 1999 from complications of the autoimmune disease idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. The care Barnes and his family received from nurses while he was ill inspired this unique means of thanking nurses for making a profound difference in the lives of their patients and patient families. For more information, visit www.DAISYfoundation.org.