ROCKINGHAM — FirstHealth of the Carolinas nurse Melissa Lampley, LPN, has been recognized with the DAISY Award. Lampley works in the medical/surgical unit at MRH-Richmond and received her nomination from a patient who credits her with excellent bedside manner.
“I was diagnosed about two years ago with a chronic kidney disease,” the patient wrote in her nomination letter. “Melissa is the first nurse I’ve had who made me feel comfortable enough to ask questions about my kidney disease. She took time with me and helped educate me about the things I should do and what I should eat. For the first time in two years, I honestly understand my illness and what I need to be doing besides just taking medications.”
The patient also took the time to thank Lampley directly.
“Thank you, Melissa,” the patient wrote. “I am grateful for your exceptional care for me and helping me understand my chronic kidney disease. I will apply each thing you have taught me. You are a God-sent nurse.”
Interim Nurse Executive Sharon Odom praised Lampley’s wealth of knowledge and experience.
“Melissa possesses the core nursing strengths of integrity, advocacy, empathy and compassion which show through her commitment for caring for her patients,” Odom emphasized. “Melissa helps to put her patients at ease by assuring she educates, answers questions, and advocates for them. We are blessed to have her on our team.”
The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses was established by the Daisy Foundation, a not-for-profit, based in Glen Ellen, California. The foundation was started by family members in memory of J. Patrick Barnes, who died at the age of 33 from complications of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, a little-known but not uncommon auto-immune disease.
The care Barnes and his family received from nurses inspired this unique means of thanking nurses for making a profound difference in the lives of their patients and patients’ families.
Today, there are more than 2,800 health care facilities in all 50 states and 17 other countries honoring their nurses with the DAISY Award. FirstHealth of the Carolinas, which includes Moore Regional Hospital, Moore Regional Hospital–Richmond, Moore Regional Hospital–Hoke and Montgomery Memorial Hospital, recognizes an extraordinary nurse each month and has since 2014.
For more information on the DAISY Award, or to nominate a deserving nurse, visit FirstHealth’s website.