Memorial Announces Patricia Montou, RN February 2022 DAISY Foundation Award Winner
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Congratulations to Patricia Montou, RN, a nurse in Memorial's Emergency Department.
From the nominator:
Patricia has experience as a Labor and Delivery nurse, but in the last few years, she transitioned to an ED nurse. She was working in the emergency department when an OB trauma patient arrived. This patient was 34 weeks pregnant, on her way to the hospital because she was in labor. She was involved in an MVC, which caused her to be partially ejected from the vehicle. The patient arrived unresponsive and in labor. Patricia not only stepped up as the lead trauma nurse, but she also had the expertise to properly check the patient and put the patient on Toco monitoring. The patient had to be rushed to the OR for an emergency C Section. The patient arrived to the OR before the team was ready for her, but Patricia stepped up and scrubbed into the case. She was able to keep the situation calm and assist the 2 OB physicians in the safe delivery of the baby. ED nurses typically do not have as much confidence to care for OB patients, much less OB Trauma Patients. Having Patricia as a part of our team is a huge asset. She is an excellent team member, always wanting to learn more and eager to teach others. She has so many nurses who look up to her, and I wholeheartedly believe she should receive so much recognition for going above and beyond for this patient.
About DAISY
In late 1999, at the age of 33, Patrick Barnes awoke with some blood blisters in his mouth. Having survived Hodgkins Disease twice, he was admitted to the hospital and diagnosed with the auto-immune disease, ITP (Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura).
Said his father, Mark Barnes, "We are so blessed that we were able to spend the eight weeks of his hospitalization with him and his family. During those weeks, we experienced the best of Nursing. We were there to see the clinical skill that dealt with his very complex medical situation, the fast thinking of nurses who saved his life more than once, and that nursing excellence that took years to hone to the best of the profession. But frankly, as a patient family, we rather expected that Pat would have great clinical care. That was why he was in the hospital. What we did not expect was the way his nurses delivered that care - the kindness and compassion they gave Pat and all of us in his family every day. We were awed by the way the nurses touched him and spoke with him, even when he was on a ventilator and totally sedated. The way they informed and educated us eased our minds. They truly helped us through the darkest hours of our lives, with soft voices of hope and strong loving hugs that to this day, we still feel."
Just days after he died, the family began talking about what they would do to help fill the giant hole in their hearts that Pat’s passing had left. His wife came up with the acronym, DAISY, standing for diseases attacking the immune system. As they discussed what to do in Patrick’s memory, first and foremost, they wanted to say Thank You for the gifts nurses give their patients and families every day. That is when the family created The DAISY Award For Extraordinary Nurses.
