Memorial Announces Emily Poole, RN as June Daisy Winner

Congratulations to Emily Poole, RN at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital for Women's Family Birth Center. She was nominated by a patient who wanted to recognize Emily for her kindness, compassion and encouragement during the birth of her child. 

From the Nominator:

My water broke early at 38+4; after being admitted and laboring all day, my day nurse left for shift change, and we received Emily as our night nurse. I was having difficulty dilating and kept letting Emily know I didn’t want a c-section to please do anything to prevent it. She worked extremely hard to help me try many of different things, she knew I was so terrified. Not only did she work extremely hard, she showed me extreme compassion and patience. She kept us up to date and didn’t let anything blindside us.

Once it came to the point that I had no choice but to have a C-section, I was so terrified, very upset, and inconsolable. Emily was so patient and made sure I knew everything that was going to happen; she stayed by my side and didn’t make me feel any less than for being so upset and worried. She did a great job at being there for me and calming me down. We loved her so much that we requested her to be our night nurse the next night. Once she walked into the room the second night, things immediately felt calmer and easier.

Aside from being a great nurse, she was a phenomenal support person for both my husband and me during this experience for our first child. Emily’s patience, compassion, comfort, and support truly made a difference in my labor and delivery. It made an everlasting impression on us even though it went completely opposite of the way we had imagined. I look forward to requesting Emily to be my nurse for any future deliveries. Thank you, Emily, for all that you did!

About DAISY:

In late 1999, at the age of 33, Patrick Barnes awoke with some blood blisters in his mouth. Having survived Hodgkin's 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.

For more information regarding Emily's nomination, click here.