Franciscan Health Olympia Fields Recognizes Daisy Award Recipient

Franciscan Health Olympia Fields is pleased to recognize Heather D. Disosway as its latest Daisy Award recipient.

A seven-year registered nurse serving in the hospital’s Resource Pool Unit, Disosway was nominated by a former grateful patient. That patient described the Manteno resident as polite and born to be a nurse.

“She was very helpful and made me feel much better. She speaks kind words and is a great listener. She was very concerned about my health and well-being. She checked on me and made sure I got what I asked for or whatever I needed. Heather is someone special,” the patient said. “I know God made her for this hospital. Her job means a lot to her. I would come back to this hospital if Heather and nurses like her are working here. I know when God made Heather, he made her for this job to help patients, to heal their spirits, to put a smile on their faces and make them feel better.”

Franciscan Health recognizes the contributions of nurses through the DAISY Awards all year long. It salutes nurses like Disosway who deliver extraordinary, compassionate and skillful care. As part of this recognition, Disosway received a DAISY award pin, The Healer's Touch sculpture, a DAISY Award certificate and a box of Cinnabon cinnamon rolls to share with coworkers. Funding for the DAISY award presentation is provided by the Franciscan Health Foundation.

About the DAISY Award

The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses is an internationally recognized honor that was established in 1999 via the DAISY Foundation by members of the family of Patrick Barnes. DAISY is an acronym for Diseases Attacking the Immune System. Patrick Barnes was a 33-year-old husband and father of an infant daughter who died eight weeks after being diagnosed with the autoimmune disease idiopathic thrombocytopenia. The award was established to honor what his family perceived to be extraordinary kindness and compassion by the nurses caring for him during his illness. Cinnabons are given because when Patrick was too ill to have an appetite, at one point he was able to eat a Cinnabon his father had brought, and Patrick requested that Cinnabons be brought in the next day for not just him, but for the nurses as a thank you for their care. More information about the DAISY award can be found at https://www.daisyfoundation.org.

Submitted by Robyn Ali, Marketing Specialist, Franciscan Health Olympia Fields, Marketing and Public Relations Department robyn.ali@franciscanalliance.org