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Franciscan Health honors exceptional nurse
Lockport resident is Olympia Fields hospital's latest DAISY Award recipient
Franciscan Health Olympia Fields recognized Brooke A. Blazekovich, RN, as its latest DAISY Award recipient. This national recognition is presented to registered nurses who make exceptional contributions to their hospital’s patients and team members.
A registered nurse in the hospital’s Observation 2900 Unit since 2019, Blazekovich was nominated by a former Franciscan Health Olympia Fields hospital patient, who credited the Lockport resident for her outstanding bedside manner.
“Brooke showed that she cared and performed excellent care for me while being a patient. I was experiencing a lot of pain due to my condition, but her soothing compassionate words helped me and calmed what I was feeling.” The patient continued, “I hope that Brooke is kept in the front of the medical field, it’s nurses like her that help to bring healing and recovery, it’s not just the medicine.”
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Franciscan Health salutes nurses like Brooke Blazekovich who deliver extraordinary, compassionate, and skillful care. As part of this recognition, she 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 is provided by the Franciscan Health Foundation.
About the DAISY Award
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The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses is an internationally recognized honor that was established in 1999 via the DAISY Foundation 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. Cinnabon’s are given to the winners 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 Cinnabon’s 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
