May 22, 2021
Erin Hughes (L) Mandie Wesbecker (R)
OTTAWA – OSF HealthCare Saint Elizabeth Medical Center has awarded two honorees through its Grateful Patient program. The program includes the international DAISY Award that recognizes the skillful and compassionate care provided by nurses; and the Sunflower Award, which acknowledges non-nursing staff for being outstanding role models among a community of caregivers.
This quarter’s awards were presented to Erin Hughes, RN, DAISY Award and Mandie Wesbecker, CT technologist received the Sunflower Award.
Erin Hughes, RN, is a nurse in the Medical/Surgical department and has been a Mission Partner for eight years. She was recognized for the exceptional care as well as compassion she brought to a COVID-19 patient. The patient’s family shared, “Thank you for that extra touch you provided. The quiet, sympathetic words, the hand on my arm, the caress you gave my mom’s face or arm. All the extra steps and gestures you gave us that weren’t required but you still did them. Thank you for the hugs you gave and the tears you shed for my mom. She wasn’t your mom but you cared about her (and me) like she was and for that I can never repay you. I am sure you were tired and worn out but you still kept thinking of me and asking me what I needed.”