From Staff Reports
ADRIAN TWP. A nurse at ProMedica Charles and Virginia Hickman Hospital has received an award for excellence in nursing.
Jessica Nelson, a registered nurse in the emergency department at Hickman Hospital, is the hospital s first recipient of the DAISY Award for excellence in the nursing field. No nurse at Hickman s predecessors, Bixby Hospital in Adrian and Herrick Hospital in Tecumseh, won the award, ProMedica said.
The DAISY Award, an international program, was founded by the DAISY Foundation, with the purpose to “recognize the extraordinary compassion, outstanding clinical skills and personalized care” that nurses show day in and day out, a news release said.
COVID-19 vaccine clinic slated for Saturday at ProMedica Hickman
Appointments are still available for a COVID-19 vaccination clinic Saturday at ProMedica Hickman.
Southern Michigan is posting some of the highest daily new case rates in the country, the notice said, adding The COVID-19 vaccine is the best line of defense against COVID-19.
The clinic hours are from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; it will take place at the YMCA gymnasium at the ProMedica Hickman Hospital Campus, 5660 N. Adrian Highway, Adrian.
All Michigan residents age 16 and older are now eligible for a vaccine; although ages 16 and 17 currently can only sign up for a Pfizer vaccine.