Evangelical Community Hospital Awards DAISY Honor for Nursing Excellence to Dana Breon, RN

Dana Breon, RN, Emergency Department, was recently presented the DAISY Award at Evangelical Community Hospital. The award is given to a deserving nurse who exemplifies clinical expertise and compassionate care and is recognized as a role model in the nursing community.

Breon was presented the award surrounded by her fellow coworkers, Hospital and Nursing leadership, and her daughter.

Nominated by patient, Ernest Delp, Breon was praised for her work on two different occasions when Delp presented to the Emergency Department for post-surgical complications, both times resulting in admission to the Hospital.

Delp shared in his nomination, “Dana was very kind, comforting, and compassionate. She stayed with me as much as she could even though she had other patients. She made me feel like I was the only patient in the entire Emergency Department.”

Delp noted on his second visit, Breon was once again the nurse on duty, and the patient in the next room was verbally abusive, “Dana displays the utmost care and professionalism for her patients. Neither Dana nor any other nurse should endure attacks when they are doing a stellar job of caring for patients. After Dana was finished in that patient’s room, she returned to my room and did not miss a beat. She was just as caring and compassionate.”

Upon admission to the Hospital, Delp noted Breon continued to check in on him through his wife when he was no longer her patient. In closing, Delp said, “Her professionalism speaks volumes for her character. Dana is an asset to Evangelical Community Hospital.”

Breon has been an Emergency Department nurse since 1995 and prior to that served as a Paramedic for six years. She was originally hired at Evangelical Community Hospital in July 2018 as an RN on the Surgical Unit. Within a month, she transferred to the Emergency Department where she found her fit and has worked there since.

The DAISY Foundation was established in 1999 in California by the family of J. Patrick Barnes, who died at the age of 33 from complications of an auto-immune disease. During his eight-week hospital stay, his family was impressed by the care and compassion his nurses provided, not only to him but to everyone in the family. They created the DAISY Award in his memory to recognize those nurses who make a big difference in the lives of so many people.

Evangelical is proud to be a DAISY Award partner. Nurses are nominated by patients, family members of patients, as well as other healthcare professionals. Nominations are presented for consideration through a process of anonymity. The winner is then selected by a board of healthcare workers. Each DAISY Award Honoree is given a DAISY Award pin, a certificate of honor, a gift card from Service First Federal Credit Union, and a stone sculpture entitled, A Healer’s Touch, handcrafted by a tribe in Zimbabwe.

Nominations for the DAISY award can be made by patients, patient family members, colleagues, and providers. If an Evangelical Community Hospital nurse has displayed extraordinary clinical expertise and compassion, visit www.DAISYnomination.org/ECH and fill out a nomination form.