{"id":35173,"date":"2023-03-20T12:22:34","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T18:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/san-juan-regional-medical-center-announces-daisy-award-winners\/"},"modified":"2023-03-20T18:22:34","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T18:22:34","slug":"san-juan-regional-medical-center-announces-daisy-award-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/san-juan-regional-medical-center-announces-daisy-award-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"San Juan Regional Medical Center announces Daisy Award winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Wendy
Wendy Joe, intensive care nurse at San Juan Regional Medical Center. (Courtesy photo)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

San Juan Regional Medical Center announced Alicia McGee and Wendy Joe as Daisy Award honorees.<\/p>\n

McGee, a nurse in the intensive care unit, took care of an elderly patient who was admitted with multiple serious health issues, including pneumonia. While the patient\u2019s pneumonia improved with antibiotics, her mental status rapidly deteriorated. McGee was concerned it might be a stroke and acted quickly, but a CT scan ruled it out. However, the patient was becoming more unresponsive. McGee discovered through research that the antibiotic the patient was on can, in rare cases, cause neurotoxicity. She voiced her concern and the patient was taken off the antibiotic and her mental status greatly improved.<\/p>\n

\"Alicia
Alicia McGee, a nephrology nurse at San Juan Regional Medical Center. (Courtesy photo)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

\u201cI thank God for dedicated nurses like Alicia,\u201d the patient\u2019s daughter said in her nomination. \u201cMy mom received wonderful care and was able to come home for us to love and enjoy for a while longer.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMy family has been in Farmington all their lives. I grew up here, so it\u2019s nice to work here and serve my community. I love the team I work with. They are always supportive, and we help each other out,\u201d McGee said.<\/p>\n

\"Staff
Staff at San Juan Regional Medical Center celebrate Alicia McGee\u2019s award. (Courtesy photo)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

The second recipient is Wendy Joe, is a nephrology nurse. Joe cared for an elderly Navajo patient who was very nervous about being in the hospital. Joe helped calm her fears with her happy attitude and her ability to speak Navajo, explaining the patient\u2019s medical condition and treatment in a way she could understand. After the patient was discharged, Joe followed up with the patient\u2019s husband, even calling the pharmacy to get a price estimate on medications.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe went above and beyond. We don\u2019t have many nurses who speak Navajo or take the time to do these things, but Wendy did, and my grandma didn\u2019t want to leave the hospital,\u201d the patient\u2019s granddaughter said in her submission.<\/p>\n

The patient\u2019s family wanted to share how much their grandma loved Wendy. She said that Wendy would hold her hand and sing to her in Navajo to help keep her calm.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are grateful for these precious memories. It made us think highly of the facility to know you have special employees like Wendy who take the time to make a difference in someone\u2019s life,\u201d the family said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis award means a lot. It means I am doing something for the patients and my people. My grandma passed away while I was in nursing school and that\u2019s what pushed me to be here. I never knew how to speak Navajo until I was here. My patients have taught me so much,\u201d Joe said.<\/p>\n

Community members may thank a nurse by nominating them for a Daisy Award at www.sanjuanregional.com\/daisy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Co-workers
Co-workers celebrate Wendy Joe\u2019s Daisy Award nomination. (Courtesy photo)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

honored for dedication, compassionate care<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[202,799,1141,3352],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-35173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-briefs","tag-farmington","tag-healthcare-provider","tag-san-juan-regional-medical-center"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35173"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=35173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}