Kent Hospital nurse earns DAISY Award

Susan Hallas, Deanna Gillis, Barbara Moulton, Kent Hospital’s Senior Vice President Patient Care Service, Chief Nursing Officer Rebecca Burke and Candace Dube celebate Moulton’s DAISY Award. / COURTESY KENT HOSPITAL
Susan Hallas, Deanna Gillis, Barbara Moulton, Kent Hospital’s Senior Vice President Patient Care Service, Chief Nursing Officer Rebecca Burke and Candace Dube celebate Moulton’s DAISY Award. / COURTESY KENT HOSPITAL

WARWICK – Kent Hospital recently presented Barbara Moulton, a registered nurse working in the hospital’s dialysis unit, with this summer’s DAISY Award, which is part of the DAISY Foundation’s program to recognize above-and-beyond efforts performed by nurses.

In her nomination of Moulton, Deanna Gillis wrote, in part, “Barbara was the very first nurse to care for me. I was scared and confused; I had no idea what dialysis was even for. With her warm and compassionate bedside manner, she put me at ease and explained each step; she also put my family at ease.”

“It is a pleasure to recognize Barbara for all of her hard work and dedication to her patients and Kent Hospital, especially one who has been coming to Kent for so long,” Rebecca Burke, senior vice president patient care services, chief nursing officer at Kent Hospital, said in the hospital statement.

The nonprofit DAISY Foundation was established in memory of J. Patrick Barnes, who died at age 33 in 1999 from complications of an autoimmune disease. The nursing care Barnes and his family received inspired the family’s initiative to thank nurses.

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Nominations can be completed at www.kentri.org/daisyaward or in person at Kent Hospital.

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