PATRICIA HOWARD, middle, a registered nurse at Kent Hospital, recently received a DAISY Award for demonstrating extraordinary patient care. She is pictured with Judith Thorpe, left, chief nursing officer, and Sherri Sprague, emergency department nurse director. / COURTESY CARE NEW ENGLAND HEALTH SYSTEM
WARWICK – A Kent County Memorial Hospital nurse has been presented with a DAISY Award, a recognition awarded by the DAISY Foundation, a California-based nonprofit, to nurses who demonstrate extraordinary patient care. Patricia Howard, a registered nurse who has served at Kent since 2005, was nominated by the mother of a patient for her attentiveness,…