Business briefs: DAISY Award, Chamber announcement, Morrow County farm tour
Three nurses receive DAISY Award at Avita Health System
Three registered nurses at Avita Health System have been honored with The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. The award is part of The DAISY Foundation's mission to recognize nurses for the extraordinary, compassionate care they provide patients and families every day.
The 2023 DAISY Award recipients are Larry Koren, RN of Bucyrus Hospital, Sandy Abouhassan, RN of Galion Hospital, and Jacob Robertson, RN of Ontario Hospital. All three award recipients are nurses in Avita’s intensive care units (ICU).
Koren was nominated by a fellow employee for going above and beyond to ensure that a patient made it home from Bucyrus Hospital on Christmas Eve during a Level 3 snow emergency. The patient could not find transportation upon being discharged from the hospital. After his shift, Koren took this patient to get some groceries, to get his medications filled, and then home afterward.
Abouhassan was nominated by a patient’s fiancé for providing knowledge, care and comfort. According to the nominator, “Sandy went way above to make sure he was comfortable and she also spoke to me and wanted to make sure I was OK, as well. He was on a vent for most of his stay. I felt when I left him at night that I didn’t have to worry about his care.”
Robertson was nominated by a patient’s daughter for his professionalism and compassion during an end-of-life period. “My dad was on a ventilator for several days and was able to successfully be removed on day three and Jacob had tears in his eyes and also gave me a hug," said the nominator. "Dad started to decline the following day and unfortunately my family and I decided for comfort care measures. I can’t say enough about the care he gave my father his last week on earth.”
Nurses at Avita Health System may be nominated by patients, families and colleagues by filling out a form online at avitahealth.org or at one of their three hospital locations. Awards are presented twice annually.
Each nurse received a certificate, a special DAISY Award Pin, and a sculpture called A Healer’s Touch, which is hand-carved by artists of the Shona Tribe in Zimbabwe.
Freedom Recovery joins GCACC office
GALION — The Galion-Crestline Area Chamber of Commerce has welcomed Freedom Recovery as both a new chamber member and as an office suite member at 138 Harding Way West, Galion.
Founded by a few individuals who are themselves in recovery, Freedom Recovery is now offering counseling and education services to individuals in or around Galion.
Freedom Recovery's intensive outpatient program is designed for substance abusers who need immediate help but for whom a residential-based program is not an option due to jobs, families and other obligations.
They accept all Medicaid and many other insurance plans, and offer both daytime and evening substance abuse and addiction counseling treatment sessions to accommodate most work schedules. Freedom Recovery uses a proven 12-step model of recovery and an evidence-based curriculum, and they are CARF (Commission of Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities) accredited.
Freedom Recovery may be reached by phone at 614-754-8051 or through its website, freedomrecovery.us.
Morrow County Farm Bureau offers agricultural tour
MOUNT GILEAD — The Morrow County Farm Bureau will host a drive-it-yourself agricultural tour of Morrow County on June 17. The tour begins at 12:30 p.m. at Fisher Ag Service and includes an aerial application service, a reining horse and cutting horse facility.
The family-friendly event is free to attend and open to the general public. Tours and demonstrations will give attendees insight on the local agricultural industry including current crop production practices and horse care and training.
The three tour stops include:● Fisher Ag Service, 4579 Mount Gilead-Cardington Road 126, Cardington. Using air tractors, they spread seed, fertilizer, fungicides, insecticides and growth stimulants onto fields in more than 35 counties all across the state.● Scott McFarland Performance Horses at Breez E Noll Farm, 4297 County Road 98, Mount Gilead. Scott specializes in training reining horses, starting colts, retraining problem horses, giving lessons and coaching non-pros.● JM Cutting Horses LLC at 4292 County Road 98, Mount Gilead. Owner Jack McDonald has more than 20 years of experience in training horses and riders for cutting horse competitions.
For more information, visit morrow.ofbf.org or follow the Morrow County Farm Bureau on Facebook.
This article originally appeared on Mansfield News Journal: Avita presents DAISY Awards, new Galion-Crestline Chamber member
