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LAURA BIGELOW, RN RECEIVES THE DAISY AWARD® FOR EXTRAORDINARY NURSES

Laura Bigelow, RN Receives The DAISY Award® For Extraordinary Nurses  ~  Marlette Regional Hospital (MRH) celebrated National Nurses Week May 6-12. As part of National Nurses week, the DAISY Awardee was announced as part of the DAISY Foundation’s programs to recognize the super-human efforts nurses perform every day. The DAISY Award is an international recognition program started in memory of J. Patrick Barnes. Pat’s family experienced first-hand the difference his nurses made in his care through clinical excellence and outstanding compassionate care. The family created The DAISY Award to express gratitude to nurses and to enable other patients, families, and staff to thank and honor their special nurses.

Nominations for the DAISY award have been obtained over the last several months by paper, social media campaigns and on-line nominations forms. Nominated and voted on by peers, this year’s award recipient was Laura Bigelow, RN of United Hospice Service. Here is what Laura’s nominator said about her, “she is an exceptional resource nurse, providing the necessary support to staff RN’s ensuring that they are able to give great care to our patients. Some of the assistance that I know of are:

  1. When an RN had to go home ill, which put the Acute unit short staffed, she assisted finding immediate help by asking an RN from a different unit if they could have someone help out until a replacement could be found.
  2. When Acute staff could not find a current cardiology on call schedule, Laura assisted by reaching out to administrative staff to see if one had been sent. She then printed off the schedule for them to have on hand.
  3. Always helping RN’s in their documentation knowledge, providing continuous education to them of how and where to document in patient’s charts so that the information shows up to ensure proper recording and sufficient information for charging. Laura’s assistance to our staff RN’s helps them provide great care and also helps the RN by ensuring they document correctly in case of any investigation.”

Laura is an exceptional nurse and provides excellent care to every patient. She is always looking to help her coworkers succeed by providing continuous education to make her team stronger. She demonstrates compassion, knowledge and dedication on a daily basis that earned her the title of The DAISY Award.

For more information about The DAISY Award or Marlette Regional Hospital, please call 989-635-4000 or visit www.marletteregionalhospital.org.

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Visitor Restrictions for all MRH-Owned Facilities

We are updating our Visitor Restrictions to the following:

o Emergency Department –
▪ One designated visitor that must remain in the ED the whole time, once the visitor leaves, they will not be permitted to return until the patient is discharged.
▪ Pediatric patients under the age of 17, two healthy parents that must remain at the bedside.
▪ Extenuating circumstances such as critical care, possible end-of-life-state, will be handled case-by-case.
▪ Patients presenting with COVID symptoms-No visitors until the COVID test comes back negative. If it comes back positive the patient will continue to have no visitors.

o Surgical Services – one bed-side visitor that must remain in the patient’s room
▪ Pediatric patients under the age of 17 in any setting are allowed two parents/relatives to be present
o Inpatient, Observation, Swing Bed Patients –
▪ Two visitors per patient at a time that must stay in the patients room the whole time.
▪ Visitors ages 13 – 17 must be accompanied by an adult.
▪ Patients admitted that are COVID positive, No visitors in the COVID rooms.
▪ Extenuating circumstances such as critical care, possible end-of-life-state, will be handled case-by-case.

o Long-Term Care (LTC) – please contact the LTC at 989-635-4400o Hospice – Visitation shall be accommodated, please check in at the Hospice Residence Nurses Station.

o Outpatient Testing – only the patient, unless the patient is under the age of 17, then a parent may accompany
▪ Unless extenuating circumstances require a visitor to be present

o Outpatient Procedure with Sedation – one bed-side visitor that must remain in the patient’s room
▪ Pediatric patients under the age of 17 in any setting are allowed two parents/relatives to be present

o Physician Office Appointments – one visitor accompanying the patient
• ALL allowed visitors must pass health screening prior to visit and are required to wear a mask at all times for the duration of their visit. Visitors that fail to follow this requirement will be asked to leave.
• Visitor accommodations shall be flexible in all care settings for patients with physical or mental disabilities of any kind, including patients who are deaf, hard of hearing and / or blind.
• If more visitors present than are allowed to visit, the excess visitors will be asked to remain in their vehicle.
• All visitors will be required to socially distance themselves from the patient, other visitors and all staff.
We will continue to closely monitor COVID-19 activity in our area along with the surrounding communities and updating patient visitation accordingly and / or as allowed by state and federal regulations.


UPDATED HOSPITAL VISITATION
6.13.2022 @ 12:00 pm
2770 Main Street | Marlette, MI 48453 | 989-635-4000 | marletteregionalhospital.org