OV Native Receives Prestigious Nursing Honor

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Moranda Matheson, RN, recently received the D.A.I.S.Y award at Riverside Healthcare in Kankakee. The award recognizes the exceptional, skillful and compassionate care that nurses demonstrate for patients and families every day.
•April 6, 2022•
Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer LaTivia Carr, along with Riverside President and CEO Phil Kambic were recently on hand to recognize a recent D.A.I.S.Y. award recipient, Moranda Matheson, RN from I.M.C.U. at Riverside Healthcare in Kankakee IL.
The nomination received was submitted by the family of a patient cared for by nurse Matheson and read: On January 7th, 2022, around 7:35 p.m. I called the step-down I.C.U. to get an update on my mother, who was being treated for COVID pneumonia. Charge Nurse Moranda Matheson answered my call. Nurse Matheson spoke to me for 30 minutes or more, answering all of my questions in detail with kindness and sympathy, never once rushing to get off the phone. After my questions were answered, Nurse Matheson asked when was the last time I spoke to my mom.
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