June 3, 2015
Christine Mac Entee, RN, was named as the first DAISY Award winner at John T. Mather Memorial Hospital.
Based on patient nominations, the DAISY Award recognizes nurses who make an enormous difference by the superhuman work they do. Mac Entee was nominated by a patient on the Hospital’s 2 South unit who noted, “Her gentle demeanor and welcoming words made me feel confident that I was in good hands. It was evident she was knowledgeable, kind and dedicated to her work.”
Mac Entee said she didn’t treat the patient who nominated her any differently than she did any of her patients. "She was a very appreciative lady, very positive, upbeat," she said of the patient. "But if it were any of my patients, I would have done the same things I did for her. I think she just appreciated it more."
The patient also wrote that "Various issues came up and Christine handled them with complete confidence…There were so many fine qualities displayed (by) this lovely lady as the days went by. I was truly blessed to have had the pleasure of knowing Christine and being in her care during my stay."
Mac Entee, who began her career as a lab technician, has been a nurse for eight years, all of them working on 2 South. She recently graduated Stony Brook University’s nursing program.
John T. Mather Memorial Hospital is an accredited 248-bed, non-profit community teaching hospital dedicated to providing a wide spectrum of high quality healthcare services to Suffolk County residents, showing compassion and respect and treating each patient in the manner we would wish for our loved ones. Mather has earned the prestigious Magnet® recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), which recognizes healthcare organizations for quality patient care, nursing excellence and innovations in professional nursing practice. Mather also has received seven consecutive top "A" ratings from The Leapfrog Group for patient safety, and was ranked among the top hospitals in New York State by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals.