Jane Henniger, CNA, 6 South Pediatrics, received Blessing Hospital’s first Honey Bee Award on April 16, 2018.
The Honey Bee Award complements the DAISY Award. While the DAISY Award is for RNs, the Honey Bee Award is for support staff because you can’t have daisies without outstanding honey bees. Honey Bee honorees personify Blessing Hospital’s remarkable patient experience.
Jane was nominated by Karla Hildebrand for the care provided to her six-year-old daughter, Maddie, over the course of many inpatient stays.
The nomination read, in part, “Maddie is autistic and is very afraid of most anything that has to do with a hospital stay. But Jane has made the attempt to create a relationship with her, so Maddie knows she has a friend at Blessing when she is there. Maddie recently was in the hospital in St. Louis for a procedure and had to tell the nurses there how to do things the “Jane” way.”
“Blessing Hospital has a true star with Jane. You should be proud of the amazing compassion and love she exudes genuinely, and the exemplary care that she has shown my family time and time again. For that, no award is enough.”
Each Honey Bee Award honoree is recognized during a presentation on their unit. They receive a certificate, a tray of sticky buns and a jar of home-grown honey. The home-grown honey signifies the role support staff plays in extraordinary patient care and customer service; they are the “sticky” honey that binds us together.
Honey Bee award nomination forms are located on all nursing units and other locations throughout Blessing Hospital.