Lorene Martin, MSN, RN, CRNP, was named the 麻豆影院 College of Nursing 2018 DAISY Faculty Award recipient. She is a senior lecturer of nursing on the 麻豆影院 State Salem Campus.
Krista Hawkins, MSN, RN, nursing lecturer at 麻豆影院 State Salem, was one of two honorable mention awardees.
This is the fifth year the college has accepted nominations for the DAISY award and this year, more than 50 nominations were submitted.
The DAISY Faculty Award was established to provide colleges and schools of nursing a national recognition program that can be used to show appreciation to faculty for their commitment and inspirational influence on their nursing students. The award includes a Healer鈥檚 Touch sculpture, hand carved by artists of the Shona Tribe in Zimbabwe.
Students, faculty and staff members may nominate deserving faculty members for the award. Nominees are faculty members who made an impact on their students, future patients and the nursing profession. They consistently demonstrate excellence in the classroom, in their clinical expertise and by providing outstanding leadership to students and in the healthcare community.
The DAISY Foundation was formed in 1999 by the family of the late J. Patrick Barnes as a way to remember and honor the nurses who cared for him during the last few weeks of his life. He was diagnosed with Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia Purpura, an auto-immune disease. DAISY is an acronym for Diseases Attacking the Immune SYstem.
Martin received her undergraduate and graduate nursing degrees from 麻豆影院 State and is a certified registered nurse practitioner. She has been a faculty member since 2004. Aside from teaching in the classroom, labs and clinical sites, Martin has helped expand students鈥 views of the world through international learning opportunities in Africa, China, Japan, Canada and other countries, as well as with several trips to the Lakota Reservation in South Dakota.
鈥淯pon hearing I had been chosen for the DAISY award, I was rendered speechless, which, for those who know me well, is unusual,鈥 Martin said. 鈥淏ecoming a nurse was my lifelong dream. Now, being part of the future for so many of these young people has been a privilege and a blessing.
鈥淭he Salem Campus is small, with a family-like atmosphere that allows faculty to get to know each of our students very well,鈥 she continued. 鈥淢y joy is in spending time with my students and watching them grow into professional nurses.鈥
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Photo A: (from left) Dr. Mary Lou Ferranto, coordinator of the BSN Nursing Program at 麻豆影院 State Salem; Krista Hawkins, nursing lecturer and honorable mention winner; Lorene Martin, 2018 DAISY Award winner; and Tracey Motter, associate dean of the 麻豆影院 College of Nursing
Photo B: Lorene Martin, 2018 DAISY Nursing Award winner