Jamie Schmucker, a registered nurse at Goshen Home Care & Hospice, has been honored with the organization’s Daisy Award. Photo provided by Goshen Health.

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GOSHEN — Jamie Schmucker, a registered nurse at Goshen Home Care & Hospice, has been honored with the organization’s Daisy Award for the care she provided a grandmother in hospice care. Daisy stands for “diseases attacking the immune system,” and the award is part of an international program honoring the care nurses provide every day.

The nomination from the patient’s granddaughter, Robyn, reads: “Jamie had a special place in the heart for Gram and for me over the course of months that she worked with us. And that feeling was definitely reciprocated by Gram as I heard her pray regularly for her nurse and heard her say more than one time … ‘Oh, I just love that nurse so much!’ Perhaps what touched me more than the care that she delivered to Gram, though, was the guidance that she offered to me. Jamie sent me messages checking to see how I was doing, uplifting my spirits.”

“I am very honored to receive this award and so thankful I have the privilege to care for our patients and their families,” said Schmucker. “This award means the world to me; however, I feel that I did nothing more than anyone on our great hospice team does every day. I feel every single member on our team is exceptional and goes above and beyond for our patients and families. Gertrude, Robyn’s grandmother, was one of the most amazing women I have ever met and made caring for her easy, and I enjoyed our visits as much as she did.”

To nominate a nurse at Goshen Health for the Daisy Award, go to GoshenHealth.com/About-Us/Daisy-Award. The Daisy Foundation promotes and distributes the awards on behalf of the family of J. Patrick Barnes, who established the foundation after he died from complications of an autoimmune disease. They wanted to say thank you to the nurses who cared for him during his hospitalization. To learn more, visit daisyfoundation.org.