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Applause Program The following MUSC employees received recognition through the Applause Program for going the extra mile: Medical Center
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ART nurse advocates, wins DAISY The February DAISY (Disease Attacking the Immune System) award winner is Christine Puskar, R.N., who works in the Cardiac Acute Care Unit, 5East at Ashley River Tower. Puskar was nominated by Eileen Sandlin, R.N., a fellow cardiac acute care nurse in the department. Below is her nomination: “While working on a Saturday afternoon, nurse Christine Puskar received a phone call from a family member of a patient whom she had discharged the day before. The patient had Puskar & her been sent home Family on prescription Nexium and when she was attempting to fill the prescription, the family member discovered that the co-pay for this drug was going to be $500. Throughout their conversation, Christine discovered that the patient’s prescription for 100mg of Spironolactone also had a very high co-pay. While at the patient’s local pharmacy, Christine asked to speak to the pharmacist for clarification. While talking to the pharmacist, Christine pulled up the list of $4 medications and discovered that 50mg Spironolactone was on the list. She learned that the prescribed strength of Nexium could be obtained by taking a higher dose of over–the–counter Nexium. Christine then located the physician who had discharged the patient and had a discussion with him. The physician initially pushed back about changing the prescribed medications, but with Christine’s explanation, he understood patient situation as she would be unable to fill her prescriptions at all without
the dosage adjustment. The physician agreed to calling in a modification to the prescriptions. Christine next called the patient’s family to explain the changes to the prescriptions. She provided detailed instructions about how they would take the medications, and reinforced that the medications were on the $4 Rx list. Christine went on to emphasize the importance of taking these pills, and that not filling them would likely result in a return trip to the hospital. The family agreed that they would pay for the prescriptions when organized the way Christine had worked it out for them. Christine then went the final step and called the pharmacist to personally discuss the changes to the prescriptions and explain why we made the modifications. I was so extremely impressed by Christine’s advocacy for her patient. She went above and beyond her role in ensuring that her patient would be successful post-hospitalization. With the knowledge she had, she orchestrated a solution to what could have been a potential deal-breaker for this patient’s recovery. Christine’s actions that day likely prevented a re-hospitalization for her patient, and certainly demonstrated MUSC Excellence. Each month, MUSC nurses are honored with the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. It is part of the DAISY Foundation’s program recognizing the efforts that nurses contribute daily in their jobs around the country. The award recognizes outstanding nurses in more than 1,800 health care providers in the U.S. and 14 other countries. Nominations can be submitted by anyone — patients, visitors, physicians nurses and MUSC staff. To nominate a nurse, visit http://www. musc.edu/medcenter/formsToolbox/ DaisyAward/form.htm.