Misc. News -- August 15, 2016 -- Collinsville, OK -- www.cvilleok.com

Band Boosters Rustic Cuffs & New Uniforms

Could help us get the word out about our current fundraiser? The Band Boosters are working hard to raise the funds needed for new band uniforms.

I am attaching a flyer about our Rustic Cuff Fundraiser. We will be taking pre-paid orders until September 18th, and will have a table set up at “Meet the Cards” night, so people can place their orders then as well.

Thanks for all your support!

Erica Caputo -- CCC Band Booster Member

Collinsville Resident and Nurse Recognized as
First Cancer Treatment Centers of America - Tulsa DAISY Award Recipient
Linda Caton noted for her compassionate care to patients

(L to R) Tammi Holden, RN, BSN, VP Oncology Patient Services; Linda Caton, RN; Tracy Tetzner, RN, BSN, Clinic & Care Management Director; Susan Brown, RN, MSN, OCN, CBCN, Oncology Practice Manager; and Shelly Stillwell, RN, at Cancer Treatment Centers of America on the day Linda found out she won the Daisy Award.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE --

TULSA, OK, July 26, 2016 – Collinsville resident Linda Caton, RN, who is a nurse in the pulmonary department at Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Tulsa (CTCA), received a DAISY award for the compassionate care she gives to patients.

The DAISY Award is an international program that rewards and celebrates the extraordinary, compassionate, and skillful care given by nurses every day. Earlier this year, CTCA in Tulsa became a DAISY Award Partner, recognizing one nurse with the honor quarterly.

From April to June, CTCA staff, patients, and caregivers, submitted more than 100 nominations for the DAISY Award. Last month, Linda was named the first recipient.

Linda was nominated for the close relationship she developed with a patient and his wife over the last two years. When the patient’s condition started to decline earlier this year, Linda drove to their home in another state to see the patient before he passed, and visited again for the memorial service – driving more than 800 miles total for both trips. Several weeks later, the patient’s wife came to CTCA in Tulsa to visit with her late husband’s physician, and she spent the weekend with Linda to celebrate their birthdays together, which are only a few days apart.

“Linda is an incredibly passionate nurse,” said Tammi Holden, RN, BSN, vice president of Oncology Patient Services. “The patients become like her own family. She truly exhibits our Mother Standard of care with each of them.”
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About Cancer Treatment Centers of America®
Cancer Treatment Centers of America Global, Inc. (CTCA), headquartered in Boca Raton, Fla., is a national network of five hospitals that serves adult patients who are fighting cancer. CTCA® offers an integrative approach to care that combines advancements in genomic testing and precision cancer treatment, surgery, radiation, immunotherapy and chemotherapy, with evidence-based supportive therapies designed to help patients physically and emotionally by enhancing their quality of life while reducing side effects both during and after treatment. CTCA serves patients from around the world at its hospitals in Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Tulsa. Consistently rated among U.S. hospitals that deliver the highest quality of care and patient experience, CTCA provides patients and their families with comprehensive information about their treatment options and encourages their active participation in treatment decisions. For more information, visit cancercenter.com, Facebook.com/cancercenter and Twitter.com/cancercenter.

If you want to learn more about the award, visit:

What is the DAISY Award? | The DAISY Foundation

https://www.daisyfoundation.org/daisy-award

We wanted to say “thank you” to nurses everywhere by establishing a recognition program - The DAISY Award(R) For Extraordinary Nurses (The DAISY Award) - to honor the super-human work nurses do for patients and families every day...

-- Mary Walker 8/11/2016