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LEWISBURG -- After helping a patient get through a complicated labor and birth, Katerina Moore RN, BSN, was presented the DAISY Award on International Nurses Day earlier this month at Evangelical Community Hospital.
Moore was nominated for the DAISY award by Shayla Burkholder, who was recently treated by Moore in The Family Place at Evangelical.
"Katerina is my hero, and I will never be able to repay her for what she did for me and my daughter," Burkholder said in her nomination letter.
"I went into The Family Place on Jan. 8. My labor was going smoothly, everything was next to perfect besides the fact that it was taking a long time to progress," Burkholder recalled. "When Katerina came on duty, she was very attentive to me, not only making me comfortable with her compassion because I was alone, but also because she was keeping an eye on the dips in my baby's heart rate. When Heidi Hagan, the certified nurse midwife, checked me, she found that the baby had flipped and was face up as well as had her hand above her head.
"Katerina stood by my side, knowing that I had no one, and reassured me that everything would be OK, ensuring things were as calm as possible," she continued. "The dedication to her career is shown by these actions as well. She is truly a compassionate person.
"I wholeheartedly believe that if it weren't for her attentiveness, my daughter would not be here today," Burkholder said.
Moore has been an Evangelical employee serving as an RN in The Family Place since October 2021.