Rose Cheever Earns July’s DAISY Award at Frisbie

ROCHESTER—
Nurses at Frisbie Memorial Hospital are being honored with The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. The award, presented in collaboration with The American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) is part of the DAISY Foundation’s program to recognize the super-human efforts nurses perform everyday.
Frisbie’s July DAISY Award recipient is registered nurse, Rose Cheever. Lori Heinze had this to say about Rose, “There are many reasons I nominated Rose for this Award; her dedication and devotion for the many years she has been employed at Frisbie. She has seen many changes along the way and seems to adapt easily. Her clinical skills are outstanding and that shows in her patient care.” In addition, “She always has the time to listen whether it is to patients asking questions or staff that need answers. Her knowledge and will to do so have taken her to mentoring the student nurses. Her guidance means everything to them and their future. I believe Rose should be recognized for the impression she leaves behind – not only as a nurse but the person she has become.”
Thank you to Sweet Meadows for donating the daisies for the DAISY Award.
The not-for-profit DAISY Foundation is based in Glen Ellen, CA, and was established by family members in memory of J. Patrick Barnes. Patrick died at the age of 33 in late 1999 from complications of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP), a little known but not uncommon autoimmune disease. The care Patrick and his family received from nurses while he was ill inspired this unique means of thanking nurses for making a profound difference in the lives of their patients and patient families.
Each month, a nurse will be nominated by staff. The DAISY Award Committee will then select from those nominated. During a brief ceremony, the honoree receives a certificate commending her or him for being an “Extraordinary Nurse,” and is recognized with a pin. The certificate reads: “In deep appreciation of all you do, who you are, and the incredibly meaningful difference you make in the lives of so many people.” The honoree will also be given a beautiful and meaningful sculpture called A Healer’s Touch, hand-carved by artists of the Shona Tribe in Africa.
Said Bonnie Barnes, President and Co-Founder of The DAISY Foundation, “When Patrick was critically ill, our family experienced first-hand the remarkable skill and care nurses provide acutely ill patients every day and night. Yet these unsung heroes are seldom recognized for the super-human work they do. The kind of work the nurses at Frisbie are called on to do every day epitomizes the purpose of The DAISY Award.”
Said Vice President of Patient Care, Karen Dutcher, “We are proud to be among the hospitals participating in the DAISY Award program. Nurses are heroes everyday. It’s important that our nurses know their work is highly valued, and The DAISY Foundation provides a way for us to do that.”
This is one initiative of The DAISY Foundation whose overall goal is to help fight diseases of the immune system. Additionally, DAISY offers J. Patrick Barnes Grants for Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice Projects and provides assistance to ITP support groups. More information is available on their website www.DAISYfoundation.org.
Photo caption: L to R: Registered Nurse and July’s DAISY Award recipient, Rose Cheever, stands with nominating registered nurse, Lori Heinze. Daisies donated by Sweet Meadows. (Courtesy photo)

Results of Quarterly Business Survey Announced

DOVER—
Dover area business leaders are optimistic about the economy, their own companies’ performance, and even profitability — but had a more guarded optimism about job growth, according to results of the Second Quarter Economic Pulse Survey completed recently.
The Economic Pulse Survey, a joint effort by the Dover Chamber and the City of Dover’s Economic Development Department, found that 53.1% of respondents believe that business conditions will improve in the next three months and 62% believe that sales in their own companies will improve in the third quarter of 2010.
“With our local economy and the rest of the State in much better shape than elsewhere in the country, the response of our local business community seems to reflect optimism for stability and continuing improvement over the next few months,” commented Dover City Manager, Mike Joyal. “Clearly, the marketing efforts by the Chamber and DBIDA (Dover Business and Industrial Development Authority) in support of local businesses and promotional impact of community events coordinated by the Chamber are seen as positives by many of the respondents.”
This first report, which will follow one month after the end of every quarter so that trend data can be evaluated, was distributed to 800 business contacts in the greater Dover area over the past two weeks. Over 65% of the respondents represented businesses with 20 or fewer employees - a ‘real bellwether of the state of Dover’s business climate,’ according to Chamber Executive Director, Kirt Schuman.
“Some of the things we heard during our Federal Savings Bank Economic Forecast are beginning to become true,” commented Schuman. “The experts at that event called for modest growth through 2010 and at least from our respondents, this has held true in most cases. Coupled with a strong promotional effort from the Chamber we are looking forward to helping our members and the community have a strong second half.”
Only 4.2% expected a bleaker outlook for the next three months with 8% indicating the expected modest declines in their sales during the third quarter of 2010.
The results proved that job growth is not yet wide-spread, as typical in the beginning of an economic recovery. Larger companies reported that hiring has begun, however 26% indicated that their headcounts would remain static over the next three months. Interestingly, 35% of respondents indicated that their headcounts would grow by 1 to 4 in the next three months, while another 33% indicated they would reduce headcount by 1 to 4 employees.
Dover’s Economic Development Director, Dan Barufaldi, pointed out that, “Dover has weathered the past few years remarkably well, currently our unemployment rate is 5.0% about .7% better than NH Average and well below the almost 10% nationwide average.”
“In 2010, things are starting to slowly turn towards the positive. Dover has seen 13 new businesses bringing over 250 new jobs to the city,” continued Barufaldi.
Of written responses, access to credit, a soft housing market and downtown parking remained top issues that business leaders felt impacted their profitability.
“We expect this survey to be a great tool for us to focus our efforts,” commented Schuman. “Based on some of the comments, we are already looking at making some changes to some of the parking signage in the downtown.”

Summer Carnival in Somersworth

SOMERSWORTH—
The Somersworth Festival Association and St. Ignatius parish are presenting a Summer Carnival. The carnival will begin on Thursday, Aug. 12 and will run through Sunday, Aug. 15. The Carnival is being held in the Holy Trinity parking lot (just past Wal-Mart) in Somersworth. There will be games, midway rides and food. The wristband specials (all you can ride) are Friday, Aug. 13 from 5 to 10 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. For more information you can call 692-5869.