SHELTON, WA – Mason Health is proud to announce our second winner of the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses — Rebecca Bingham, RN, from the Emergency Department. Bingham was honored at Mason Health’s second DAISY Award Ceremony on Friday, Oct. 11.

“The nominations we have received this year for our DAISY awards program have been moving and inspirational,” said RN Supervisor Carol Williamson, a co-chair of Mason Health’s DAISY Awards Committee. “Becky’s nomination demonstrated her compassion for patients and her devotion to quality care, especially during our patients’ most trying times.”

Bingham’s nominator shared this story: “In September 2023, I had my first miscarriage after having three very successful pregnancies and births. I was lost, confused and anxious, and my nurse made me feel important, loved and hopeful. She encouraged me to keep the faith and told me, ‘It’s not over until it’s over, honey.’ When I left that day, I hugged her like family even though I had just met her. Fast forward to February 2024, when I returned to the emergency room with another threatened miscarriage. While in triage I asked if I could request a nurse. She gave me a huge hug and said, ‘We are going to get through today, okay?’ She was there for me, she let me cling to her like a lost puppy, communicated my feelings with the other staff when I couldn’t, and by the time I left the ER I had to refrain from telling her ‘I love you.’ These may seem like simple instances, but this nurse is everything anyone could ever want or ask for in a nurse. This nurse deserves all the awards.”

The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses is part of the national DAISY Foundation’s mission to recognize the extraordinary, compassionate care that nurses provide patients and families every day.

In 2025, Mason Health will honor DAISY award nurses during National Nurse Appreciation Week. The nominees honored in October included: Amanda Diaz, RN, Birth Center; Kelly DeWeese, RN, PACU; Rosalyn Griffin, RN, MSP; Christina Lohmeyer, RN, ICU; Michele Rose, RN, Wound Care; Patrick Santos, RN, ED; Rebecca Valenzuela, RN, MSP; and Jalal Zahir, RN, ICU.

Nurses may be nominated by patients, families, and colleagues. The award recipient is chosen by a committee at Mason Health, composed of frontline staff members, including nurse supervisors and department leaders. Each honoree receives a certificate commending them as an “Extraordinary Nurse.” Honorees also receive a DAISY Award pin and a sculpture called A Healer’s Touch, hand-carved by artists of the Shona Tribe in Zimbabwe.

Share your story of what your nurse has meant to you, by nominating them for The DAISY Award at https://app.roundsplus.getwellnetwork.com/SurveyAction/SurveyGo/xjvBd5ceWj6Sz?u=4886 or visit the Mason Health website at www.masonhealth.com.

Mason Health, Public Hospital District No. 1 of Mason County, is celebrating 55 years of serving patients and the community this year. Mason Health is ISO 9001 Quality Management System certified by Det Norske Veritas (DNV) and is a licensed and accredited acute care hospital with a level four emergency trauma designation. Mason General Hospital and Mason Clinic are ENERGY STAR® certified and Mason Health is the recipient of three Practice Greenhealth Partner for Change Awards and a Greening the OR Environmental Excellence Award. There are more than 100 physicians on staff in 19 specialties. For more information or to find a health care provider, visit www.masongeneral.com. To learn more about DNV, visit www.dnv.com/healthcare.

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