Emergency Department nurse Amanda Crossman was named the July recipient of the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses at Southwestern Vermont Health Care. The patient who nominated Crossman for the award said she "was a standout" among the many "fantastic" Emergency Department employees who were on duty that day.
“Even on the busiest days in the Emergency Department, Amanda makes her patients feel like they are the only ones there,” said Pamela Duchene, SVHC’s chief nursing officer and vice president for patient care services. “She is competent, compassionate, thorough and efficient, and that is tremendously reassuring to patients.”
Crossman is a 2020 graduate of Southern Vermont College and Castleton University. In addition, she is a radiologic technologist and works in the imaging department of Rutland Regional Medical Center and at the Carlos Otis Clinic on Stratton Mountain.
The DAISY Award is part of a national merit-based recognition program established by the DAISY Foundation. It celebrates nurses’ education, training and skill.