LAURA MELANCON NAMED TGMC DAISY AWARD RECIPIENT
Date released: 6/23/2008
Nurses at Terrebonne General Medical Center are being honored with The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. This award is part of the DAISY Foundation’s program to recognize the super-human efforts nurses perform everyday. Mark Barnes and his family founded the award in 1999, and Terrebonne General Medical Center joins 37-other medical facilities honoring their nurses with this special award.
The TGMC April recipient is Laura Melancon, Manager of Infection Control. Melancon has been a part of the TGMC team since 1989 starting out as a staff nurse in Critical Care Services then moved to Infection Control as the Infection Control assistant in 1994. In 2000, she accepted the Infection Control Manager position.
“It was quite an honor to receive this award. It really makes you feel appreciated when you are recognized for doing a good job,” said Melancon.
This is one initiative of The DAISY Foundation, whose overall goal is to help fight diseases of the immune system. Additionally, DAISY has programs to help fund research to improve treatment and ultimately cure Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP), contribute to bone marrow and blood drives and provide support for ITP patients and their families.