PRMC puts forth patchwork effort

When somebody goes on a trip, they usually return with some sort of souvenir.

That's what happened with PRMC nurses Carol Deal and Peggy Reister-Morris as they returned from a nursing magnet conference held last fall. The two brought home an idea to construct a patchwork quilt representing all of the hospital's 55 clinical and nonclinical departments, divisions and units.

"When we went to the conference, we saw several of the quilts and thought, 'What a great idea, we should do this,' " Deal said. "We were so touched by the stories behind other people's quilts and that it represented the entire ...