DAISY Awards a new way for patients and colleagues to recognize incredible nurses across our system

Every day, our nurses make a difference in the lives of our patients and families. Now, there’s a new way for patients, family members, colleagues, or others to give back the nurses and advanced practice providers who’ve deeply affected them.

The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses honors the skillful and compassionate care our nurses bring to their daily work with an easy-to-use nomination system open to both patients and peers.

Since 1999, the DAISY Award has been recognizing nurses across the country for their superhuman work, grace, and dedication while caring for patients and families. The DAISY Foundation, a nonprofit, was created by the family of Patrick Barnes to honor the memory of their son and to express their deep gratitude to the nursing team who showed them such kindness and care when he was in the hospital.

“They truly helped us through the darkest hours of our lives, with soft voices of hope and strong loving hugs that to this day, we still feel,” wrote Patrick’s dad, Mike Barnes.

Nominating a nurse is easy. Here’s how it works:

• Patients, families, and colleagues can visit the DAISY Award nomination website to find and select the clinic, surgery center, or hospital location where the nurse had an impact.
• On the nomination form, patients and colleagues can write and submit a story about what the nurse did that made a difference in the patient’s experience.
• Advanced Practice Providers are also eligible to be nominated for the DAISY Awards.

How are honorees chosen?

Each location has a coordinating committee that receives nominations and selects honorees that best aligns with our health system’s mission to provide patient-centered, relationship-based care. Winners will be honored by their leaders during a special presentation and will be given a DAISY sculpture showcasing their achievement. There are several other benefits available to honorees through the DAISY Foundation such as reduced tuition, special rates on certifications, and more.

If you or a loved one has been the recipient of extraordinary care by a nurse and would like to nominate that person, we encourage you to complete and submit DAISY Award nomination form.