Northern Light Mercy Hospital

The DAISY Award®

For Extraordinary Nurses

Nominate a Nurse for the DAISY Award®

 

Northern Light Health is proud to honor its outstanding nurses with the DAISY Award® — an international recognition program that celebrates the skillful, compassionate care nurses provide to patients and families every day.

The DAISY (Diseases Attacking the Immune SYstem) Award was established in memory of J. Patrick Barnes, who died at 33 of an autoimmune disease. The Barnes family was awestruck by the clinical skills and compassion of the nurses who cared for Patrick, so they created this award to say thank-you to nurses everywhere.

Anyone can nominate a nurse — patients, family members, visitors, physicians, staff members and volunteers — by sharing a story of the outstanding care the nurse provided. Each month, one extraordinary Northern Light Health nurse will be selected to receive the DAISY Award® by a committee of peers.

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Nominate a Team for the DAISY Award®

The DAISY Team Award recognizes that while an idea to achieve better patient and family outcomes may start with one individual, it often takes an entire team to implement successfully.

The DAISY Team Award is designed to honor collaboration by two or more people, led by a nurse, who identify and meet patient and/or patient family needs by going above and beyond the traditional role of Nursing. Please describe your Mercy nursing experience that clearly demonstrates how they meet the criteria for The DAISY Team Award.
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Nominate a Nurse Leader for the DAISY Award®

Express your gratitude for the compassionate environment our nurses provide. Nominations call for stories and examples of how leaders have made a difference.

Nurse leaders are defined as:

  • Clinical Educators
  • Clinical Supervisors
  • House Managers
  • Nurse Managers/Asst. Nurse Managers
  • Directors
  • Associate Vice Presidents
  • Vice Presidents/Chief Nursing Officers
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The DAISY Award Recipients

View Past Recipients

Each DAISY Award® recipient will be recognized at a public ceremony and will receive a DAISY Award® certificate, a DAISY Award® lapel pin and a hand-carved stone sculpture titled A Healer’s Touch.

For questions about the DAISY Award® at Northern Light Health, contact daisymercy@northernlight.org.

Learn more about the DAISY Award® at DAISYfoundation.org.