The DAISY (Diseases Attacking the Immune System) Award is an international recognition program that honors and celebrates the skillful, compassionate care that nurses provide everyday. The DAISY Foundation was established by the family of J. Patrick Barnes after he died from complications of the auto-immune disease ITP in 1999. During his hospitalization, they deeply appreciated the care and compassion shown to Patrick and his entire family. When he died, they felt compelled to say “thank you” to nurses in a very public way.
To find out more about the program, including the growing list of partners, visit DAISYfoundation.org. Daviess Community Hospital is proud to be a DAISY Award partner.
Patients, families, or visitors may nominate a deserving nurse by filling out a nomination form and submitting it in one of the nomination boxes around the hospital.
Here is a DAISY nomination form you can download, fill it out, and place it in one of the nomination boxes located throughout the DCH facility. Or click the logo below for an online submission.
P- Passion/compassion for nursing and the care you provide
Does the nomination show the nurse is passionate about nursing and compassionate in the situation?
E – Empathy in the situation
Does the nurse show empathy toward the individual or situation in the nomination?
T – Trust and Teamwork of families, patient and peers
Is there a sense of trust in the nurse conveyed in the nomination?
A – Admirable attributes possessed
Are there some attributes that others would admire in this nurse conveyed in the nomination?
L – Love for the patient and nursing profession
With the nomination can you tell the nurse has a true love for the nursing profession?
S – Selflessness
Is there any selflessness on the part of the nurse?
Each DAISY Award Honoree will be recognized at a public ceremony in her/his unit and will receive: a beautiful certificate, a DAISY Award pin, and a hand-carved stone sculpture entitled A Healer’s Touch. Additionally, everyone in the unit will celebrate with cinnamon rolls – a favorite of Patrick’s during his illness. The Barnes Family asks that whenever and wherever nurses smell that wonderful cinnamon aroma, they stop for a moment and think about how special they are.