DAISY Award - Nominate a Special Nurse
DAISY Award honorees personify Henry Medical Center's remarkable patient experience. These nurses consistently demonstrate excellence through their clinical expertise, extraordinary service, compassionate care, and they are recognized as outstanding role models in our nursing community.
DAISY is an acronym for Diseases Attacking the Immune System. The Foundation was formed in January, 2000, by the family of J. Patrick Barnes who died at age 33 of complications of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP).
The Barnes Family was awestruck by the clinical skills, caring and compassion of the nurses who cared for Patrick, so they created this national award to say thank you to nurses everywhere.
About The DAISY Foundation
The DAISY Foundation was established in 2000 by the family of J. Patrick Barnes who died of complications of the auto-immune disease Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia Purpura (ITP) at the age of 33. (DAISY is an acronym for diseases attacking the immune system.) During Pat's 8 week hospitalization, his family was awestruck by the care and compassion his nurses provided not only to Pat but to everyone in his family. So one of the goals they set in creating a Foundation in Pat's memory was to recognize extraordinary nurses everywhere who make an enormous difference in the lives of so many people by the super-human work they do everyday.
What Is The DAISY Award?
The DAISY Award is a nationwide program that rewards and celebrates the extraordinary clinical skill and compassionate care given by nurses everyday. Henry Medical Center] is proud to be a DAISY Award Hospital Partner, recognizing one of our nurses with this special honor every month or quarter.
To find out more about the program, including the growing list of Hospital Partners, click here.
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, every one in the unit will celebrate with Cinnabon® 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.
How To Nominate An Extraordinary Nurse
Patients, visitors, employees or physicians may nominate a deserving nurse by filling out the form below or downloading a PDF here and submitting it to the nominee's nurse manager.
Patients/Visitors may also submit nominations via US mail to Karen Kiel c/o Henry Medical Center 1133 Eagles Landing Parkway, Stockbridge, GA 30281. An electronic version for employees is available on Henry Medical Center's intranet.