DAISY Award (Diseases Attacking the Immune System) honorees personify Southern Tennessee Regional Health System – Winchester/ Sewanee’s nurses who consistently demonstrate excellence through their clinical expertise and extraordinary, compassionate care. Daisy Award honorees are recognized as outstanding role models in the STRHS Winchester/ Sewanee nursing community.
About The DAISY Foundation
The DAISY Foundation was established in 1999 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. During Pat’s eight 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 the Barnes family made 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 every day.
What is The DAISY Award?
The DAISY Award is an international program that rewards and celebrates nurses for the remarkable clinical skill and compassionate care they give every day. Southern Tennessee Regional Health System – Winchester/ Sewanee is proud to be a DAISY Award Partner, and will recognize one of our nurses with this special honor on a quarterly basis.
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 employee 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 the wonderful cinnamon aroma, they stop for a moment and think about how special they are.
How to Nominate an Extraordinary Nurse
Patients, visitors, nurses, physicians and employees may nominate a deserving nurse by filling out the electronic form below, or a paper nomination form, and dropping it off in one of the drop boxes in the hospital.
