The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses
The DAISY Award is spreading! Now you can nominate a nurse in any of the Albuquerque area hospitals.
Second Quarter 2012 Honorees
In July, we honored four more DAISY Award nurses. Congratulations Maile Ruggles, Mary Feely, Pete Herendeen and Lori Funnell!
 Maile Ruggles |  Mary Feely |
 Pete Herendeen |  Lori Funnell |
First Quarter 2012 Honorees
Congratulations to Robin Weber, Lisa Schultz and Michelle Gammill! These three extraordinary nurses were honored as the first quarter DAISY Award recipients for 2012.
 Robin Weber |  Lisa Schultz |  Michelle Gammill |
View all of the nominees, as well as the recipients' nominations.
Nominate a Nurse for The DAISY Award
Have you received exceptional patient care from one of our Presbyterian nurses? Please share with us a specific story about how they demonstrated their exceptional patient care.
Nominating a nurse for a DAISY Award is a wonderful way to say thank you.
Nominate a nurse for a DAISY Award by filling out our online form
Presbyterian Hospital has chosen to partner with the DAISY Foundation because we believe it is extremely important to recognize the wonderful work our nurses do every day. Presbyterian wants to make sure we spotlight some of our nursing heroes on a regular basis.
DAISY Award honorees personify Presbyterian’s goal to provide each patient with an exceptional experience. These nurses consistently demonstrate excellence through their clinical expertise and extraordinary compassionate care. They consistently put people first; focus on the “whole” patient - body, mind and spirit; and strive for high performance through excellence, innovation, teamwork and trust.
At this time, the DAISY Award is only available for Presbyterian Hospital nurses. Based on its success this year, it may be spread to other Presbyterian facilities in 2012.
What is the DAISY Award?
The DAISY Foundation was established in 2000 after the death of J. Patrick Barnes. Patrick died of ITP (Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia Purpura) so DAISY is an acronym for Diseases Attacking the Immune System. During Pat’s eight week hospitalization, he and his family were awestruck by the care and compassion his nurses provided not only to Pat, but to everyone in his family.
The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses was created by the Barnes family as a way to say thank you to nurses around the country. They believe nurses are truly "unsung heroes".
Presbyterian will present the DAISY Award quarterly to three deserving nurses. Nomination deadlines are as follows:
| Quarter 1 - March 31 Quarter 2 - June 30 Quarter 3 - September 30 Quarter 4 - December 31 | Presentations will be held in the middle of the following month |
Patients, families, visitors, nurses, physicians and other employees may nominate a deserving nurse by filling out the online form.
2011 Results
In the first year of celebrating the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses, we honored 12 individuals and more than 180 wonderful nurses were nominated by patients, families and staff.
2011 DAISY Nurses:
Leah Burkhardt
Carolyn Mellen
Shelley Rine
Anna Wallin
Mary Boom
Tina Dages
Jay Sanidad
Haley East
Julie Rongone
Jerri Belotti
Catherine Mahoney
Maudria Reid-Allen
For more information about the program, please contact Melissa Roberts at (505) 724-8698.
