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DAISY Award says 'thank you'
Thousands of nurses honored, with more to come.
Championing nurse excellence
We partner with the DAISY Foundation to celebrate nurses.
Nominators are nurse fans
Support from patients, families, colleagues up the special factor.
Nurse faculty deserve praise
DAISY faculty award gives credit where credit is due.
Benefits that may surprise you
The award comes with perks for honored nurses.
Honoree goes the extra mile
RN takes patient, a Chinese farmer, under her wing.
Propel your nursing practice
Foundation supports studies that can boost your nursing practice.
4 projects are tip of the iceberg
Funded research targets autoimmune diseases and cancer.
Apply for DAISY grants
If you're ready to do research, applying for grants is a good place.
DAISY can help retention
Millennial nurses embrace change and meaningful recognition.
Become a 'good detective'
Learn how to develop research in a clinical setting.
Continuing education catalog
Check out these courses to develop your career.
Schools get inspired by DAISY
DAISY student and faculty awards strike a chord at schools.
Compassion focus in spotlight
Magnet and Pathway to Excellence connect with DAISY goals.
RN stages celebrations
Honoree brings holidays to dying patient and her family.
DAISY attracts global attention
The program's international appeal is apparent.
Associations give thumbs up
Groups enthusiastically endorse recognition efforts.
U.S. families in need of diapers
Here's how to help patients find needed resources.
Singing program's praises
The meaningful recognition is a career highlight.
Get funding for your efforts!
Program offers honorees grants to help finance medical missions.
Improve critical thinking skills
This free CE course can help you keep patients safe.
DAISY's reach stretches
An agreement with ICN means more nurses will receive the honor.
10 benefits you may not know about DAISY
Membership has its privileges for DAISY nurses and partner organizations
By
Linda Childers
1010 Sync Street
Morrisville, NC 27560
EDITOR'S NOTE:
Linda Childers is a freelance writer.
Recognizing outstanding nurses and their commitment to patient care is The DAISY Foundation’s mission. The DAISY Awards® program is known to be an inspirational and meaningful way to recognize nurses, while increasing morale, said Cynthia Sweeney, DNP, RN, CNOR, NEA-BC, FAAN, vice president for nursing, The DAISY Foundation and Capt. (ret.), U.S. Navy Nurse Corps.
DAISY Award recipients are recognized in a public ceremony within their workplace or school and receive a certificate, a DAISY award pin and a hand-carved stone sculpture from Zimbabwe entitled
“A Healer’s Touch.”
The nurse honoree’s unit also receives cinnamon rolls. Also, nurses who show their i.d. badges at Cinnabon
locations during National Nurses Week receive a free cinnamon roll.DAISY Foundation releases new book
"Shining the Light On All the Right."
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Appreciation for skillful and compassionate care
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Promoting compassionate care and patient safety is the goal for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Five years ago, the National Patient Safety Foundation began a partnership with DAISY to award nurses who place a special emphasis on patient and workforce safety. Now that NPSF has merged with IHI, this award is presented at IHI Patient Safety Congress each spring.
DAISY Award or DAISY Team Award honorees from the previous year are eligible to be nominated for the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses in Patient Safety, presented in collaboration with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and sponsored by Hill-Rom.
The 2020 call for nominations is open through Jan. 15, 2020. Contact
The DAISY Foundation
or check its website for more details.In addition to the DAISY Awards, Sweeney said the foundation and its partners believe in supporting nurses and their career advancement. One partner, Cherokee Medical Uniforms, is offering a
conference scholarship program
to support the professional advancement of DAISY honorees.
Ten DAISY honoree nurses will be selected, based on applications, to each receive a $2,000 scholarship to attend a conference of their choice. Check the foundation's website
for details on 2020 application dates. In an effort to inspire and motivate nursing students, the DAISY Foundation has partnered with nursing schools to offer
The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Students
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Supporting future nurses
4.
Cherokee Nursing Conference Scholarship
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Recognizing nursing faculty
In October 2018, DAISY and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing announced a National Call to Action for Nursing Faculty Recognition. Colleges that honor their faculty with The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Faculty celebrate extraordinary nursing educators who emphasize the importance of the nurse-patient connection and inspire their students to be the very best nurses they can be.
Sweeney says this program contributes to a positive work environment for nurse educators. “Teaching compassion isn’t easily taught or measured, but it’s as important to patient care as a nurse’s technical skills,” Sweeney said.
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Reduced memberships and tuition
All DAISY award honorees receive reduced tuition at
Chamberlain University
, reduced cost on American Nurses Credentialing Center
certification or renewal, reduced membership, free webinars and discounted conference registration from The Society of Pediatric Nursing, and more.
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Spotlight page
Once the DAISY Coordinator registers an honoree, a spotlight page is created and posted on
The DAISY Foundation
's website. 9.
Advancement opportunities
Four years ago, the DAISY Foundation partnered with
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
, said Sweeney, making DAISY honorees eligible to apply for membership in this prestigious invitation-only nursing honor society. STTI has more than 500 chapters worldwide and allows nursing students, who demonstrate excellence in school, and nursing leaders to attend educational and research conferences and leadership programs and to network with their nursing colleagues, among other opportunities. 10.
Boosts morale and retention
Over the past 20 years, the foundation has expanded and DAISY Awards now are given to nurses in nearly 4,000 healthcare facilities and colleges of nursing in all 50 states and in 25 other countries. Membership on the honorees list has its privileges. Here are just a few of the perks.
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The DAISY Medical Mission Grants program Nurses who volunteer their time and expertise to medical mission trips, providing care in underserved areas, are making a significant difference to those populations. Often, medical mission trips require volunteers to pay their own expenses.
As a new benefit, The DAISY Foundation
offers grants to DAISY honorees who require funding for their expenses to volunteer on medical missions
. This new initiative encourages honorees who have demonstrated extraordinary compassion in their daily practice to contribute to patient care for the world’s most underserved and vulnerable people.