Source: Beebe Healthcare
LEWES (Jan. 22, 2025) – On a quarterly basis, Beebe Healthcare presents a DAISY Award to a nurse who demonstrates an exceptional commitment to nursing excellence and the delivery of compassionate care for patients. In early January, Jennifer Gray, RN, a nurse on the hospital’s medical surgical unit, was named the latest recipient.
Gray’s selection as a DAISY Award recipient was the result of positive, heartfelt feedback that was received by a grateful patient. The patient described Gray as an exceptional, compassionate, and highly caring person who exhibits qualities of what a nurse should be. The patient also explained some of the complex situations that arose during her process of care, and explained that Gray treated her with kindness and compassion that brought her to tears.
“All of the nurses on my unit were exceptional but Jen went above and beyond, even helping me Google information to answer a question I had about my yogurt,” said the patient. “She was very busy, and she didn’t have to do that, but she happily obliged just to comfort me. The love, care, and compassion she has for her patients is outstanding.”
Winners of Beebe’s DAISY Award receive a certificate and a hand-carved Healer’s Touch sculpture, inscribed with the words “In deep appreciation of all you do, who you are, and the incredibly meaningful difference you make in the lives of so many people.” The DAISY Award is presented at hospitals across the United States in memory of J. Patrick Barnes, who died in 1999 from complications of an autoimmune disease. The care Patrick received inspired a new way of thanking nurses for making a profound difference in the lives of their patients.
Patients and family members are encouraged to nominate Beebe nurses for the DAISY Award, when they feel the care they received was exceptional and worthy of special recognition. Nominations are accepted on an ongoing basis and can be submitted by visiting
www.beebehealthcare.org/forms/daisy-award
