Today, we would like to feature DAISY Honoree Zolly Corprew! When a Hispanic male patient in critical care struggled to understand his care plan. Zolly stepped in to clarify it, enabling him to make an informed decision to be intubated. Knowing this would render him unable to make further decisions, Zolly built a rapport with the patient, discovering his family was in Mexico and he had a young son, a local best friend, and an employer he wanted notified. Despite communication challenges, Zolly located the friend and, through them, contacted the patient’s family and employer. She provided crucial updates to the family, who couldn’t travel to the US, and informed the employer, who offered to cover memorial costs. Zolly's dedication ensured the patient's wishes were honored and provided comfort to his loved ones during a difficult time. Thank you, Zolly, for all you did for this patient and his family. Congratulations on being a DAISY Honoree. Read Zolly’s nomination story here: https://lnkd.in/gBj4zB86
About us
The Barnes Family started DAISY in 1999 to say a profound thank you to nurses for the extraordinary skill and compassion they provide patients and families every day. Our experience with nurses during son Patrick Barnes' eight week hospitalization showed us that direct care nurses do super-human work that is rarely recognized. We had no idea that today, more than 5,000 healthcare facilities and schools of nursing in all 50 states and 32 other countries and territories would honor their nurses all year long with The DAISY Award. Over 2,100,000 nominations have been written, describing how a nurse has impacted a patient or family. Clearly, the Barnes Family are not the only people compelled to say thank you to nurses! The strategic value of this kind of meaningful recognition is now being proven in research study after study. Impacts include contribution to a healthy work environment, nurse satisfaction, compassion satisfaction, patient satisfaction, and cultural transformation. It's remarkable what happens when a healthcare organization focuses some attention on all the good that's going on. We also honor nursing students with The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Students and nursing faculty with the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Faculty. Through our J. Patrick Barnes Grants, we support nursing research and EBP projects with grants to nurses.
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http://daisyfoundation.org
External link for The DAISY Foundation
- Industry
- Hospitals and Health Care
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Glen Ellen, California
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1999
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11995 Dunbar Rd
Glen Ellen, California 95442, US
Employees at The DAISY Foundation
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Professor Dickon Weir-Hughes, FNI, FRSPH, FRSA
Visiting Professor; Leadership Development and Healthcare Consultant; Independent Scholar in Food History
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Peter Maher
Chief Executive Officer at Lionheart Advisors, LLC.
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Tena Carraher
Vice President, Co-Founder at The DAISY Foundation
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Bonnie Barnes, FAAN
Co-founder of The DAISY Foundation
Updates
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Congratulations to Wendy Napolitano for being the first Honoree of the ONL DAISY Nurse Leader of the Year Award!
Congratulations to Wendy Napolitano, MSN, RN, Director of Nursing Critical Care at The Hospital of Central Connecticut, on being the first recipient of the new ONL/The DAISY Foundation Nurse Leader of the Year Award! This award recognizes a prior DAISY recipient for exceptional nursing leadership, demonstrating compassion and respect for the care clinical nurses provide, and fostering an environment where compassion and care are valued. ONL and the DAISY Foundation established this award to recognize the incredible impact and importance of nurse leaders across our region in all practice settings, academia, and beyond. Wendy has been a nurse leader for over five years and was a 2021 Daisy Nurse Leader Award recipient. She is a passionate, energetic leader who brings an upbeat attitude to her work and demonstrates what it is to be true change agent, setting high standards in departments she leads. Initially leading her critical care unit as the manager, Wendy is the current director of Nursing for Critical Care, director of the STAR (Specially Trained and Responsive) Team responsible for supporting inpatient nursing and intravascular access and line care, the regional Director of Wound Care, and the Inpatient Dialysis Liaison for the Hospital of Central Connecticut. Under Wendy’s directorship, the critical care culture is thriving. Through her leadership, Wendy has developed a synergy that incorporates improved care delivery. She has introduced new services, reduced infections, and improved the nursing turnover rate to less than 10%. The healthy work environment that Wendy has championed has improved staff engagement, decreased need for contracted nurses to zero, and established a 2:1 nurse to patient ratio. Her innovative plan to provide critical care assistance in the inpatient units has proven remarkable, leading to improved collaboration among staff and providers, improved health care delivery, critical care response to acute patient events, and real time coaching and mentoring for novice staff in need of support. She was the catalyst for incredible synergy on the inpatient units. Her leadership efforts have resulted in the formation of a Regional Ethics Committee, and staff driven committees such as the Intravenous Access Committee and the Pressure Ulcer Prevention (PUP) Committee in the critical care unit at the Hospital of Central Connecticut. Wendy is also on an area board where she is able to enhance the image of nursing in the community. Wendy is adamant in her search for ways to grow personally and professionally, and she supports her staff to accomplish the same growth and to broaden their own practice skills. As a result, they are better positioned to care for the patients they serve. We are thrilled to recognize Wendy with the ONL/DAISY Nurse Leader of the Year Award. Congratulations, Wendy! To learn more about ONL's awards and this year's recipients, visit https://lnkd.in/dUbairv8
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Our Co-founder, Bonnie Barnes, was featured on Dr. Renee Thompson’s podcast Coffee Break: Breaking the Cycle of Bullying in Healthcare, One Cup at a Time. They discuss focusing on the positives in nursing and the positive impact nurses make on patient care. Bonnie shared the foundation's origins and the mission to honor nurses. This is a great podcast to listen to. You can use this link to watch it on YouTube: https://lnkd.in/g5C-RVFn
EP 41: The Healing Impact of Meaningful Recognition
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We are thrilled to partner with the Nurses on Boards Coalition (NOBC) and celebrate their first Honorees of the NOBC DAISY Nurse Leader Award. Congratulations to Kimberly Cleveland, PHD, JD, RN, C-MPC, C-MBC, Kimberly Harper, MS, RN, FAAN, and Angela A. Appiah (not pictured), PHD, DNP, MPH, RN, COA, FAACM. Below is a summary of each nomination. Dr. Appiah embodies N.O.B.C.'s values and mission, mentoring, coaching, and sponsoring hundreds of ethnically diverse nurses. Her leadership roles include Chair of the National Black Nurses Association Inc. Nominating Committee and member of the Oncology Nursing Society Leadership Development Committee. She advocates for diverse representation on boards and leads numerous mentoring and coaching programs. Dr. Appiah’s dedication to improving community health through nurse board service is evident in her extensive efforts and achievements. Kimberly Harper has been integral to NOBC since its inception and is foundational in shaping its strategic direction. As co-chair from 2014-2017 and Board Chair from 2018-2019, her leadership has driven impressive growth and transformation. Kimberly’s contributions include over twenty publications and international presentations. She advocated for nurse leadership on boards and established a local NOBC chapter in Indiana, increasing nurse representation on boards through education and mentorship. She exemplifies the values of nursing leadership excellence and service. TAANA President Kimberly Cleveland exemplifies the qualities of this award through her clear vision, strategic thinking, and compassionate leadership. With over two decades of experience as a registered nurse and attorney, she has significantly contributed to TAANA, mentored many, and inspired the nursing and legal communities. President Cleveland’s dedication to the NOBC since 2018, including her role as Board Chair Emeritus and establishing a scholarship in her name, underscores her commitment to advancing nursing leadership. Her compassion, authenticity, and competence make her a highly deserving nominee for this award.
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We are thrilled to announce that over three million nominations have been written for The DAISY Award! This means that over three million times, a patient, the patient’s family, or a colleague has taken the time to write out a meaningful nomination and say “Thank You” to a nurse! Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to nominate a nurse for The DAISY Award. Thank you to all the nurses who every day go above and beyond to not only provide patients and families with excellence in clinical care but also compassion. Do you have a special nurse that you’d like to nominate? Visit our website to learn more and nominate your nurse: www.daisyfoundation.org.
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Check out Get Well’s latest blog post by Katherine Virkstis! She discusses the power of gratitude, recent DAISY Award visits, and how the University of Tennessee Medical Center (UTMC) achieved a 500% increase in DAISY Award nominations through key adjustments. Read now at https://lnkd.in/gatytZKQ
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We are excited to announce that UVA Health has honored its 222nd nurse with The DAISY Award! We are proud to partner with this organization and look forward to many more celebrations!
WE HIT A MILESTONE 🎉 UVA Health University Medical Center celebrated it’s 2️⃣2️⃣2️⃣nd DAISY Award recipient last week. What an honor to recognize oncology nurse, Gerdline, for her exceptional and compassionate end-of-life care. 🤍 To read her nomination, or to learn more about DAISY at UVA, visit: www.uvadaisy.com. The DAISY Foundation
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Check out this new episode of the Healthy Workforce Institute podcast, which features our CEO, Deb Zimmermann, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN. Use this link to listen and learn more:
Renee Thompson DNP, RN, FAAN, Workplace Bullying ExpertRenee Thompson DNP, RN, FAAN, Workplace Bullying Expert is an Influencer CEO & Founder at Healthy Workforce Institute | Equipping healthcare leaders with the skills and tools they need to eradicate bullying & incivility in their organization | Free tools at HealthyWorkforceInstitute.com
I just have to start out by saying it was very difficult to find a 60 second clip to share of my new podcast episode with Deb Zimmermann, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN because everything she shared was so impactful. I guess you'll just have to listen/watch the whole thing! In this episode, Dr. Deborah Zimmermann, CEO of the The DAISY Foundation and President of the American Organization for Nursing Leadership, discusses the challenges and solutions in the nursing profession. Throughout this coffee chat, she emphasizes the need for a healthy work environment, recognizing the profession’s improvement over the last year, and stresses that nurses are returning to permanent positions and that diversity in nursing is growing. Dr. Zimmerman highlights the importance of mentorship, virtual coaching, and retired physician participation to bolster nursing skills while urging action against workplace violence through proposed federal legislation criminalizing assaults on healthcare workers. She also explains why meaningful recognition and positive feedback are crucial for nurse satisfaction and resilience and calls for proactive measures against workplace violence while encouraging leaders to celebrate their teams’ contributions. Watch the short clip below, then head to your favorite podcast streaming platform to catch the full episode. You can also find all episodes on our website and our YouTube channel. 🌐Website: https://lnkd.in/eNE5dbSR ▶️YouTube: https://lnkd.in/ef2geHq8 Let us know your thoughts in the comments below. And if you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to rate, review, and share! Thanks so much for having a chat with me, Deb! American Organization for Nursing Leadership, Sarah McVanel, MSc, CSP, PCC, CHRL, CSODP #podcast #meaningfulrecognition #wellbeing #nurselife #healthyworkenvironment
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Today, we would like to highlight DAISY Honoree Lucia Bryant! Despite severe weather, Lucia, an experienced Apheresis Nurse, stayed overnight at the hospital to ensure a critical stem cell collection procedure wasn't canceled. Lucia’s commitment meant the difference between success and failure for a patient battling Multiple Myeloma. Thanks to Lucia, the patient received their stem cell transplant on time. Her calm, focused, and selfless actions exemplify true healthcare heroism. Thank you, Lucia, for going above and beyond! Congratulations on being a DAISY Honoree! Read Lucia's nomination story here: https://lnkd.in/gDNQQYVm
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Nominations are Now Open for The DAISY Nurse Leader of the Year Award in Forensic Nursing! Sponsored by The Academy of Forensic Nursing (AFN), this annual award recognizes the value and importance of nurse leaders within the forensic nursing community. Nominate a nurse who embodies the mission of AFN, which is to link research to practice through the dissemination of scholarship, education, and service to those affected by and responding to trauma, with an ultimate vision of responding to trauma with care. The award presentation will be on September 18th at AFN Las Vegas. Nominations are open now through July 15th. You can nominate a nurse today at https://lnkd.in/guT6m_9V.
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