Congratulations to Our June Daisy Award Recipients

The Daisy Award, established by the Daisy Foundation, was created in memory of J. Patrick Barnes, who tragically passed away from complications of an autoimmune disease. During his hospitalization, Patrick's family was deeply touched by the extraordinary care and kindness shown by his nurses. To honor his memory and express their gratitude, they established the Daisy Award to celebrate the remarkable work of nurses around the world. The Daisy Award has become a symbol of excellence in nursing, highlighting the selfless dedication and exceptional skills demonstrated by nurses in providing care to their patients.

DAISY Recipient: Jashandeep Kaur
Department: 2 East
Nominated by: Patient, Evelyn P.

Jashandeep was taking care of my grandfather, who is 92 years old, almost 93. He has been married for 75 years, fathered 8 children, and is a grandfather to 139 grandkids. Yes, 139! With this said, you can only imagine how many of us demanded answers to so many questions regarding our father and grandfather. Jas showed kindness and patience, going above and beyond to address all our worries and concerns. Never once did she get frustrated or impatient with all our demands. When she didn't have the answer, she would find one! Our family could be a little "pushy". The kindness she displayed was AMAZING! From all our family, Mom, Dad, and 147 family members, we would like to nominate Jas for the recognition she so highly deserves. So please consider this as one nomination from 147 family members. Should you require 147 of these, I can make that possible!

DAISY Recipient: Haley Howeson
Department: Emergency Department
Nominated by: Patient, Brittany A.

From Patient: In March of 2024, I experienced an acute uterine hemorrhage. It was very unexpected, and the experience required three emergency room visits to the ER. My first ER visit to Rideout is where I met Haley. She came in my room to do her assessment and noticed how pale I was from the blood loss right away. I had to come back to the ER two more times in a span of 72 hours due to the excessive bleeding. During these visits, I also had to have three blood transfusions. It was making me so weak and dizzy. I fainted a few times. Each time I came to the ER, Haley was always very attentive, and I could tell that she was genuinely empathetic to my situation.

Haley could see that my situation was not being resolved and sending me home with the bleeding not under control was beginning to become dangerous. On my third and last ER visit, Haley had enough! The ER doctor again tried to get me admitted, but to no avail. I was getting so frustrated. It was hard to advocate for myself when I was feeling so weak and tired, and I was afraid that I would continue to be sent home and I would bleed out. My husband didn't fully understand what was going on and he was trying to balance between keeping track of me at the hospital and taking care of my children at home. That night Haley said that she was going to escalate my situation.

She genuinely cared about my situation and stepped in to advocate for me when I was unable to for myself. She could tell that I was still very sick and kept them from sending me home right away. Haley explained to the ER doctor on the next shift my situation. That doctor spoke with the daytime on-call Ob/Gyn who had got me admitted. I was so happy I cried. I knew that without Haley's help I would have never been admitted.

She advocated for me when I was unable to do so for myself. She went above and beyond to help me get the proper care that I needed. Haley is truly caring and compassionate about what she does and I'm so thankful that she was in the ER those three nights. This was one of the worst experiences of my life and she truly helped me during that time. I could never thank her enough. The world needs more nurses like Haley!