Nurse leaders share views of 20-year-old DAISY Award

In anticipation of the 20th anniversary of the DAISY Foundation in November, the Journal of Nursing Administration (JONA) asked four AONL members to reflect on the significance of the foundation’s DAISY Award. The award program honors nurses who exhibit extraordinary compassion, and in the hands of transformational leaders, the foundation believes, the recognition also supports improvement in the quality of care delivery. Susan Grant, DNP, RN, chief nursing executive at Beaumont Health in Troy, Mich., was CNO at the University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, which became the first hospital to adopt the DAISY Award program. She told JONA the DAISY program produced “a powerful connection and alignment of patient- and family-centered care with outstanding nursing practice, pride and joy in the workplace.” Karen Hill, CNO at Baptist Health Lexington (Ky.); Linda Talley, MS, RN, CNO of Children's National Hospital, Washington, D.C.; and Deb Baker, DNP, ACNP, CNO of Johns Hopkins Health System in Baltimore, Md., also shared the impact the program made on their institutions. (JONA article, Oct. 2019)