DAISY Award Winner: Alicia Monday

A nurse at Parkwest Medical Center was honored recently with The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. This award is part of the DAISY Foundation’s program to recognize the superhuman efforts nurses give every day. The DAISY Award was established in 1999 by the family of a patient who had received extraordinary care and compassion from his nurses during his final days.

Congratulations to Alicia, one of our nurse educators, for being recognized with the DAISY Award. She was nominated by a patient with whom she interacted while mentoring student nurses.

Alicia’s Nomination

“I was in the hospital for 6 days. If you have ever been in the hospital that long you, you get to know the routine, nurses are busy with tasks and taking care of other patients. I had some good nurses during my stay, but one that really stood out to me was Alicia. She quietly came in she introduced herself as an educator with her students. She asked me if it was OK for them to give me my medications (usually the nurse will just come in and give me my medications without asking).

The smile on her face lit up my room. I was very impressed by her professionalism along with her compassion and the care I received. The students that were with her asked many questions, and Alicia answered them with pure grace. I am a former RN, and it is so nice to see nurses being kind to students and WANT to teach them. I told her this, and she told me that’s why she loves what she does for a living and the students are what keeps her going. She said the future is bright with new nurses coming to the work field. We talked about the past few years of healthcare and how it’s so sad that so many nurses left the profession.

Being a nurse is the most rewarding career, and it saddens me that so many people lost their passion during Covid. There were a couple of questions that I had that Alicia promptly got the answers to. Things as simple as asking if I am comfortable, if I want my door opened or closed, etc. make the world of a difference. Parkwest is my hospital. I always know I will receive the best care when i am there, but this time was different.”

Nominated by: Julie, a patient

More About the DAISY Award

Nurses may be nominated by patients, families, and colleagues to receive The DAISY Award. To nominate a nurse today visit www.TreatedWell.com/DAISY.