Meadowview Regional Medical Center proudly announces Sarah Cookendorfer, RN, as a DAISY Award recipient.  The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses recognizes individual nurses throughout the year for their extraordinary, compassionate care. The DAISY (Diseases Attacking the Immune System) Award is an international recognition program that honors and celebrates the skillful, compassionate care nurses provide every day.

The DAISY Foundation was created in 1999 by the family of J. Patrick Barnes who died at age 33 of complications of an auto-immune disease (hence the name, an acronym for Diseases Attacking the Immune System.) Patrick received extraordinary care from his nurses, and his family felt compelled to express their profound gratitude for the compassion and skill nurses bring to patients and families every day. The DAISY Award celebrates nurses in over 4,000 healthcare facilities and schools of nursing around the world.

At Meadowview Regional Medical Center, DAISY Award honorees personify remarkable patient experience. These nurses consistently demonstrate excellence through their clinical expertise and extraordinary compassionate care. They are recognized as outstanding role models in our nursing community.  Nurses receiving nominations include:  Jessica Davis, Sarah Simms, Kayla Wallingford, Christy Standford, Eddy Rust, Kandy Turner, Jessica Banta, Ciara Borger, Sarah Wilson, Lynna Newsom, Kari Davis, Maddie Henry, Katrina Hinton, Courtney Hendrix, Linda Hook, and Ashton Figgins.

“We are so proud of our nurses,” said Natalie Seaber, Interim Chief Nursing Office for Meadowview Regional Medical Center. “It’s important that our nurses know their work is highly valued, and The DAISY Foundation provides another way for us to do that.  Each nominee is so deserving of this honor for the extraordinary care, compassion and clinical excellence they demonstrate every day.”

If you or someone you know would like to submit a MRMC DAISY Award nomination, go to https://www.meadowviewregional.com/daisy-award.  For more information about The DAISY Award and the Foundation’s other recognition of nurses, faculty, and students, visit www.DAISYfoundation.org.