2008 DAISY Award Winners
December 2008: David Schmidt, RN, MSN, CNS, CPNP, CCRNDavid, clinical manager of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) was surprised by his co-workers in an emotional ceremony on December 4th. David now joins the many other nurses across the United States who have been honored each month with this prestigious award. He received the Healer’s Touch statue, a daisy plant, a DAISY Award pin, a certificate and the praise of his co-workers. One of David’s nominators had these kind words to say about him: “I nominate David Schmidt as a very deserving recipient of the DAISY Award. David has always been the backbone of the very complex PICU in terms of clinical operations and research, as well as bedside care. He comes in and makes his rounds, walks around the unit and greets RNs, as well as makes sure things are OK both professionally and personally... David was closely helping me when I was taking care of a very sick trauma patient. He made sure immediate things were done and assisted me in taking care of this patient so I could break away from the trauma of it all. David is so proactive about current clinical issues in PICU like infection control, equipment trials and on-going research to maintain our high standards in the PICU. “For his dedication to his profession, commitment to practice as well as loyalty to Children's Hospital, I highly recommend David to be a DAISY award recipient.”
November 2008: Ruth Klinksy, RNRuth Klinsky, RN (Float Team), has won the Daisy Award for November. Ruth’s win was announced at a ceremony on Nov. 4, where she was surprised by her co-workers who gathered to celebrate this honor. Ruth now joins the many other nurses across the United States who have been honored each month with this prestigious national award. She added her signature to the large green banner that is displayed at each award ceremony, and received the Healer’s Touch statue, a daisy plant, a DAISY Award pin, a certificate and the praise of her co-workers. DAISY is an acronym for Diseases Attacking the Immune System.The Foundation was formed in January 2000 by the family of J. Patrick Barnes, who died at age 33 of complications of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP). Ruth’s colleagues had these wonderful things to say about her:
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