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Structural
Empowerment

New DAISY Award® proudly
recognizes Summa Health
nurses who flourish in their
nursing practice

Summa Health recognizes the significance of every one of our more than 2,000
nurses. From their infinite resolve in providing exemplary care to their unwavering
compassion and spirit, Summa nurses are the lifeblood of our system.

Grown out of a desire to formally recognize these The first Summa DAISY awards were presented in
exceptional professionals, Summa began participating September 2017, and the program has gained significant
in the internationally recognized DAISY Award® for momentum ever since. Its review committee – made
Extraordinary Nurses program in the fall of 2017. Through up of nurses, leaders and educators – receives some
a partnership with the California-based DAISY Foundation, 50 nominations a month, with the vast majority being
Summa tailored this robust, ongoing recognition program submitted through brightly colored boxes located on each
to monthly honor two Summa nurses who represent the hospital floor. Virtually all of the nominations, about
“best of the best” within our system. 90 percent, come from a patient or patient family.

The DAISY (Diseases Attacking the Immune System) Award “I don’t reveal staff names or campuses when we as
is a well-established international recognition program a committee review nominations,” says Summa Vice
that honors and celebrates the skillful and compassionate President, Inpatient Nursing, Brenda Kovacik, MSN, RN,
care that nurses provide every day. The family of J. Patrick CCRN, NE-BC. “One thing I’m really pleased about though
Barnes established the DAISY Foundation after he died is that our winners have come from a variety of inpatient
from complications of the autoimmune disease ITP in and outpatient areas and from almost every campus. It’s
1999. During Patrick’s hospitalization, his family deeply naturally spreading across the system.”
appreciated the care and compassion shown to them, so
when he died, they felt compelled to thank nurses in a
very public way. Today, the foundation partners with more
than 3,300 healthcare facilities and schools of nursing in
all 50 states and 18 countries.

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