Congratulations to the latest winners – from April 2017 to March 2018 – of the DAISY (Diseases Attacking the Immune System) Award, which recognizes individual nurses for extraordinary efforts at the bedside. The recipients were nominated by patients and family members as well as colleagues.
Kasey Benchimol, BSN, RN Women’s Health
Jill Fries, BSN, RN Surgical Nursing
John Lennon, BSN, RN Oncology Nursing
Elizabeth Wintz, BSN, RN Ambulatory Nursing
Brianna Aversa, BSN, RN Medical Nursing
Julie Truong, BSN, RN Cardiovascular Nursing
Patricia Haygood, BSN, RN Women’s Health
Nicholas Mengucci, BSN, RN Surgical Nursing
Cary Kennedy, BSN, RN Oncology Nursing
Joseph Canavan, BSN, RN Ambulatory Nursing
Susanne Maccarone, BSN, RN Peri-Operative Nursing
Sarah Dermo, BSN, RN Neuroscience Nursing
In addition to the individual awards, Founders 12 won the DAISY Team of the Year award and Amy Kim, BSN, nurse manager of the PACU, won HUP’s first DAISY Nurse Leaders Award.