We all know how ‘ bloomin amazing our nursing and midwifery colleagues are and now there’s a new way that patients and families, as well as colleagues, can recognise their work and care.
BWC has now launched the DAISY Awards, an international program that honours and celebrates the skilful and compassionate care nurses and midwives provide every day.
Anyone can make a nomination and every person nominated will be recognised with regular overall winners chosen and surprised with a special presentation for them and their colleagues.
Nominations can be made via forms across our sites or by visiting the Trust’s website.
Every nominee will be recognised and we will announce a number of winners throughout the year.
Each winner will get a surprise presentation on their unit, a certificate and ‘Healer’s Touch’ statue, a DAISY pin and cinnamon rolls for them and their colleagues.
All winners are also posted on the Trust’s DAISY section of the website and have a page on the DAISY Foundation’s website.
The DAISY Award is funded by our Charity and is a recognition program to celebrate and recognize nurses and midwives, proportionally our largest professional group, by collecting nominations from patients, families, and co-workers. It is a way to thank nurses and midwives who go the extra mile and for the care and kindness they provide.
It is one part of our Trust-wide reward and recognition programme that recognises and celebrates all our colleagues through these awards, local divisional schemes, our monthly Star Awards and of course our annual BWC Spirit Awards programme.
How to nominate/criteria
You can easily nominate through our Trust website or through paper nomination forms available across all our sites. Simply fill in the form and pop it into one of the DAISY branded nomination boxes.
We ask you to provide some simple details about the care you experienced and to describe a situation in which the nurse or midwife demonstrated compassionate care and how it impacted you. Please provide as much detail as possible!
Nominations will be reviewed by a committee of colleagues from across the Trust. When reviewing nominations the committee will be looking at a number of criteria, they are:
D elivers compassionate patient patient-centred care
A bove and beyond their role
Impact on you
S hares the Trust's values and upholds the standards of excellence
Y ou - Putting the patient first, supporting their interests when planning or delivering care.
History
DAISY Awards were established by the family of J. Patrick Barnes who died from complications of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia Purpura in 1999 in the United States. During his care, they deeply appreciated not only the immense clinical skill but also the enormous compassion shown to Pat and his family by his nurses. When Pat died, they felt compelled to say, “Thank you!” to nurses in a very personal way.
Brilliant Beth is our first DAISY Award winner at our Children's
A family got in touch to offer praise and thanks for the “exceptional care” their daughter received following a diagnosis of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia earlier this year. From the moment, they arrived on the ward via our Emergency Department they felt supported.
However, Beth stood out. Described as their ‘sunshine on a rainy day”, she listened to their concerns and alleviated any fear their daughter had with a cuddle or hold of a hand. This compassion was on top of the skilled professionalism Beth always exhibited.
The emotional nomination tells of how Beth strives to be “great at her job” – always wanting to make a difference, no matter how big or small, for those she cares for.
“When you watch your three-year-old daughter being injected with her first round of chemotherapy and the nurse places her hand on your daughter’s and explains, don’t be scared, this is going to fight all of those baddies in your blood. It’s a memory that will never fade."
“She didn’t have to say that. She didn’t need to emotionally support with that hand being held or kind words being said as we, her parents, were there. However, Beth saw a family torn apart and stepped up to support all of us and get the job done.”
There was a time during chemotherapy when her young patient didn’t want to drink fluids.
“Beth got her drinking again, smiling again and eradicated her fear of hospitals.
She deserves the world and more and we always look forward to seeing her. We are exceptionally lucky to have you.”
Congratulations Beth on being one of our first DAISY winners and thank you to the family for such a wonderful and heartfelt nomination.
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