DAISY Award: Nominate a nurse

The DAISY Award (which stands for Diseases Attacking the Immune System) is an international recognition program created in honor of J. Patrick Barnes. The award celebrates the skillful, compassionate care nurses provide every day.

Geisinger is proud to be a DAISY Award hospital partner, celebrating one of our nurses with this special honor every month.

Each DAISY Award honoree will receive:

• Recognition at a public ceremony in their nursing unit
• A special certificate
• A DAISY Award pin
• A hand-carved stone sculpture entitled “A Healer’s Touch”

Say “thank you” to an extraordinary Geisinger nurse by sharing your story and nominating them using the form.

DAISY Team Award: Nominate a team

The DAISY Team Award was created as a compliment program to the DAISY Award program. This award recognizes that while an idea to achieve better patient and family outcomes may start with one individual, it often takes an entire team to implement successfully. This award is designed to honor collaboration by two or more people, led by a nurse, who identify and meet patient and/or patient family needs by going above and beyond the traditional role of nursing. 

Sunflower Award: Nominate a nursing support care team member

The Sunflower Award is a recognition program that honors the skillful, compassionate care provided by our non-licensed nursing team members.

While our nurses are busy at the bedside, other staff members help make your experience with us as comfortable and safe as possible. This award lets patients, families and colleagues recognize the work of these exceptional medical professionals through a nomination.

Eligible staff members include (but are not limited to):

• Clinical technicians
• Unit desk clerks
• Patient access representatives (PARs)
• Staffing specialists
• Patient companions

Say “thank you” by nominating a Geisinger nursing support care team member using the form.

Orchid Award: Nominate a respiratory therapist 

The Orchid (Outstanding Respiratory Clinician Helping to Invoke a Difference) Award is a recognition program that honors the skillful, compassionate care provided by members of the respiratory care team.

Our respiratory therapy team members play a critical role in the care of our patients, especially for those with chronic respiratory conditions or acute respiratory emergencies and those needing critical care. This award lets patients, families and colleagues recognize the work of these exceptional medical professionals.

Eligible staff members include (but are not limited to):

• Registered respiratory therapists
• Certified respiratory therapists 
• Respiratory therapy assistants