The DAISY Award
The DAISY Award is an international program that rewards and celebrates the extraordinary clinical skill and compassionate care given by nurses every day. Click on DAISY Award for more information on the award.
St. Cloud VA Health Care System is proud to be a DAISY Award Partner, recognizing our selected nurses with this special honor six times a year. These nurses consistently demonstrate excellence through their clinical expertise and extraordinary compassionate care. They are recognized as outstanding role models in our nursing community.
These nurses' clinical skill and especially compassionate care exemplify the kind of nurse that patients, their families, and other staff recognize as an outstanding role model. They consistently demonstrate the Department of Veterans Affairs core values of integrity, commitment, advocacy, respect and excellence.
Who may be nominated?
- RNs
- LPNs/LVNs
- Advanced Practice Nurses
Who may nominate a nurse?
- Patients
- Patient families
- Visitors
Recognition
Each DAISY Award recipient is recognized with a framed certificate, DAISY Pin and a hand-carved stone sculpture entitled “A Healer’s Touch.” Additionally, the recipient’s team receives cinnamon rolls – a favorite of Patrick’s during his illness.
Nominating a nurse
- Ask the nurse’s full name (you will need it when you fill out the nomination form)
- Explain in detail why you want to nominate that nurse for the DAISY Award.
For more information, contact Juliness Roman Vera at 320-654-7659 or Juliness.romanvera@va.gov
Help us celebrate our wonderful nurses. To nominate a nurse, click on the "nominate a nurse" button below for the nomination form. Once complete, please submit the form by email to: VAHSTCdaisynominee@va.gov 
NOMINATE TODAY!
