Thank you for taking the time to nominate an

extraordinary nurse for this award!

Please tell us about yourself, so that we may include you in
the celebration of this award should the nurse you
nominated is chosen.
Your Name Aurora Davis, RN and Rhonda Moberg, RN
Phone 720-848-4275
Email aurora.davis@uchealth.org
Unit (if applicable) Oncology/BMT
I am (please check one):
Patient
Staff
Visitor/Family
X RN
MD
Volunteer


Nominate a Nurse for
THE DAISY AWARD


The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses
Nomination Form
About the DAISY Foundation
The DAISY Foundation was established in 2002 by the family of J. Patrick Barnes who
died of complications of the autoimmune disease Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia
Purpura (ITP) at the age of 33. DAISY is an acronym for Diseases A ttacking the
I mmune Sy stem. During Pats hospitalization, his family was awestruck by the care
and compassion his nurses provided not only to Pat but to everyone in his family. In his
memory, they created a foundation to recognize extraordinary nurses everywhere who
make an enormous difference in the lives of so many people.
What is the DAISY Award?
The DAISY Award is a nationwide program that rewards and celebrates the
extraordinary clinical skills and compassionate care given by nurses everyday. The
University of Colorado Hospital is proud to be a DAISY Award Hospital Partner,
recognizing one of our nurses with this special honor every quarter. To find out more
about this program, please go to www.DAISYfoundation.org.
How to Nominate an Extraordinary Nurse
Patients, visitors, nurses, physicians and employees may nominate a deserving nurse
by completing this form and submitting it to DAISY Award coordinator Anne Behring,
Clinical RN IV, Campus Box F763, or email anne.behring@uch.edu. There is a
nomination form available on the There is a nomination form available on the HUB
(How We're Doing / Awards and Recognition /DAISY Award).
I would like to nominate William Bill Valentine
from the Oncology/BMT unit/department as
a deserving recipient of The DAISY Award. This nurses clinical skills, and
especially his/her compassionate care, exemplify the kind of nurse who our
patients, their families and our staff recognize as an outstanding role model.
Please describe a situation involving the nurse you are nominating that
demonstrates how he/she meets the criteria for the DAISY Award:
Bill took care of a patient who became very unstable with increased oxygen needs and
who had to be transferred to a higher level of care. Bill called a MET and the pt was
placed on continuous bipap. Because the ICU physicians were in the ED for an
emergency, they were unable approve the ICU transfer. Bill very skillfully managed the
pts care for over an hour until she could be transferred to step down. Bills care was so
wonderful that one of the patients family members came back upstairs to compliment Bill
and to express the familys fears that the pt was not receiving adequate care on step
down. Bill spoke with the step down RN over the phone numerous times to answer her
questions, then proceeded to go to the step down unit to assist in the pts care and ease
the familys fears. Bill went to step down several times over the course of the night, all
while still caring for a full load on our home unit. The pt he had transferred went to the
ICU and was intubated after only a few hours on step down. Bills clinical skills in
managing this patient were fantastic, but Im even more impressed by how he interacted
with the step down RN and family. He supported the step down RNs ability to care for
this critically ill patient and reassured and comforted her family. And he still gave excellent
care to his own patients! Amazing.