DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Students ™


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About The DAISY Foundation   

An acronym for Diseases Attacking the Immune System, The DAISY Foundation was established in 1999 in memory of J. Patrick Barnes who died (at the age of 33) from complications of the auto-immune disease Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP). Patrick’s family was very touched by the remarkable compassion and clinical skill demonstrated by Patrick’s nurses during his illness, so they created DAISY to recognize exceptional nurses everywhere. The DAISY Foundation is dedicated to saying “thank you” to nurses and is now proud to recognize Nursing Students for their care of patients and their families.

Learn more about the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Students ™ at DAISYfoundation.org.

About the Award Program

The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Students ™ is designed to remind students, even on the hardest days in nursing school, why they have chosen nursing as a profession.  By recognizing nursing students for the above-and-beyond care and compassion shown to patients and their families we celebrate what it truly means to be a nurse. We honor the nurse-patient connection that makes all the difference to patients and their families in their healthcare experience and that makes great nurses truly great.

Fox Valley Technical College’s Student Nurses Association is proud to sponsor the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Students ™ recognizing one of our Student Nurses with this special honor each semester. Nominations are accepted throughout the year, and award recipients are chosen at the end of the semester.

How to Nominate

Patients, patient’s family members, patient’s visitors, staff members, preceptors, peer students, or instructors may nominate a deserving student nurse. 

Criteria for the Nomination include:

  • Compassion: Demonstrates outstanding compassion at the bedside and always puts the patient first
  • Advocacy: Demonstrates exceptional service as a voice for patient needs or wants
  • Leadership: Demonstrates excellence in team collaboration and skill in the clinical setting

Award Honoree

Each DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Students Honoree will be recognized at her/his school and will receive: a beautiful certificate, a DAISY Award pin, and a hand-carved stone sculpture entitled A Healer’s Touch.

Previous Daisy Award Honorees

fvtc daisy award honoree Brandon Fickbohm

Fall 2022: Brandon Fickbohm

Congratulations are in order for nursing student Brandon Fickbohm and one of his instructors, Sally Schultz. Both have been honored by...

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fvtc daisy award honoree Paige Roesler

Spring 2023: Paige Roesler

Congratulations to nursing student from Fox Valley Technical College, Paige Roesler, who has been chosen to be honored with...

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fvtc daisy award honoree Levi Stenberg

Fall 2023: Levi Stenberg

Congratulations to Fox Valley Technical College nursing student, Levi Stenberg, who has been chosen to be honored with...

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fvtc daisy award honoree Ella Dean

Spring 2024: Ella Dean

Congratulations to nursing student from Fox Valley Technical College, Paige Roesler, who has been chosen to be honored with...

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