New program will honor local nurses

Brodstone Healthcare announced the implementation of an ongoing recognition program that honors and celebrates the skillful and compassionate care that nurses provide every day, The DAISY Award.

The DAISY (Diseases Attacking the Immune System) Award is an international recognition program designed to say “thank you” to nurses everywhere.

The nonprofit DAISY Foundation was established by the family of and in memory of J. Patrick Barnes. Patrick died at the age of 33 in 1999 from complications of Idiopathic Thrombo- cytopenic Purpura (ITP). The care Patrick and his family received from nurses wh...