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STUDENT NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
DAISY Day Stand-Outs
“One of the most important parts about being a nurse is demonstrating compassion... Yet compassion is something that is rarely rewarded.”
Helen Neil, RN, MSN, HCSM, CLNC
Instructor of Nursing
Taking extra time to explain a procedure to a frightened patient. Holding the hand of a frail senior at the bedside. Calming a parent whose child is ill. These are all the little things that nurses do on a daily basis, and which mean so much to the people they serve.
“One of the most important parts about being a nurse is demonstrating compassion,” explains Helen Neil, RN, MSN, HCSM, CLNC, Instructor of Nursing. “Yet compassion is something that is rarely rewarded.”
To recognize faculty and nursing students who go above and beyond in demonstrating compassionate care, LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing celebrates DAISY Day in the spring and fall. The Spring 2017 event, which was attended by more than 150 people, recognized six outstanding students with DAISY in Training Awards and six faculty members with the DAISY Faculty Award.
“We had 16 student nominees this year, which came from patients, preceptors and faculty. We had a hard time choosing the six award recipients, but were happy to celebrate all of our students,” says Dr. Neil.
The spring 2017 DAISY in Training Award recipients were: Noah Cohen, Kelsey Molina, Emily Morris, Brittany Richard, Brittani Sanchez and
Josh Sticker.
The DAISY in Training Award 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 and honor the important nurse-patient connection that makes a di erence,” says Dr. Neil.
In addition to the student awardees, the six faculty who received the DAISY Faculty Award for their commitment and inspirational influence on School of Nursing students were: Katherine Carter, DNP, PHCNS-BC, Instructor
of Nursing; Robert Cork, Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy; Latanja Divens, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, Instructor of Nursing; Shelly Dolan, MSN, RN, Instructor of Nursing;
Jenna Martin, DNP, CRNA, Instructor of Nursing; and Dr. Neil.
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