Twenty-two Swedish Medical Center Nurses Receive DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses

The DAISY Foundation and UnitedHealthcare partner to award nurses for delivering quality and compassionate care

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Melissa Barnes, vice president, The DAISY Foundation, and David Hansen, UnitedHealthcare's regional president of network management - West region, present The DAISY Award to Jessee Kilgren, RN, at a special ceremony today at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle (Video: Landen Zumwalt).

SEATTLE--()--Twenty-two nurses of Swedish Medical Center received the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses, presented by The DAISY Foundation and UnitedHealthcare, at a special ceremony today at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, Wash.

Nurses received a certificate commending them for being an “Extraordinary Nurse.” The certificate reads: “In deep appreciation of all you do, who you are, and the incredibly meaningful difference you make in the lives of so many people.”

The DAISY Foundation’s unique recognition program is part of many hospitals’ recruitment and retention programs, helping to offset the acute shortage of nurses nationwide. Each month, nurses are selected by their nursing administration and peers to receive the DAISY Award, established by family members in memory of J. Patrick Barnes. Barnes, 33, died in 1999 at Swedish from complications of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura.

These Swedish Medical Center nurses received The DAISY Award today:

  • Sherry Collins, RN, Swedish Medical Center Ballard Campus
  • Feven Jembere, RN Swedish Medical Center Ballard Campus
  • Maryann Parris, RN, Swedish Medical Center Ballard Campus
  • Meredith Roe, RN, Swedish Medical Center Ballard Campus
  • Rebecca Swanson, RN, Swedish Medical Center Ballard
  • Leeann Robbins, RN, Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Campus
  • Julian Tenney, RN, Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Campus
  • Maureen Tinley, RN, Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Campus
  • Glenna Gaddy, RN Swedish Medical Center Edmonds Campus
  • Kaitlyn Bordner, RN, Swedish Medical Center First Hill Campus
  • Danielle Burrows, RN, Swedish Medical Center First Hill Campus
  • Jessee Kilgren, RN, Swedish Medical Center First Hill Campus
  • Maret Lambert, RN, Swedish Medical Center First Hill Campus
  • Jay Mcaffee, RN, Swedish Medical Center First Hill Campus
  • Daniel Otter, RN, Swedish Medical Center First Hill Campus
  • Nathan Price, RN, Swedish Medical Center First Hill Campus
  • Shelly Weiss, RN, Swedish Medical Center First Hill Campus
  • Brittanny Fitzpatrick, RN, Swedish Medical Center Issaquah Campus
  • Mary Howlett, RN, Swedish Medical Center Issaquah Campus
  • Deb Cadiente, RN, Swedish Medical Group
  • Katie Rupe, RN, Swedish Medical Group
  • Maria Valdez, RN Swedish Medical Group

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Contacts

UnitedHealthcare
Kristen Hellmer, 602-255-8466

Release Summary

Twenty-two nurses of Swedish Medical Center received the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses at a special ceremony today at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle.

Contacts

UnitedHealthcare
Kristen Hellmer, 602-255-8466