Grace Britton, RN, works in the Cardiac & Vascular Stepdown unit at Vanderbilt University Hospital. She is one of the latest Vanderbilt Health DAISY Award winners.

Appraisers lead an extensive review process for Magnet designation, the highest honor a hospital can achieve for excellence in nursing care.

The annual event supports vital programs and family resources at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

During a career at Vanderbilt spanning more than a quarter century, Manning’s portfolio of responsibilities steadily increased so that now major parts of the enterprise are under his watch.

In the program’s first year, the team distributed a frozen meal or box of nonperishable food items to 235 families in the hospital, with 98% of recipients saying the food was helpful.