DAISY Award Archive — Page 7 of 10

Portrait of a smiling woman with shoulder-length light brown hair, wearing a purple top and necklace against a brown background. The attachment caption identifies her as Denise Savage-Desai, APRN-BC.
October 3, 2024

DAISY Award spotlight: ‘I saw Denise after a sexual assault. She provided kind and sensitive care.’

Denise Savage-Desai, APRN-BC, works in the Student Health Center. She is one of the latest DAISY Award winners at VUMC.

By Matt Batcheldor
Jenny Meier, RN, poses in orange medical scrubs beside a window.
October 3, 2024

DAISY Award spotlight: ‘She has been there so many times for my husband and me.’

Jenny Meier, RN, works in the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. She is one of the latest DAISY Award winners at VUMC.

By Matt Batcheldor
Melanie McAfee poses with her hands on her hips in a hallway, wearing glasses, a black jacket, and colorful patterned pants.
September 16, 2024

DAISY Award spotlight: ‘She was kind, concerned, and had a genuine compassion for my daughter and me.’

Melanie McAfee, RN works in the Child & Adolescent Unit at Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital. She is one of the latest DAISY Award winners at VUMC.

By Matt Batcheldor
Melody Mullaney, RN, wearing blue scrubs and holding a black nursing award statuette and a green DAISY Foundation presentation folder.
September 16, 2024

DAISY Award spotlight: ‘Melody’s commitment to excellence and patient-centered care makes her an invaluable asset to the surgical department at Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital.’

Melody Mullaney, RN, works in the surgical department at Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital. She is one of the latest DAISY Award winners at VUMC.

By Matt Batcheldor
Keiryn Weiss, identified in the metadata, smiles while standing in a hospital care room, with medical equipment and a Philips monitor behind her.
September 16, 2024

DAISY Award spotlight: ‘Amidst the clinical efficiency of a hospital, there’s room for humanity and kindness.’

Keiryn Weiss, BSN, RN, CPN, works in the Pediatric Emergency Department at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. She is one of the latest DAISY Award winners at VUMC.

By Matt Batcheldor
Smiling nurse in blue scrubs and an ID badge stands in a hospital corridor beneath a sign reading “Labor & Delivery Check-In.”
August 15, 2024

DAISY Award spotlight: “When I think back on how scary that evening was, I always think about how grateful I am that Lauren was our nurse”

Lauren Guthrie, RN 2 CC, works on the Labor and Delivery unit at Vanderbilt University Hospital. She is one of the latest DAISY Award winners at VUMC.

By Matt Batcheldor