• Certificate portfolio and transparency
• Healer's Touch sculpture
• DAISY Award pin
• Nominee pins (amount dependent on number of Award sets you order)
  
• DAISY gift bag
• DAISY Kleenex pack

You will receive your DAISY Congratulate Banner with your first shipment only. This cost is for the full set of the items listed above. Should you need a singular replacement item, please contact your regional program director.                                      

• Certificate portfolio and transparency
• Unique Healer’s Touch sculpture, designated for Nurse Leaders
• DAISY Nurse Leader Award pin
• 10 Nominee Pins
  

We hope you will add your Nurse Educators to your DAISY recognition program and honor the extraordinary work they do in improving practice and advancing patient care through teaching, precepting, and mentoring. Nominations for The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurse Educators will typically come from internal staff, so it is important to have a process in place to make them aware of the opportunity to nominate for this application of The DAISY Award.

Suggested Criteria:

• Has empathy and compassion which fosters deep connections and creates a safe and supportive environment.
• Possesses effective communication skills including active listening, and the ability to articulate ideas and present information in a clear and concise manner.
• Serves as a role model and mentor for nursing by leading by example and nurturing leadership qualities that will assist in continued professional development.
• Is adaptable and flexible, embracing change and able to modify teaching methods to meet a diverse range of needs.
• Models a love of learning and is committed to lifelong learning and professional development.
• Establishes clear learning outcomes and provides constructive feedback.
• Builds collaborative working relationships.

A sample nomination form for just Nurse Educator or for all of our other offerings beyond direct care can be found in our online Resource Center.

Presenting the Award:

Just like your award celebrations for your direct care nurses, the presentation occurs in a location that allows recipients to be surrounded and celebrated by their colleagues. The recognition ceremony, coordinated by the DAISY Committee, can be a surprise for the recipient if logistically possible.

The Package for The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurse Educators Includes:

• Award certificate (this is a PowerPoint slide that will be emailed)
• DAISY Foundation portfolio for the award certificate
• DAISY Educator Honoree Pin
• Healer's Touch sculpture

The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Faculty has evolved to include all Nurse Educators

The DAISY Award for Nursing Faculty was first introduced in 2010, inspired by a Dean of Nursing who reminded DAISY's founders, the Barnes family, that Patrick's nurses were educated and inspired by excellent nursing faculty. This realization prompted the family to create a program honoring nursing faculty to recognize and celebrate the contributions faculty make to the future of nursing. Since then, more than 500 nursing schools have adopted The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Faculty to celebrate nursing educators who inspire their students.

The DAISY Foundation remains committed to providing meaningful recognition to the nursing profession, regardless of where nurses serve or their career stage. Therefore, with gratitude for the continuum of educators in academic and practice settings, we are pleased to announce the evolution of The DAISY Award for Nursing Faculty to The DAISY Award® for Extraordinary Nurse Educators. This all-encompassing recognition honors every nurse educator, regardless of their teaching functional role and location.

Undergraduate and graduate students, preceptees, residents, clinicians, and professionals across the spectrum of nursing education, from practical/vocational through advanced practice nurses, are encouraged to nominate educators, NPD practitioners, mentors, and preceptors who have committed themselves to improving practice and advancing patient care. Colleagues of educators and students alike are invited to share compelling stories that highlight teaching, mentoring, compassion, and care.

Suggested Criteria:

• Serves as a role model and mentor for professional nursing.
• Demonstrates enthusiasm for teaching, learning, and nursing that inspires and motivates students.
• Demonstrates interest in and respect for learners.
• Uses personal attributes (e.g., caring, confidence, patience, integrity and flexibility) that facilitate professional growth.
• Is fair and unbiased in his/her treatment of individual students.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Develops collaborative working relationships with students and colleagues.

The Package for The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurse Educators Includes:

• Award certificate (this is a PowerPoint slide that will be emailed)
• DAISY Foundation portfolio for the award certificate
• DAISY Educator Honoree Pin
• Healer's Touch sculpture

The Package for The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Student Includes:

• Award certificate (this is a PowerPoint slide that will be emailed)
  
• DAISY Foundation portfolio for the award certificate
• DAISY Student Honoree Pin
• Healer's Touch sculpture

• Certificate portfolio and transparency
• Unique Healer’s Touch sculpture, designated for Nurse Leaders
• DAISY Nurse Leader Award pin
• 10 Nominee Pins
  

The DAISY Lifetime Achievement Award was created to recognize those nurses who have devoted their life’s work to the compassionate care of others.  Recipients of this award are nominated for their dedication to nursing through active mentoring, role modeling, advocating for their patients and promoting the positive image of nursing. They serve as a beacon of inspiration to those at all stages of their career and in the various and important roles of nursing.

• A Lifetime Achievement Award certificate (this is a Power Point slide that will be emailed)
• A DAISY Foundation portfolio for the award certificate
• A specially-designed DAISY recognition pin
• A unique Healer’s Touch sculpture, mounted to a pedestal with a personalized plaque attached

When you order from this form and click Submit, you will see an acknowledgement screen.  Your invoice will be sent to the person you specify below.  Upon receipt of payment, we will ship your award gifts.  We will also email your customized DAISY Lifetime Achievement Award certificate template.

If you have any questions, please contact your Regional Program Director.

**UPDATE 2025- The Team Award Package Includes**

• A special DAISY Team Award plaque, customized with the Team's Name

• A beautiful DAISY Team Award Certificate Template which you may personalize for each team member

• 1 DAISY Foundation certificate portfolio

• Up to 10 DAISY Team Award pins

If there are more than 10 people on the Team, you may purchase additional portfolios and pins for the following pricing:

• Portfolio-and-pin combination (1 pin and 1 portfolio) $11.00.
• Pin only: $3.00

You may also add an optional Team Award banner for $135.00.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to the customization, it may take up to 4 weeks to create and ship your plaque. 

The plaque, portfolios and pins will all be shipped upon payment. We will email your customized DAISY Team Award certificate template to the “ship to” person listed on your order form.

If you have any questions, please contact your Regional Program Director. Thank You!

Do you have someone who has worked especially hard to make your DAISY Award program very meaningful for your nurses and successful for your organization?  Someone you think is a true DAISY Champion?

We have created The DAISY Champion to celebrate those who make DAISY possible in your facility.

Please note that The DAISY Champion is not an award but is presented by the organization as a gift of gratitude to a staff member that makes their DAISY Award program wonderful.  The DAISY Champion does not get registered as a DAISY Honoree and is not able to apply for DAISY Honoree Benefits.

The DAISY Champion includes a personalized video from DAISY Co-Founder and President Bonnie Barnes thanking your Champion for their hard work and dedication to the success of your DAISY Program.  Also included are a DAISY Certificate and Portfolio.

There is no cost to The DAISY Champion as described above, but you may wish to purchase a beautiful Celebratory Healer's Touch Sculpture to present to your DAISY Champion as well.  The Celebratory Healer's Touch Sculptures are made by the same Shona artists in Zimbabwe who create all of our DAISY Healers, as well as our Large Healer's Touch sculptures.  To learn more about the process and the artists, click here.

Many people contact us each year because they have fallen in love with our beautiful Healer's Touch Sculpture and wish to purchase one for a retiring nurse, or as a gift to the family of a nurse who has passed away to celebrate their life, posthumously.  While the traditional Healer's Touches are reserved just for our DAISY Nurse Honorees, we do have a beautiful Celebratory Healer's Touch Sculpture available for purchase for special occasions.

These are made by the same Shona artists in Zimbabwe who create all of our DAISY sculptures, as well as our Large Healer's Touch sculptures.  To learn more about the process and the artists, click here.

The Celebratory Healer is available to be purchased for $160.00.

PLEASE NOTE: These are not the sculptures used for annual DAISY Awards. If you need an Award package please see Annual Awards above, or contact us directly for replacement sculptures. Thank you!

Platinum DAISY Multi-Nominee Pins are available in bags of 10 for $40.00 per bag.

(Use to Celebrate your Nurses who have been Nominated 10+ times)

Platinum DAISY Multi-Nominee Pins are available in bags of 10 for $40.00 per bag.

(Use to Celebrate your Nurses who have been Nominated 10+ times)

Platinum DAISY Multi-Nominee Pins are available in bags of 10 for $40.00 per bag.

(Use to Celebrate your Nurses who have been Nominated 10+ times)

Platinum DAISY Multi-Nominee Pins are available in bags of 10 for $35.00 per bag.

(Use to Celebrate your Nurses who have been Nominated 10+ times)