Nursing Graduates Honored for Compassionate Care

Caitlyn Turner (left) and Doris Taylor (third from left), who completed the Associate Degree Nursing program at Edgecombe Community College in May, received the DAISY in Training Award for the compassion and skill they exhibited during clinical training. Shown with them are ECC Nursing instructors Dr. Hettie Peele (second from left) and Candice Bissette.

Edgecombe Community College Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) students Caitlyn Turner and Doris Taylor received the DAISY Foundation’s DAISY in Training Award during the ADN pinning ceremony in May.

The seniors received a certificate, a DAISY in Training Award TM pin, and a hand-carved stone sculpture entitled A Healer’s Touch.

Both Turner and Taylor graduated from the ADN program during the College’s commencement ceremony on May 11.

Students are nominated for the DAISY in Training Award by patients, families, visitors, staff, and instructors based on the level of compassion, advocacy, and leadership they demonstrate during clinical training.

The DAISY Foundation was established in 1999 in memory of J. Patrick Barnes, who died at the age of 33 from complications of the autoimmune disease Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura. Patrick’s family was touched by the compassion and skill demonstrated by his nurses during his illness, so they created DAISY to recognize exceptional nurses everywhere.