{"id":57026,"date":"2025-05-28T16:55:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T23:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/?p=57026"},"modified":"2025-05-29T09:23:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T16:23:10","slug":"life-saving-response-earns-night-shift-daisy-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/news\/life-saving-response-earns-night-shift-daisy-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Life-saving Response Earns Night Shift DAISY Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article\">\n\t<header class=\"header\">\n\t\t<span class=\"type\"><\/span>\t\t<h1>Life-saving Response Earns Night Shift DAISY Award<\/h1>\t\t<time>May 28, 2025<\/time>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div id=\"block_c9231aeb352695df58cdabbe50a2daa9\" class=\"shs-block block-news-article entry-content\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.samhealth.org\/albany\">Samaritan Albany General Hospital<\/a> has partnered with The DAISY Foundation in a mission to recognize extraordinary, compassionate nurses and the care they provide to patients and families every day. DAISY is an acronym for Diseases Attacking the Immune System.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The night-shift team honored with a DAISY Award includes Blaze Amodei, Holly Bryant, Victoria Crockett, Tiffany Fitzmorris, Ulysses Gutierrez, Amber Philips, Channing Silcox and Crystal Varland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nominated by a colleague, this outstanding group was celebrated for their quick thinking and seamless collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The nominator stated:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We had a nearly dead septic shock patient arrive by a private vehicle. The staff jumped to action and together we snatched the patient from the jaws of death. From placing IVs, to a temp-sensing&nbsp;foley catheter, to nasogastric tube, to Bair Hugger and blood gas, assisting with central line and point-of-care ultrasound, the team shined as true professionals.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A ceremony was held to honor the night-shift team and the PRIDE \u2014 passion, respect, integrity, dedication and excellence \u2014 shown in their work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everyone awarded was presented with a certificate and DAISY pin. The team also received a plaque that will be hung up in their department. Along with the public recognition, DAISY Award winners receive financial discounts for nursing certification training, reduced tuition for continued education, conference scholarship opportunities and are eligible for the national DAISY Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emergency Department Director, Lisa Johnson, describes her team as a powerhouse of resilience, compassion and collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey thrive in high-pressure situations, consistently delivering exceptional care with unwavering dedication,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cEach member brings unique strengths, but together they form a cohesive unit that supports one another through the toughest nights. Their ability to stay calm under pressure, make quick decisions and maintain a sense of humor and humanity makes them not just a team\u2014but a family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The DAISY Award was established by the family of J. Patrick Barnes to \u201chonor the super-human work nurses do for patients and families every day wherever they practice, in whatever role they serve and throughout their careers, from student through a lifetime of achievement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>To learn more, visit <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.daisyfoundation.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>DAISYfoundation.org<\/em><\/a><em>. To nominate an extraordinary Samaritan nurse, go to <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.samhealth.org\/DAISY\"><em>samhealth.org\/DAISY<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<aside>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/102-SAGH-ED-Team-DAISY-Award-CO.jpg\" class=\"attachment-cta size-cta wp-post-image\" alt=\"From left: Jennifer Broadus, vice president of Patient Services; Vincent Huntsberger, MD, Emergency medical director; Amber Phillips, RN; Lisa Johnson, RN, Emergency Department director; Channing Silcox, RN; Tiffany Fitzmorris, unit secretary; Crystal Varland, respiratory therapist; Ulysses Gutierrez, ER Tech III; Kymberlin Wobig, Emergency Department supervisor; Julie Fox, Respiratory Therapy manger.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/102-SAGH-ED-Team-DAISY-Award-CO.jpg 360w, https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/102-SAGH-ED-Team-DAISY-Award-CO-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/102-SAGH-ED-Team-DAISY-Award-CO-120x100.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/figure><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DAISY-Award-Logo-CO.jpg\" class=\"attachment-cta size-cta\" alt=\"DAISY award logo.\" \/><\/figure>\t\t<\/aside>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samaritan Albany General Hospital was honored to present a DAISY Award to night shift&#8217;s life-saving response in the Emergency Department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":57027,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","_shs_workflow_notes":"","_shs_exclude_from_navigation":false,"_shs_promote_article_on_blogs":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"news-topics":[492],"news-types":[272],"services":[235],"specialty":[31],"class_list":["post-57026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","news-topics-employee","news-types-news","services-emergency-care","specialty-emergency-medicine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57026"},{"taxonomy":"news-topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-topics?post=57026"},{"taxonomy":"news-types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-types?post=57026"},{"taxonomy":"services","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/services?post=57026"},{"taxonomy":"specialty","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/specialty?post=57026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}