DAISY Lifetime Achievement Award Grant

The DAISY Lifetime Achievement Award, established by the Daisy Foundation, honors nurses with over 25 years of exemplary service who demonstrate exceptional compassion and leadership in nursing. This prestigious award recognizes those who actively mentor others, advocate for patient care, and positively influence the nursing profession. Since its inception in 1999, the award has celebrated dedicated professionals who inspire future generations of nurses, reinforcing the importance of empathy in healthcare.

Daisy Foundation
Patrick Barnes, the DAISY Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to honoring the extraordinary compassion and skill of nurses worldwide. Through its flagship DAISY Award® for Extraordinary Nurses, the Foundation partners with healthcare institutions and nursing schools to celebrate nurses, faculty, and students who demonstrate exceptional care and empathy. Guided by its mission to meaningfully recognize nursing excellence and its vision to serve as the global symbol of compassionate healthcare, the DAISY Foundation has grown into an international movement that uplifts and inspires the nursing profession across thousands of organizations around the world.
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.

Eligibility

Distinguished career as a nurse in clinical practice, administration, education, and/or research that promote a positive image of professional nursingDemonstrates and actively engages in the professional development of self and others in the nursing professionServes as a role model and advocate for nursing practice and the advancement of nursing as a professionalAdvocates for the improvement of patient care and serves as an exemplar for enhancing the patient experienceRecognized by the broader nursing community as a transformational nursing leader25+ years of service