Sheri Wheary awarded the 2022 Fleming County Hospital DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses

Fleming County Hospital proudly announces Sheri Wheary, RN, as a DAISY Award recipient.  The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses recognizes individual nurses throughout the year for their extraordinary, compassionate care. The DAISY (Diseases Attacking the Immune System) Award is an international recognition program that honors and celebrates the skillful, compassionate care nurses provide every day.

The DAISY Foundation was created in 1999 by the family of J. Patrick Barnes who died at age 33 of complications of an auto-immune disease (hence the name, an acronym for Diseases Attacking the Immune System.) Patrick received extraordinary care from his nurses, and his family felt compelled to express their profound gratitude for the compassion and skill nurses bring to patients and families every day. The DAISY Award celebrates nurses in over 4,000 healthcare facilities and schools of nursing around the world.

At Fleming County Hospital, DAISY Award honorees personify remarkable patient experience. These nurses consistently demonstrate excellence through their clinical expertise and extraordinary compassionate care. They are recognized as outstanding role models in our nursing community.  Sheri was nominated along with Melinda Sparks and Alexandria Carrizalez.

‘Nursing is not only a profession, it’s a calling,” said Christina Buckler, Director of Nursing for Fleming County Hospital. “It’s important that our nurses know their work is highly valued, and The DAISY Foundation provides another way for us to do that.  Sheri goes above and beyond for her patients and is well deserving of this recognition.”

If you or someone you know would like to submit a Fleming County Hospital DAISY Award nomination, go to FlemingCountyHospital.org/for-patients-and-visitors/daisy-award.  For more information about The DAISY Award and the Foundation’s other recognition of nurses, faculty, and students, visit www.DAISYfoundation.org.