Judy Gillogly, RN, Outpatient Care Coordination, Hamilton Warsaw Clinic, became the 38th Blessing Hospital nurse to receive the international DAISY Award.
Through the DAISY award program, patients or their family members, visitors, doctors, hospital staff members or volunteers may recognize the extraordinary care provided by nurses.
Gillogly was nominated by a woman being treated for cancer. The nomination read in part, “Judy was with me from the very beginning of the diagnosis. She called me twice a week, talked to me and gave me encouragement when I had discomfort and pain. When you are in such excruciating pain, weak and sick the patient can’t get to the phone and make calls to the Drs. Office. The weakness takes over and the eyes become blurry. To hear Judy’s voice on the phone helped a great deal.”
“Judy is very compassionate, very professional and very thoughtful,” the nomination continued. “She is a little lady with a huge heart. She is the nurse your hospital is proud to employee.”
Gillogly received a certificate, DAISY Award recipient pin, hand-carved stone sculpture entitled, “A Healer’s Touch” sculpted in Africa specifically for DAISY Award recipients, and a DAISY Award banner to display in her department.
DAISY stands for “Diseases Attacking the Immune System.” The family of a 33-year- old man, who died of an immune system disorder, began the program in 1999 to honor his memory by recognizing extraordinary nurses everywhere who make a difference in the lives of people by the work they do every day. More than 1,900 healthcare providers worldwide participate in the DAISY Award program.
DAISY award nomination forms are located on all nursing units throughout Blessing Hospital, other locations on the 11th Street campus and online here.