Mary Smith, RN, 17 North/Surgical ICR, is the August DAISY Award recipient at Stony Brook University Hospital. 

Mary was nominated by the granddaughter of a former patient who shared the story of how Mary provided compassionate and competent care to her 90-year-old grandmother. Mary advocated for this patient when she couldn’t advocate for her herself, which was a great relief to the family when they were not at the hospital.

The family also commented on how Mary treated their grandmother with much respect and that Mary’s “bright personality” picked up the spirits of their grandmother. Mary made her day by dancing with her while helping her out of bed since dancing is a favorite activity of the patient. The family expressed how lucky and grateful they were to have Mary as their grandmother’s nurse.