Sarah Klecher, RN, Cardiac Acute Care Unit, is the September DAISY Award recipient at Stony Brook University Hospital. 

Sarah cared for a patient who was at the end of her life and was nominated by the patient’s daughter. The daughter was grateful to Sarah who prepared her mother’s room for the entire family to be with the patient, making sure she was comfortable and treated with dignity. Sarah stayed with the family during the patient’s final moments on this earth and then comforted the patient’s daughter, who reassured Sarah that she had done all she could for her mother. The patient’s daughter wrote, “I cannot fully express the gift it was to have Sarah with my mother and all of us.”

Sarah started her career at SBUH as a volunteer. She was then hired as an employee in Transport and then a nursing assistant while attending nursing school. Sarah graduated last year as an RN and serves as a wonderful example of what can be achieved as an employee at Stony Brook.