Shannon Sweeney, RN, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, is the September DAISY Award recipient at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital.
Shannon was nominated by a parent of a former patient in the PICU who shared how Shannon provided her son and their family with kindness, support and compassion during their recent hospitalization at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital. In her nomination, the patient’s mother wrote, “Shannon has taken care of both my son and daughter in the ICU. She has helped my son feel safe and cared for when he was at his most vulnerable state after each of his seven brain surgeries in the last year. It was impressive to watch her work and maintain my daughter’s level of care when she was on life support.”
Describing Shannon as focused, quick and meticulous with every detail, she also noted, “We trust our children are in the best of hands with Shannon, and we feel heard and supported as parents in the most challenging situations and feeling the most helpless.”