HARRISON, OHIO – The DAISY Foundation™ and Society for Simulation in Healthcare today announced their mutual support and creation of the SSH DAISY Team Award in Simulation.
The first award will be presented at the 2026 International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, January 10-14th, in San Antonio, Texas.
The DAISY Foundation is thrilled to welcome SSH to The DAISY Community of Supportive Associations and believes the alignment of their missions will lead to a partnership that further impacts compassionate care and patient satisfaction. SSH’s expertise in creating organizations that excel in person-centered care and DAISY’s focus on celebrating extraordinary compassionate nurses make a natural partnership.
Said Bonnie Barnes, FAAN, Co-founder of The DAISY Foundation, “We have long admired the work SSH does to promote and support improved healthcare outcomes for all through healthcare simulation. The result is many more DAISY Award nominations! The synergy between our organizations is powerful, and we are delighted for this new relationship.”
“The DAISY Foundation’s global reach is remarkable,” said SSH Executive Director Jennifer Manos, MBA, MSN, RN, “not only through its well-known award for extraordinary nurses, but also through its wide range of programs that recognize and celebrate nurses, nursing leaders, and nurse-led teams across all care settings. It’s an inspiring model of recognition that uplifts the nursing profession around the world.”
Information regarding eligibility and how to apply for the first-ever SSH DAISY Team Award in Simulation will be made available soon at ssih.org.
About the Society for Simulation in Healthcare
The largest healthcare simulation organization in the world, SSH is a 501(c)3 organization with 6,000 members from nearly 70 countries. In its 21st year, SSH’s purpose is to serve a global community of practice enhancing the quality of healthcare.
About The DAISY Foundation
The DAISY Foundation is a not-for-profit organization, established in memory of J. Patrick Barnes, by members of his family. Patrick died at the age of 33 in late 1999 from complications of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP), a little known but not uncommon auto-immune disease. (DAISY is an acronym for Diseases Attacking the Immune System.) The care Patrick and his family received from Nurses while he was ill inspired the creation of The DAISY Award® for Extraordinary Nurses, an evidenced-based means of providing Nurse recognition and thanking Nurses for making a profound difference in the lives of their patients and patient families.
In addition to the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses, the Foundation expresses gratitude to the nursing profession internationally in thousands of healthcare facilities and schools of nursing with additional recognition programs that celebrate and honor nurses, nurse leaders and nurse led teams wherever they practice, throughout their careers from students through lifetime achievement in nursing and through several lines of grant funding.
More information is available at http://DAISYfoundation.org.
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