The DAISY Awards
Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital recognizes exemplary clinical practice, extraordinary service and compassion and caring demonstrated by nursing staff with The DAISY Award® for Extraordinary Nurses. The DAISY Award was established in 1999 by grieving parents who wanted to honor the skilled and compassionate nurses who cared for their son before he died. Over 5,000 healthcare facilities and schools of nursing worldwide currently recognize nurses with The DAISY Award, a practice that evidence suggests can contribute to a healthy work environment, increase nurse engagement and improve patient and family experience.
Christine Durden,
BSN, RN, RNC-MNN, CLC
January 2020
Mother/Baby
Sabrina Davis, BSN, RN, CCM
March 2020
Case Management
Christine Lozada-Salazar, BSN, RN
February 2021
Holding Area
Victor McKenzie, MSN, RN
March 2021
Emergency Department
5th Tower COVID Care Team
May 2021
COVID Care ICU and Telemetry
Aimee Freeman, BSN, RN
June 2021
Mother/Baby
Celeste Antopia, BSN, RN
August 2021
Mother/Baby
Brooke Robinson, RN, CCM
October 2021
Disease-Specific Care
Adrienne Leyva,
BSN, RN, RNC-OB, IBCLC, LCCE
December 2021
Labor & Delivery
Nurse of the Year Award
Every year, SVMH honors a nurse who has demonstrated extraordinary commitment, skill and compassion in caring for our patients, their families and our community. In 2020, because of the pandemic, we did not single out one nurse for this award but instead honored all our healthcare heroes.
Our 2021 Nurse of the Year was:
Megan Lopez, MSN, RN, CNL, VA-BC™
Diagnostic Imaging
Exemplar Awards
Nurses at SVMH are encouraged to heal, protect, empower and teach. Each year nurses are recognized for exemplifying each of those four tenets of our mission.
The 2021 Nursing Exemplar Awardees were:
Heal:
Armin de Galicia, BSN, RN, CMSRN
Medical-Surgical
Protect:
Anna Mercado, BSN, RN, ONC
Ortho/Neuro/Spine
Empower:
Rebecca Rodriguez, BSN, RN, CEN
Magnet Program
Teach:
Lisa Sandberg, BSN, RN, CPN
Pediatrics
