DAISY Award Winner Named for June at Sovah Health - Martinsville

Ashley Mills, RN of Sovah Health – Martinsville was honored today with The DAISY Award® For Extraordinary Nurses. The award is part of the DAISY Foundation's programs to recognize the super-human efforts nurses perform every day. 

Ashley is a Registered Nurse in the Critical Care Unit at Sovah Health – Martinsville and was nominated for the award by a patient who witnessed the kindness and professionalism Ashley provided while caring for her mother. “I feel it so necessary to thank Ashley for her selfless service in the care of my mother.  She was genuinely supportive and in tune with her care.  She was knowledgeable of my mother’s pain and quickly took much needed measures to provide medicines.  Ashley was attentive and treated my mother with such dignity.”

The not-for-profit DAISY Foundation is based in Glen Ellen, CA, and was established by family members in memory of J. Patrick Barnes.  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.  The care Patrick and his family received from nurses while he was ill inspired this unique means of thanking nurses for making a profound difference in the lives of their patients and patient families.

“Ashley is an exemplary nurse who makes a tremendous impact on the patients she cares for, and I was pleased to present the DAISY award to her,” said Lindsay Crumpton, Chief Nursing Officer at Sovah Health – Martinsville. “In addition to being kind and compassionate, Ashley continues to grow as a professional as she recently completed her Bachelor of Nursing degree and is on her way to finishing a master’s degree in healthcare leadership. We are so proud of her, as well as all our nurses here at Sovah Health that continuously dedicate themselves to care for our community.”

As a DAISY Award winner, Ashley received a DAISY pin, award certificate and a hand-carved stone sculpture entitled “A Healer’s Touch.”  Along with the public recognition, DAISY award winners receive financial discounts for nursing certification training, reduced tuition for continued education, conference scholarship opportunities and are eligible for the national DAISY Award.

To nominate a Sovah Health nurse for the DAISY Award, visit our website at SovahHealth.com/daisy-award.