Delta, CO (May 8, 2025) – Ryan Imhoff, Registered Nurse (RN) of the Delta Health Medical/Surgical Department, was recently honored 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.
Ryan was nominated by two patients, with the first submission reading: “[Ryan] was a very good, professional nurse! [He] cares and shows empathy definitely shows promise and drive to go far in the medical industry. His bedside manner is perfect and his attention to detail is EPIC. THANK YOU, RYAN, for taking care of me while I was going through colon-rectal cancer resection. Love to all the staff and Dr. Nickel.”
The second nomination read: “Ryan was fantastic, I felt like he took very good care of me, compassionate and more!”
“Med/Surg is proud to have Ryan win this 1st quarter Daisy Award for 2025,” Dawn Arnett, BSN, RN, Director of In-Patient Services, Med/Surg at Delta Health and DAISY Award Coordinator. “He has excelled at Delta Health, first being a C.N.A. and then completing his RN degree. He is in the nurse residency program for RN’s in their first year of nursing at Delta Health. He possesses amazing attention to detail, along with modeling exceptional bedside manner, showing compassion and empathy for his patients and team members. Congratulations, Ryan!”
10 other nurses were also nominated for this quarter’s DAISY Award: Tiffany Abatti, RN – Home Health, Cassidy Austin, RN- Emergency Department, Jenna Carney, RN- Intensive Care/Med/Surg, Brittany Carter, RN – PACU, Angela Dupuis, RN PACU, Grace Greenwood, RN – Home Health, Susan Luna, RN – Storks Landing, Sierra Mathias, RN – Storks Landing, Isabelle Portillo, RN – Wound Care, and Reveille Sullivan RN- Med/Surg.
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 autoimmune 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.
Said Bonnie Barnes, FAAN, CEO and Co-Founder of The DAISY Foundation, “When Patrick was critically ill, our family experienced first-hand the remarkable skill and care nurses provide patients every day and night. Yet these unsung heroes are seldom recognized for the superhuman work they do. The kind of work the nurses at Delta Health are called on to do every day epitomizes the purpose of The DAISY Award.”
Honorees receive a DAISY Award pin and daisy stems. The Daisy Award winner also receives a beautiful and meaningful sculpture called A Healer’s Touch, hand-carved by artists of the Shona Tribe in Zimbabwe. The Healers’ Touch sculpture represents the bond between nurses and their patients.
To nominate a nurse for a DAISY Award, go online to deltahealthco.org/bee-daisy-awards/ and submit a digital nomination form. Printed nomination forms can also be found throughout the hospital and at all Delta Health clinics.
In addition to the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses, the Foundation expresses gratitude to the nursing profession internationally in over 4,600 healthcare facilities and schools of nursing with recognition of direct care Nurses, Nurse-led Teams, Nurse Leaders, Nurses Advancing Health Equity, Nursing Faculty, Nursing Students, Lifetime Achievement in Nursing and through the J. Patrick Barnes Grants for Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice Projects, Medical Mission Grants their new Health Equity Grant program. More information is available at http://DAISYfoundation.org.
