Mercy Nurse Named Recipient of Daisy Foundation Award

(Baltimore, MD) -- Mercy Medical Center’s Division of Nursing recently honored Isatu Jalloh, MSN, RN, with the DAISY Nurse Leader Award. Ms. Jalloh serves as Senior Director of Nursing and is responsible for overseeing the hospital’s Med-Surg, ICU, IV Therapy, and Staffing Office services.

Established by the DAISY Foundation, the award is named in memory of J. Patrick Barnes who died at the age of 33 from Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP), an auto-immune disease. The Barnes Family was inspired by the care that Patrick received and established this unique program to recognize and thank the nurses nationwide who make a difference in the lives of their patients and families.

“The DAISY award is an international nurse recognition program to celebrate the clinical skill and the compassion nurses provide daily to patients and families. To receive such an award is truly an honor,” Ms. Jalloh said. 

24 nurse leaders were nominated to receive the award:

• Craiganne Baird
• Railene Broseghini
• Michele Chase
• Leah Dinsmore
• Donna Disney
• Tanja Gross
• Deb Holbrook
• Julia Irwin
• Isatu Jalloh
• Karen Keim
• Maureen Klein
• Kim Kline
• Tracy Kostelec
• Joe Marana
• Nikki McCarthy
• Mary Miller
• Irene Molina
• Monica Nelson
• Tracey Penaloza
• Sandy Ramos
• Hillary Stamps
• Grace Stumbroski
• Trish Tuck
• Stacey Trotman

Congratulations to Isatu Jalloh for being selected Mercy’s 2021 DAISY Award Nurse Leader!

DAISY Award recipients are presented with a certificate, a DAISY Award pin, and a beautiful hand-carved “Healer’s Touch” serpentine stone sculpture.

The DAISY Award has been adopted by 3,500 health care facilities and schools of nursing in all 50 states and 21 other countries, committed to honoring their nurses for their extraordinary care and compassion.  Individual nurses may be nominated by patients, families, and colleagues. To learn more about the DAISY Foundation and the DAISY Award, visit https://www.daisyfoundation.org.