Lourdes Health Names The DAISY Award® for Extraordinary Nurses Recipient

Lourdes Health is pleased to announce that Leslie Kjarmo, a Registered Nurse and Critical Care Nurse in the Lourdes Intensive Care Unit, has been named as a recent recipient for The DAISY Award® for Extraordinary Nurses at Lourdes.

“Leslie has been part of the Lourdes Health family for over 30 years and consistently demonstrates compassionate, quality care for all her patients,” said Kena Chase, Lourdes Chief Nursing Officer. “She is a great example to all of her co-workers and strives to treat her patients with respect, dignity, and kindness.”

Leslie was nominated for this honor by a patient’s family member who was impressed with the meaningful care she provided for the patient’s mother.

“My mother came to your hospital by LifeFlight. Leslie met us in the room and was excellent,” the nominator wrote. “Mother is hard of hearing and legally blind. She included Mother in the questions and referred to family when needed. She was compassionate to patient and family. She was very knowledgeable about the care Mother was going to receive and made all of us at ease. Leslie even kept us informed after we left the hospital by calling us before the end of her shift.”

One of Leslie’s co-workers also commented on the kind of nurse Leslie is, stating “Leslie is always available to help you, is a team player, and is loved by her patients because she takes care of them like her own family.”

The DAISY Award® is an international program started in memory of J. Patrick Barnes, whose family experienced first-hand the difference his nurses made in his care through clinical excellence and compassionate care. The family created The DAISY Award® to express gratitude to nurses and to enable other patients, families, and staff to thank and honor their special nurses.

To nominate a nurse or to learn more about The DAISY Award®, visit YourLourdes.com/Daisy.