Daisy Award

The DAISY Award is an international recognition program honoring extraordinary Registered Nurses who demonstrate an unwavering commitment to provide compassionate patient care through exceptional clinical expertise.

Nomination Process:

If you would like to nominate an exceptional registered nurse for the DAISY Award, please submit your nomination digitally by clicking here to our online form. When you are finished, press "submit" and it will be emailed to the selection committee. If you would like to submit a paper form, click on the link below to download the PDF form. Please submit all nominations by the 15th of each month to be considered for the current month's award.

Mail or drop off paper form submissions to:

San Antonio Regional Hospital
Attn: Human Resources Department
999 San Bernardino Road, 
Upland, California 91786 

To download the .pdf version of the DAISY Award nomination form, please click here.

If you need Adobe Acrobat to read the file, click here.

San Antonio holds a special place in Ellen’s heart as she and her son were both born at the hospital.  She joined us professionally as a new grad in 2017 and continues to shine.   In 2023 she earned our Barbara Scanlon Outstanding Preceptor Award for inspiring and supporting new nursing grads.  Ellen was nominated for the DAISY Award by a fellow care team member who witnessed Ellen’s compassion, empathy, and patient advocacy first hand. During a particularly challenging case, Ellen cared for a patient who was fearful and refusing a surgery that was potentially life threatening.   Language barriers made communication difficult, even with translation services, and physicians were preparing to discharge the patient home on hospice care.  Determined to help, Ellen made one final effort and asked a Spanish-speaking collegue to accompany her to convey the seriousness of the condition.  In that moment, trust was established and the patient agreed to the procedure, perhaps saving their life. 

Congratulations, Ellen!