St. Francis Medical Center Names Quarterly DAISY Nursing Award Winner

TRENTON, NJ—St. Francis Medical Center recently named Edgar Relevante, a nurse on 2B, a Medical-Surgical Unit at St. Francis Medical Center, as its recent quarterly DAISY Nursing Award winner.

The award is presented in collaboration with The American Organization of Nurse Executives. It is part of the DAISY (Diseases Attacking the Immune System) Foundation’s program to recognize the super-human efforts nurses perform every day.

Relevante was nominated by a patient for his extraordinary care. His nominator wrote, “Edgar was my nurse for the last three days of my stay and made a trying time in my life so much easier. Edgar was not only helpful towards me as a patient but towards his coworkers too. He always smiled and addressed me by my name. I also watched Edgar help student nurses. I hope Edgar knows how much he is appreciated. I will never forget him or my experience being his patient.”

“I’m honored to have been chosen as a St. Francis’ DAISY award winner,” said Relevante. “I’m thankful to be recognized with this award and proud to be a part of the St. Francis nursing team.”

The DAISY Award was established in 2000 by the Barnes family in honor of J. Patrick Barnes, who died at age 33 of an auto-immune disease. The care Patrick and his family received inspired the family to thank nurses nationwide for making a profound difference in the lives of their patients and families.

During the award ceremony, Relevante was presented with the DAISY Foundation’s “Healer’s Touch” sculpture, as well as an award certificate and DAISY award pin.

To learn more about the DAISY award, visit https://www.daisyfoundation.org/daisy-award.