It Starts with Heart
Monument Health proudly honors our Caregivers with nationally recognized awards that reflect the meaningful impact they have on patients and families every day.
The TULIP (Thoughtful Upbeat Loving Individuals care for Patients) Award recognizes and celebrates individuals in nursing support who exemplify Monument Health’s values of trust, respect, compassion, community and excellence. These individuals make a difference in the lives of their patients and patient families, and are a vital part of our nursing care teams. We are proud to recognize them.
Monument Health nursing support caregivers are recognized with TULIP Awards a number of times throughout the year. These caregivers are awarded:
- 4 a year at Rapid City Hospital.
- 2 times a year at Custer Hospital and Sturgis Hospital.
- 1 time a year at Lead-Deadwood Hospital and Spearfish Hospital
J. Patrick Barnes was just 33 when he passed away from complications of an auto-immune disease in 1999. Patrick’s family brainstormed what to do in his memory. They vividly recalled the skillful and compassionate care Patrick received from his nurses during his eight-week hospitalization.
They wanted to say “thank you” to nurses everywhere by establishing a recognition program – the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses – to honor the superhuman work nurses do every day at the bedside.
The DAISY Award is a nationwide program presented in collaboration with The American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) that rewards and celebrates the extraordinary clinical skill and compassionate care given by nurses every day.
Monument Health hospitals are proud to be DAISY Award hospital partners, recognizing one of our nurses with this special honor every month. The DAISY Award includes a certificate, pin, tote bag, and a Healer’s Touch stone carving.
To find out more about the program, including the growing list of hospital partners, please go to DAISYfoundation.org.
Monument Health nurses are nominated by patients and families for the national DAISY Award.
- 12 times a year at Rapid City Hospital.
- 4 times a year at Spearfish Hospital.
- 2 times a year at Sturgis, Lead-Deadwood and Custer hospitals.
Patients and their families may nominate a deserving nursing support staff member online here.
Monument Health respiratory therapists are nominated by patients and families for the national The PHIL Award.
The PHIL Award (Pulmonary Health and Illnesses of the Lungs) was established by The FACES Foundation to recognize outstanding respiratory therapists who provide care and treatment for patients with respiratory illnesses. Sharman Lamka established The PHIL Award as part of The FACES Foundation after her husband, Philip C. Lamka, passed away from an Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD). Sharman wanted to establish a way of acknowledging the valuable role that respiratory therapists play in the lives of patients with life-threatening pulmonary illnesses.
The PHIL Award honors the “unsung heroes” in the respiratory therapy profession who understand that each breath matters. Monument Health takes pride in implementing The PHIL Award program to honor respiratory therapists.
To find out more about the program please go to thefacesfoundation.org.
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