Alex Moore honored with The DAISY Nurse Leader Award

The DAISY Nurse Leader Award honors nurse leaders who work to foster a positive environment where skilled and compassionate care thrives. This award recognizes nursing directors, managers, assistant managers, coordinators, educators, preceptors and many more leaders in the nursing arena. Over 5,400 organizations worldwide work with The DAISY Foundation to recognize deserving nurses. Learn more about The DAISY Nurse Leader Award here.

Congratulations to Alex Moore, MSN, RN, OCN, lead staff development nurse for Methodist Hospital and Methodist Women’s Hospital, for being honored with The DAISY Nurse Leader Award. The Nebraska Methodist College alumna was nominated by Crystal Smith, service executive for Patient Care Administration at Methodist Hospital. Highlights of Moore’s nomination:

• “One of Alex’s biggest strengths is that she advocates for the time and resources to ensure key stakeholders are well informed and the appropriate clinical staff development nurses are assigned to educational projects. Her talent lies in that she can quickly assess project requests in order to meet priority deadlines.”
• “Exemplary practice and extraordinary behavior are part of Alex’s everyday routine. She serves as the educational liaison on many projects.”
• “Alex prides herself on knowing her team, fostering care and compassion. She knows people’s names, their story and what makes them tick. She is available to them when needed because she has strong foundational relationships with them and can give meaningful support.”
• “Alex creates environment of trust, compassion, mutual respect, professional development and ethical behavior through open dialogue and conversation. … Motivating staff through shared vision and enthusiasm is something Alex incorporates into her leadership style.  Those who know Alex know that when she takes something on, she gives it 150%.”
• “Accessible, available and responsive to others, encouraging critical thinking and problem solving – all of these qualities could be used to describe Alex.”

Do you know a nurse who is deserving of The DAISY Award? Nominations can be submitted by patients, family members, colleagues or “anyone who experiences or observes extraordinary compassionate care being provided by a nurse.” To nominate a Methodist nurse for The DAISY Award, click here.