Health Carousel, a leading healthcare staffing and workforce solutions company, celebrated a milestone of 100 DAISY Award recipients. These awards recognize nurses, nursing school faculty, and nursing students for demonstrating an above-and-beyond commitment to care for patients and their families.

"We are proud to celebrate this milestone in nursing recognition,” said Connie De La Cruz, Co-Founder and Chairman of Health Carousel Philippines. “Health Carousel Philippines is dedicated to the nurses who keep our healthcare system running and provide essential care to patients worldwide.”

In 2018, Health Carousel began its relationship with The DAISY Foundation™ and started collecting patient nominations for the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. A corporate committee meets quarterly to review the nominations and selects one nurse from Health Carousel Philippines and each U.S. corporate division who exemplifies the DAISY Award’s focus on above-and-beyond compassionate care.

Additionally, as The DAISY Foundation sought to provide meaningful recognition of nurses in developing countries where funding was a barrier, Health Carousel stepped up and became DAISY’s first International Advocate, underwriting the awards program in Uganda, Ghana, and Cameroon. Most recently, Health Carousel underwrote the first ever DAISY Award® for Extraordinary Nursing Faculty and Nursing Students awards on the continent of Africa at EXIST University School of Nursing in Cameroon.

The 100th award celebration took place in Cebu, Philippines. While every DAISY Award celebration is a tale of the super-human work nurses do for patients and families daily, it is hard to imagine a story that better embodies the optimism we should have for the future of nursing globally. In this instance, Angyl Fayth Ababat, a student nurse saved the life of an elderly vendor out on the streets of Cebu who suffered a knife wound to her neck. She performed her life-saving duty as having been trained despite not knowing if the attacker was nearby and ready to strike again. In recognition of her extraordinary care, Health Carousel Philippines awarded her The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Students in front of 749 nursing students, nursing faculty, parents, and guests attending her nurse capping ceremony.

At a time when headlines highlight nursing shortages and the impact it has on access to care, it's reassuring that organizations such as Health Carousel, Health Carousel Philippines, and The DAISY Foundation are working together to improve workforce satisfaction and retention through meaningful nurse recognition. Meanwhile, Health Carousel's demonstrated commitment to lighting the way in global nursing sustainability and development programs is growing even stronger with the formation of the Health Carousel Foundation at the end of 2022.