2026 DAISY Award Winner & Nominees

Lower Umpqua Hospital District is honored to celebrate The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. This award recognizes the exceptional dedication and compassionate care demonstrated by our nurses year-round. Every year in May, we celebrate National Nurses Week and recognize our DAISY Award Winner and Nominees.

This year we had many outstanding nominees and proudly congratulated Patty Reed, RN from Outpatient Nursing, as our latest DAISY Award recipient. Please join us in acknowledging her outstanding contribution to our community.

Read more about our DAISY Award Winner and Nominees Here: 2026 DAISY AWARD WINNER and NOMINEES

Congratulations banner featuring Patty Reed, RN, winner of the 2026 DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses, with colleagues posing for a photo.

Group of nurses pose in a hallway with The DAISY Award logo, celebrating an award; one holds a bouquet and a green gift bag.

Four nurses posing together in a hospital hallway with a Nurses Week poster on the wall. Four women in scrubs smile at the camera, medical equipment nearby. Two smiling nurses in matching navy shirts with the Nurses Week logo, posing in a staff break room.

Diverse group of healthcare professionals lined up in a hospital corridor, smiling at the camera.Group of medical staff and students in scrubs lined up in a hallway, several holding certificates and smiling at the camera.

Six hospital staff posing in a hallway with a signed banner behind them; one person in the center holds a certificate and badge, others wear scrubs or uniforms and smile at the camera.