Diana Ragan

Compassion is the key to patient care at Arkansas Children’s Hospital. Heart Center nurses Diana and Trev Ragan, now the second husband and wife pair in the country to have each received the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses, are models of compassion. They demonstrate a unique empathy like only a patient or parent could.

Diana, June DAISY recipient and CVICU nurse for over seven years, is described by her team as meticulous and professional. What stood out to the family who nominated her, however, was the way she watches over patients as if they are her own children. In fact, Diana’s own daughter was a critical care patient at ACH.

“I know how parents can feel helpless. I know that hurt that can’t be fixed,” she shared. As a result, she stands up for her patients so that they can receive the most exceptional care ACH has to offer. As her supervisor, Amber Jones, states, “Diana is the true definition of patient advocacy, which is why families ask that she be their nurse.”

While Diana feels honored, she insists that there are many outstanding nurses at ACH deserving of a DAISY award-- nurses like her husband, Trev, who coincidentally won the award the very next month.