I would like to nominate Cerner Associate Cindy Stafford, RN as a deserving recipient of The DAISY Award. This nurse’s skill and especially her/his compassionate care exemplify the kind of nurse that health care organizations recognize as an outstanding role model. She/he consistently meets all of the following criteria:
Cindy is a model example of what a Clinical Strategist and Healthcare Executive can be at Cerner Corporation. She has a vast clinical background as a nurse and consistently displays aptitude in the Physician practice space within the Inpatient, Emergency Room, Critical Care and Outpatient venues. That collective skill set has exuded excellence during our project with Olathe Health Systems in the form of strategic planning, strategic culture / clinical process change and overall guidance during healthcare technology implementations, and goes above and beyond what that role entails. Cindy has helped the Nursing Leadership at Olathe Health adopt and follow best Cerner Nursing practices which fosters nursing care that is efficient and evidence-based and utilizes health information technology to deliver the best nursing care. Cindy always guides the decision making process down a path of “what is best for the patient?” rather than becoming inundated with financial or project metrics. Her compassion for doing the right thing for the patient at the right time has been inspirational for our project team and a definite role model for key decision makers at Olathe Health System.