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Special recognition shared ... With NHB/NMRTC Bremerton culminating National Nurse Week with honoring the Navy Nurse Corps 116th birthday from May 13, 1908, it was an ideal opportunity to acknowledge one of their own for their caring. compassion and commitment to patients in need. Lt. Cmdr. Brad O’Keefe, command Daisy Award coordinator and pediatric nurse practitioner explained to those in attendance that two staff nurses – Amylisa Myers, Amy Cogar - along with Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Shayla Wallace, had been nominated for the prestigious Daisy Award. The Daisy Award, established in 1999, is an international program which rewards and celebrates extraordinary clinical skill and compassionate care given by a nurse to honor, “the super-human work nurses do for patients and families every day wherever they practice, in whatever role they serve, and throughout their careers,” according to the award foundation. “The staff member recommended has to exemplify the kind of nurses that patients, their family and staff recognize as an outstanding role model and consistently meet all of the following criteria: compassion, team player/mentor, professionalism, exceptional care, commitment and advocacy,” noted O’Keefe before announcing the recipient. “She has been nominated quite a few times and received two or three this cycle. The Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nurses is going to Amy Myers [registered nurse assigned to NHB’s Oral Surgery clinic] in deep appreciation for all you do, who you are and the incredible meaningful difference you make in the lives of so many people,” exclaimed O’Keefe. O'Keefe presented Myers with a hand-carved stone sculpture from a tribe in Africa which is called a ‘Healers Touch.’ “It’s very unique and specific for each Daisy Awardee,” O’Keefe said. “I also started my Navy career here some 23 years ago as a Navy ensign. From delivering babies to now delivery teeth, I love being a nurse and nur