SVMC honored a Cancer Center nurse with the prestigious DAISY Award during National Nurses Week in early May.
Kelly Czarnecki, BSN, RN, received SVMC’s DAISY Award in May, coinciding with a seven-day recognition and celebration of the health system's incredible team of nurses.
Kelly, who is a nurse in the Dartmouth Cancer Center at SVMC, was nominated by a patient’s family member, who said Czarnecki has shown “compassion, knowledge and the utmost care.” The family member explained that Czarnecki’s kindness calms any anxiety her patients may be feeling and that she “goes above and beyond.”
The DAISY Award is an international recognition program honoring clinical excellence and outstanding compassionate care provided by nurses.
About Southwestern Vermont Medical Center
Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC), a member of Dartmouth Health, is a comprehensive, preeminent, health care system providing exceptional, convenient, and affordable care to the communities of Bennington and Windham Counties of Vermont, eastern Rensselaer and Washington Counties of New York, and northern Berkshire County in Massachusetts. SVMC includes the Dartmouth Cancer Center at SVMC, the SVHC Foundation, as well as 25 primary and specialty care practices. Southwestern Vermont Medical Center is among the most lauded small rural health systems in the nation. It is the recipient of the American Hospital Association’s 2020 Rural Hospital Leadership Award. In addition, SVMC is a five-time recipient of the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Magnet® recognition for nursing excellence. SVMC provides exceptional care without discriminating on the basis of an individual’s age, race, ethnicity, religion, culture, language, physical or mental disability, socioeconomic status, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression. Language assistance services, free of charge, are available at 1-800-367-9559.