News Release

 WARSAW – Paula Calhoun, RN, Surgery Nurse Manager at Kosciusko Community Hospital in Warsaw, and seven others are the most recent LHN recipients of the DAISY Award.

Paula Calhoun

Nurses make a significant impact in the lives of patients and their families. Lutheran Health Network (LHN) nurses go above and beyond to make a positive difference. 

The DAISY Award is one way to recognize exceptional care, compassion and dedication. Patients, families and colleagues may nominate nurses from any LHN hospital, urgent care clinic or Lutheran Health Physicians office for The DAISY Award.

The most recent LHN recipients are listed below and their stories are available here.

 Claire Cytlak, RN

Pre-Admission Testing Nurse
The Orthopedic Hospital
Fort Wayne, Indiana

 Amanda Williams, RN

Charge Nurse
Rehabilitation Hospital
Fort Wayne, Indiana

 Rhonda Kuhn, RN

NICU Nurse
Dupont Hospital
Fort Wayne, Indiana

 Rhonda Wetzel, RN

Med/Surg
Lutheran Hospital
Fort Wayne, Indiana 

Sara Smart, RN

IV Team
Lutheran Hospital
Fort Wayne, Indiana

Veronica Rupel, RN

PACE Clinic Unit Nurse
Bluffton Regional Medical Center
Bluffton, Indiana

Nurse Leader DAISY Award recipients

Paula Calhoun, RN

Surgery Nurse Manager
Nurse Leader Daisy Award Winner
Kosciusko Community Hospital
Warsaw, Indiana

Sharon Charron, RN

Night Shift Coordinator
Nurse Leader Daisy Award Winner
Dupont Hospital
Fort Wayne, Indiana

The DAISY Foundation is a not-for-profit organization established in memory of J. Patrick Barnes by members of his family. In late 1999, Patrick died at the age of 33 from complications of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), a little known but not uncommon autoimmune disease. The care Patrick and his family received from nurses while he was ill inspired this unique way of thanking those professionals for making a profound difference in the lives of their patients and their families.