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Morris Hospital Healthcare Centers has recognized Paige Peters, a nurse on the second floor east wing medical-surgical/pediatrics unit, as the third DAISY Award recipient of 2026. The DAISY Award is an internationally recognized honor that celebrates nurses for the exceptional, compassionate care they provide to patients. The award was established by the family of J. Patrick Barnes, who was moved by the care and compassion shown to their entire family while their son was in the hospital, Morris Hospital said in a news release.Out of gratitude, they created the DAISY Award as a lasting tribute to Patrick’s legacy of positivity and as a way to honor nurses everywhere, the hospital said.In nominating Peters for the DAISY Award, a pediatric patient’s mother wrote: “We are so grateful that Paige was the one caring for our daughter. From the moment she came into the room, she was kind, gentle, compassionate, and incredibly reassuring during a scary and unexpected time.” The nominator conti
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