10/16/2026
FMOL Health | St. Dominic is proud to recognize Joyce Hargrave, RN, 3 East, as our most recent DAISY Award recipient. The DAISY Award is an international program that honors nurses who consistently demonstrate extraordinary clinical skill, compassion, and dedication to patient care.
Joyce was nominated by the son of a patient who was facing both the emotional and practical challenges of caring for his father during a terminal cancer diagnosis. Living out of state and traveling to Mississippi to support his father created significant personal and financial hardships, but Joyce's compassion helped ease that burden in ways the family will never forget.
In his nomination, the patient's son shared that Joyce consistently encouraged him to care for himself while remaining at his father's bedside. “On one particularly difficult day, she saw that I had lost some weight during the week and without any comment or prompting, had soup and a sandwich delivered to the room for me to eat. I have never experienced such a selfless act of kindness of consideration. One day, I will be in an old man in a hospital bed, unable to move and barely able to eat, and I pray that I have a nurse like this Joyce to care for me."
Joyce's actions exemplify the values of compassionate care that define St. Dominic's nursing team. Please join us in congratulating Joyce on this well-deserved recognition and thanking her for the exceptional care she provides to our patients, families and fellow team members each day.
Do you know a nurse who has made an extraordinary difference in the life of a patient or family member? Help us celebrate their impact by submitting a DAISY Award nomination. See first comment for link.