SALEM – Salem Regional Medical Center (SRMC) recognized Dan Imhoff, RN, as its fifth DAISY Award winner, since starting the program in mid-2024. This national award was created by family members of patient J. Patrick Barnes, to recognize outstanding nurses across the country, who go above and beyond in providing compassionate care along the patient care journey.

Imhoff, a long-time registered nurse in the Emergency Department (ED), was recently nominated by an ED patient.

“Dan has been nominated for this award seven times since our program began a year ago,” said SRMC Director of Nursing Leigh Knife, MSN, RN. “He is consistently recognized by his coworkers for his outstanding work ethic, compassionate demeanor and support for his patients during a very difficult time.”

Imhoff’s nominator was a grateful patient in the ED and said, “From the moment of first interacting with Dan, I felt very safe, calm and at ease. He is very professional, very caring and was born to be a nurse…He was attentive, he communicated and listened and answered all my questions.”

As a DAISY Award winner, Dan received a special certificate and a $100 award given on behalf of the George Kimble Scholarship established in 2012 in memory of past SRMC patient George H. Kimble.

“We launched the DAISY Award program to honor and recognize the excellent care that our nurses are practicing; and highlight those who demonstrate our organization’s ICARE values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence,” Knife continued.

To nominate an SRMC nurse for a DAISY Award, visit www.salemregional.com/patient-visitor-info/patient-information.