NCC Nursing Student Receives DAISY in Training Award
Pictured from left: NCC Director of Nursing, Tywana Lawson, NCC Nursing Student Jarren Webb, and NCC Nursing Instructor Susan Taylor.
Nash Community College Nursing Student Jarren Webb received the DAISY in Training Award for commitment to extraordinary compassionate patient care and outstanding clinical skill that will make a meaningful difference in the lives of many people.
Webb also is the 2021 Excellence in Associate Degree Nursing award recipient. He is a local and national member of the Student Nurses’ Association and has volunteered for community events including supporting local hospitals, long-term care facilities, and fire stations.
Jarren Webb will graduate from NCC with an Associate Degree in Nursing with a 4.0 cumulative GPA. He plans to enroll in an RN to BSN degree program in August 2021, and begin his nursing career at Nash UNC Health Care in the Critical Care and Cardiovascular Intensive Care units.
Created by the DAISY Foundation in memory J. Patrick Barnes, who suffered from Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, the DAISY In Training Award is designed to remind students, even on their hardest days in Nursing School, why they want to be nurses. DAISY stands for “diseases attacking the immune system.”
“I humbly receive this award,” Webb said, “and I am so thankful for the professional and personal development I have achieved during nursing school at Nash Community College. For my nursing instructors who have coached me through this experience to recognize my clinical skills and compassionate patient care, it feels rewarding.”
By recognizing Nursing students for the above-and-beyond care and compassion they show patients and their families as they are learning, we celebrate what it truly means to be a nurse.
A sculpture from Zimbabwe was chosen by the parents of Barnes to accompany the DAISY in training certificate since it represents the importance of “healers” in the Zimbabwe culture. The sculpture is hand-carved and has a unique design each year.
