NEWS : NSNA
NSNA President Taylor Conaway Receives DAISY Award Taylor Conaway is the immediate-past president of the Arkansas Nursing Students ’ Association and current president of the National Student Nurses ’ Association representing over 50,000 student nurses nationwide . She is a senior at Carr College of Nursing , Harding University , Searcy , Arkansas . Taylor represented NSNA at the American Nurses Association Membership Assembly last June where she brought greetings on behalf of NSNA . She is well recognized for her work in supporting student nurses . Taylor has experience in long-term care and has aspirations to become a pediatric ICU nurse caring for the most vulnerable patients . She is a true advocate for the nursing profession addressing mental health challenges of nursing students , nurse staffing issues , and workplace violence . Taylor knew that she wanted to be a nurse early on . In her last year of high school , she received EMT basic certification followed by becoming a certified hospice volunteer in her freshman year of college . Taylor has been a true leader for all nursing students and wants to ensure that they are engaged in the profession before graduation .
Background History on the DAISY Award The DAISY Foundation was formed in 1999 , by the family of J . Patrick Barnes who died at age 33 of complications of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura ( ITP ). DAISY is an acronym for Diseases Attacking the Immune System . When their son Patrick was ill , the Barnes family was in awe by the skill , care , and compassion of his nurses . They created the Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nurses to say thank you to nurses around the country , because they believed nurses are truly “ unsung heroes .”
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