Her nomination reads:

“Alissa has always been such a kind person. She verifies this time and time again with her willingness to do anything for anybody. She is truly the definition of what a nurse should be. She goes above and beyond in every situation.

For example, we had a patient recently in the CCU where it was determined they weren’t going to survive. The family was having money/travel issues, as they were from out of town, and were unable to get here for the end-of-life process. Alissa offered to go and pick up their spouse and bring them here so they could be together during this time. The spouse decided to just FaceTime instead, so Alissa had that all set up and ready for when they were ready. The family was able to see the patient one last time to say their goodbyes before they passed away.

This is just one of a million examples I could give about what an amazing nurse Alissa is. She goes above and beyond and is always available to lend a hand. Recently she has been picking up extra hours on 3N, above her CCU hours, to help them out.

Her patients and all of her coworkers love her and rave about her, and she just has the ability to make your day all the better.”

Wiemers was honored during a celebration with her family and team members. She received a certificate, pin and sculpture.

DAISY is an acronym for Diseases Attacking the Immune System. The DAISY Foundation was formed in January 2000 by the family of J. Patrick Barnes, who died at age 33 from complications of an auto-immune disease. His family wanted to say thank you to nurses by everywhere by establishing a recognition program — The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses — to “honor the super-human work nurses do every day at the bedside.”

The DAISY Award is a merit-based award that honors clinical skill, leadership, strong patient care and compassion.