Superior, NE – Amanda Wulf, RN, BSN, of Brodstone Healthcare was recently honored with The DAISY Award® For Extraordinary Nurses. The award is part of the DAISY Foundation's programs to recognize the super-human efforts nurses perform every day.

Amanda is originally from Jewell, Kansas, and received her Bachelor's in Health Systems from Hastings College and her Bachelor's in Nursing from Creighton College of Nursing. Before her current role, she worked as a CNA at Webster County Community Hospital, an RN at CHI Saint Frances in Grand Island, and an RN at Webster County Community Hospital before working as a nurse at Brodstone Healthcare.

One of Amanda’s nominations read, “I have stage 3 colon cancer. All nurses at Brodstone were fantastic. Amanda, however, went beyond her ‘call of duty’. She made my wife and I feel very comfortable. She took care of all of our needs, not only medical but emotional as well. She is knowledgeable, very professional, yet extremely compassionate. Amanda has an exceptional understanding for and goodwill toward people.”

A second nomination read, “The care at Brodstone has always been great. The facility is amazing but the providers, nurses, and every person within make it tenfold better. The employees are the heartbeat of the facility, and as a patient or family of the patient, you could feel it. Amanda was the extra special one who stuck out. She was amazing to my wife. Her presence was calm and very attentive. She provided great care and was an advocate. Amanda brought a sense of calmness to our storm that we were experiencing. She was also very aware of us, the family, checking in on our needs even prayed with her sisters and her mom in the hallway. Please thank Amanda and give her all the wows and kudos. She was amazing and so glad she was taking care of my wife.”

The not-for-profit DAISY Foundation was established by family members in memory of J. Patrick Barnes. Patrick died at the age of 33 in late 1999 from complications of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP), a little-known but not uncommon autoimmune disease. The care Patrick and his family received from nurses while he was ill inspired this unique means of thanking nurses for making a profound difference in the lives of their patients and patient families.

Said Bonnie Barnes, FAAN, Doctor of Humane Letters (h.c) and Co-Founder of The DAISY Foundation, "When Patrick was critically ill, our family experienced first-hand the remarkable skill and care nurses provide patients every day and night. Yet these unsung heroes are seldom recognized for the superhuman work they do. The kind of work the nurses at Brodstone Healthcare are called on to do every day epitomizes the purpose of The DAISY Award.”

Chief Nursing Officer Candice Thompson added, "It's such an honor to be able to recognize our extraordinary nurses and Amanda is very deserving of this recognition. She is one of the most dedicated, compassionate, and empathetic nurses and we are truly lucky to have her here at Brodstone."

For a complete listing of healthcare organizations currently running the program, please go to http://DAISYfoundation.org