Northern California Extraordinary Nurse Award
The Northern California Extraordinary Nurse Award Program recognizes and honors 34 individuals each year who exemplify professionalism, compassion, teamwork, excellence, integrity, and patient- and family-centric care in their practice.

Perioperative Services
Adrienne Barraza, MSN, FNP-C
Staff Nurse III, Recovery

Continuum Nurse Leaders of the Year
Katrina Hernandez, MSPM, BSN
Service Director, Coordination of Care

Care Coordination
Trina Reilly, MBA, BSN
Patient Care Coord Case Manager III

Friend of Nursing – Interprofessional Colleagues
Navneet Maan, MPH
Area Portfolio Leader
The DAISY Nurse Leader Award
The DAISY Nurse Leader Award shines a light on nurse leaders — directors, managers, assistant managers, and educators — who don’t generally have direct patient care as part of their work and create an environment where compassionate, skillful care thrives.
Armack Abigail, BSN, RN
Jessica Battenburg, BSN, RN, CNOR, NPD-BC
Renae Long, RN, RNC-OB, C-EFM
DeAnna Ybarra, MSN, RN, RNC-NIC
The DAISY Award® for Extraordinary Nurses
The DAISY Award® recognizes the compassion and care nurses provide to patients and families.
Fe May Rose Aguilar, BSN, RN
Tiffany Alvara, BSN, RN, RNC-NIC
Kate Garske, MSN, RN, MEDSURG-BC
Amy Grewal, BSN, RN, Gero-BC, MEDSURG-BC
Lucky (Lakhdeep) Lehal, RN
Edgar Meza Flores, BSN, RN
Brian Nguyen, BSN, RN
Brian Pritchard, RN
Eileen Santos, BSN, RN
Julie Vang, ASN, RN
Sarah Yanez, ASN, RN
The DAISY Team Award
The DAISY Team Award honors collaboration by 2 or more people led by a nurse who identifies and meets patient and/or patient family needs by going above and beyond the traditional role of the nurse.
CCU
PeriOp/PACU
PETAL Award
The Performing Exceptional Tasks and Affirming Lives (PETAL) Award honors our partners in care. It recognizes the hard work of caregivers in non-nursing roles, from housekeeping and dietary services, who partner with nurses to deliver excellent, compassionate care for our members and the community.
Jerry Pollard, PCT
Casandra Rangel, ED Clerical Staff
Emma Torres, Housekeeping
