DAISY Award Winner Shannon Haus, second from left

Guthrie County Hospital recognized some of their nurses and a patient care technician Wednesday.

The hospital held their annual Diseases Attacking the Immune SYstem (DAISY) and Sunshine Awards. The DAISY Award, is an award that internationally recognizes nurses who go above and beyond, and showing extreme kindness and compassion to their patients. Nominations for this award comes from the community, a patient or their family, and other colleagues. This year’s recipient was Shannon Haus. The other nominees were Kassie Cline, Jenna Deist, Jentry Hise, Nicole Esslinger and Dale Peterson. The Sunshine Award is a recognition of auxiliary staff that help the nurses, and who also show remarkable care for those in their charge. The 2025 Sunshine Award recipient was LaRoyce Kress. Both Haus and Kress were nominated by the widow of a patient, thanking them for helping care for her husband in his final days, and making them more bearable.