LEWISTON — Registered nurse Nicole Harman has been recognized as a Central Maine Medical Center DAISY Award recipient.

The DAISY Award is sponsored by the DAISY Foundation and recognizes nurses who consistently demonstrate in their work the following attributes: compassion, critical thinking skills, passion about life, patient- and family-focused care, patient advocacy, support of all health care team members and nursing profession role model.

Harman has been a registered nurse on CMMC’s Oncology Nursing Unit (M1) since February 2010. She is a graduate of the University of Maine at Augusta, and is certified in chemotherapy and biotherapy administration.

The DAISY Award was established in 1999 by the family of J. Patrick Barnes, who died at 33 from complications of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. DAISY is an acronym for “diseases attacking the immune system.” The foundation is headquartered in Glen Ellen, Calif. The award was created to show gratitude to the nursing profession, because the Barnes family believed that nurses are truly “unsung heroes.”

Patients, visitors, physicians and co-workers can nominate nurses who they feel deserve to be recognized with the DAISY Award.