Ivinson Memorial Hospital Behavioral Health Nurse Laura Killean Wins DAISY Award

Ivinson Memorial Hospital and the IMH Foundation named Laura Killean, RN, of the hospital’s Behavioral Health Services team as their DAISY Award recipient on March 6, 2026. The announcement recognizes Killean’s work within IMH’s behavioral health unit and marks the latest DAISY Award recognition issued by the hospital and its foundation.

The DAISY Award recognizes nurses who provide extraordinary, compassionate care, and the March 6 recognition singled out Killean for that standard within Ivinson’s Behavioral Health Services. Killean’s credential as an RN was included in the announcement, which specifically linked the honor to her role on the BHS team at Ivinson Memorial Hospital.

The IMH Foundation joined the hospital in issuing the award, with the joint announcement identifying this as the most recent DAISY Award recognition coordinated by both Ivinson Memorial Hospital and the IMH Foundation. The combined involvement of the hospital and its foundation highlights institutional support for nursing recognition programs within Ivinson’s clinical services.

For Ivinson Memorial Hospital’s Behavioral Health Services, the DAISY Award presented to Laura Killean on March 6, 2026, represents a formal acknowledgement from both the hospital and the IMH Foundation of exceptional nursing care in the behavioral health setting. The award announcement places Killean among those nurses at IMH whose clinical roles and compassionate practice the hospital and foundation have chosen to honor.