Mid Coast Hospital nurse Danielle Peart wins DAISY Award

Danielle Peart, RN II, has been recognized at MaineHealth Mid Coast Hospital with the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses, an honor that points to the kind of bedside care families remember long after a birth is over. The hospital presented the award on May 8, recognizing Peart for compassionate care in the Family Birth Center in Brunswick.

The DAISY Award is more than a ceremonial nod. MaineHealth Mid Coast Hospital says it is part of a global program in more than 3,000 health care facilities, created to celebrate the skill and compassion nurses bring to patients and families. At Mid Coast, honorees can be nominated by patients, families or colleagues, and are selected by a committee of hospital staff.

That process matters in a place like Midcoast Maine, where maternity care depends on more than equipment and schedules. It depends on nurses who can guide patients through labor, answer anxious questions and steady families during one of the most intense moments of their lives. Mid Coast’s Family Birth Center offers expert childbirth services, including labor and delivery, prenatal care and natural childbirth, making it a central part of care for Brunswick and surrounding communities.

Peart’s recognition also reflects the pressure on local hospitals to keep frontline care personal even as staffing remains a constant concern across rural health systems. In that environment, a nurse who is singled out for empathy and professionalism stands out not only to one family, but to an entire care team that sees the daily strain of birth care up close.

MaineHealth Mid Coast Hospital, a 93-bed not-for-profit hospital at 123 Medical Center Drive in Brunswick, has long served as one of the region’s key health-care institutions. The award to Peart, while small in scale, underscores how much local patients and colleagues value consistent, compassionate nursing in a community hospital setting.

For Sagadahoc County families who rely on Mid Coast for maternity care, the honor is a reminder that hospital excellence is often measured one patient at a time, through the calm, skilled work of nurses like Danielle Peart.