Wound Care Center nurse practitioner Donna Cuthill has been honored with MMC’s DAISY Award. Gathering with Donna and holding the signed DAISY Award banner are team members from the Wound Care Center and specialty clinics.
Long Branch, NJ, February 16, 2026 — Donna Cuthill, MSN, APRN, APN-BC, WCC, CWS, a Monmouth Medical Center (MMC) Wound Care Center nurse practitioner who was praised for the exceptional work that she does and how she does it, has been honored with the DAISY Award, endorsed by The DAISY Foundation.
Donna, who was honored during 2024 as an MMC Employee of the Month, was nominated for the DAISY Award by a patient who shared: I got a knee replacement and ended up needing to have another surgery. In the meantime, I had fallen and cut my ankle. I have lymphedema, which slows things down from healing and that actually got infected. I was so scared and so nervous. From the second that she met me, Donna made me feel at ease, told me that everything was going to work out and that it might be a slow process, but we’re going to get through this. I mean there was a time where I thought I actually might lose my leg. I’ve had three surgeries so far and am waiting on my fourth one for a new knee replacement. I’ve been on antibiotics throughout the whole entire year because of the wound on my ankle and getting skin grafts. I just can’t express to you how Donna made me feel at ease through all of them. I have to say, this Clinic is so special. Donna is exceptional with the work that she does and how she does it. I think she should’ve been a doctor, but maybe that wasn’t her calling; every one of them at this Clinic is exceptional with their bedside manner. I hope you understand how strongly I feel about how special Donna is to me.
DAISY is an acronym for Diseases Attacking the Immune System. The DAISY Foundation was formed by the family of Patrick Barnes who died at age 33 of complications of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP), an auto-immune disease. His widow, Tena, (a DAISY Co-founder) created the acronym, and the Foundation and established the DAISY Recognition Program to honor the super-human work nurses do every day at the bedside.
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