Saint Joseph Hospital Honors DAISY Award Winners

LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 20, 2026) – Saint Joseph Hospital is proud to announce its quarterly DAISY award winners, Jacquelyn Bueno, Clinical Flex RN, and Sarah Henson, Cardiovascular Charge RN.

Jacquelyn Bueno connects with her patients and their families, ensuring no one feels like a stranger. Jacquelyn’s nominator wrote: “The family was impressed with Jackie’s knowledge and hard-work. She informed the family as events occurred and showed concern and compassion for her patient and the patient’s family. The family remembers Jackie hugging them and the connection she had with the family. It meant so much to them that their nurse felt the same sorrow that they were experiencing. It was overwhelming that someone would have so much empathy for someone and their loved ones, whom she had just met.”

Sarah Henson exemplifies humankindness to her patients and their families during their most difficult times. When a patient passed away, Sarah made copies of their fingerprints and took locks of their hair to give to the patient’s family. Her nominator said, “Sarah not only was present for the patient, it was not unusual to see her in the room hugging the family, crying with them, laughing and allowing them to tell stories. As the family told me this, I watched Sarah interact with the family and the patient. It was obvious how she had impacted this patient’s family. Sarah embellished humankindness and this family will never forget that.”

The DAISY Awards seek to recognize clinical caregivers who go above and beyond to make the healing presence of God known. These awards allow patients, families, and colleagues to nominate nurses whose exceptional care and compassion made a lasting impact. Nominate an extraordinary caregiver at CHI Saint Joseph Health..

About Saint Joseph Health
Saint Joseph Health, part of CommonSpirit Health, is one of the largest and most comprehensive health systems in the Commonwealth of Kentucky with 100 locations in 15 cities, including hospitals, physician groups, clinics, primary care centers, specialty institutes, home health agencies and an ambulatory Care Center. The hospitals in Saint Joseph Health are Flaget Memorial Hospital, Saint Joseph Berea, Saint Joseph East, Saint Joseph Hospital, Saint Joseph Jessamine, Saint Joseph London, Saint Joseph Mount Sterling, and Women’s Hospital at Saint Joseph East. In total, the health system serves patients in 35 counties statewide. Saint Joseph Health is dedicated to providing a wide array of services to build a healthier future for all. Saint Joseph Health embodies a strong mission and faith-based heritage and works through local partnerships to expand access to care in the communities it serves.

About Saint Joseph Hospital 

Saint Joseph Hospital is a 433-bed hospital located in Lexington, Kentucky. Established in 1877 by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth in Kentucky, the facility serves residents of central and eastern Kentucky and is a nationally recognized tertiary medical center. Saint Joseph Hospital is Lexington’s first hospital. The hospital’s original mission was to provide compassionate care to the poor and underserved – a tradition still carried out today.