UR Medicine Finger Lakes Health honors Devon Schumacher, RN with The DAISY Nurse Leader Award

GENEVA – Devon Schumacher, RN, Quality and Performance Improvement Manager at Geneva General Hospital and Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital, was recognized with the DAISY Nurse Leader Award. Schumacher, who has worked at Finger Lakes Health since May 2010, received the 2026 DAISY Nurse Leader Award based on a nomination from Jose Acevedo, MD, MBA, President and CEO of Finger Lakes Health.

 

The DAISY Nurse Leader Award was created to shine a light on the managers and others who do not typically have direct patient care as part of their work. Nurse Leaders are an integral part of the healthcare team. They inspire and influence their team members and play a major role in the collaboration of care across the organization. Their roles are vast and include being the central communicator, a mentor, an educator, and an organizer, just to name a few.

 

The Nurse Leaders’ responsibilities are:

• Providing a haven of safety for staff, both physically and emotionally
• Ensuring standards for quality patient care are maintained
• Ensuring nurses have access to the technology and equipment, they need – information they need
• Managing human and financial resources across staffing, supplies, and more
• Driving team development, resiliency, and competency, and meaningfully recognizing team members for the work they do for patients and families
• Providing a setting where compassion is valued, and staff, in turn, treat patients and their families with deep humanity.

 

Leaders are responsible for creating an environment where compassionate care by clinicians can thrive. The people who nominate them for The DAISY Nurse Leader Award are typically their staff who describe the impact leaders have on their ability to provide quality, compassionate care.

Nurse Leaders are recognized for:

• Creating an environment where attributes of trust, compassion, mutual respect, continued professional development, and ethical behavior are modeled and supported
• Being accessible, available, and responsive to the needs of their team
• Problem-solving and encouraging critical thinking
• Advocating for their teams
• Communicating the needs of their teams to organization leadership and communicating organizational priorities and directions to their teams
• Being compassionate leaders

 

Nominated by Jose Acevedo, MD, MBA, President and CEO of Finger Lakes Health:

“It is my pleasure to nominate Devon Schumacher for the Daisy Award for Nurse Leader. Devon consistently demonstrates exemplary leadership from the clinical setting to most recently with the Joint Commission surveyors. She advances the mission of our organization and upholds the highest standards of quality and patient safety.  Through her leadership most recently she fostered and supported an environment of quality, safety and professional excellence, creating a culture of trust and accountability. She is a champion for improving quality, safety and compassion to our patients and community. She has an unwavering focus on patient-centered care and her commitment to Finger Lakes Health success is second to none. For her dedication and commitment, I proudly nominate Devon for the Daisy Award for Nurse Leader.”

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Photo: Devon Schumacher, RN, The DAISY Nurse Leader Award recipient and Jose Acevedo, MD, MBA, President and CEO of Finger Lakes Health