She received three nominations from team members and patients/family members describing her as “an amazing nurse” who always goes above and beyond for patients.

“Molly will sit and listen to patients for as long as they need,” a team member said. “I have seen her hold hands and be there for patients going through the worst things possible. She also takes care of the family members and is the most caring human being I have ever met.”

A patient’s family member recalled a time when her daughter experienced her second kidney stone. The first experience — while away at college — was not a good experience for the 19-year-old. This time, visiting the emergency room at Trinity, the patient was greeted by Lennon at the registration desk, and her mom shared, “she made the whole process better — from the first moment — because Molly listened to her.”

After letting Lennon know her daughter was afraid of needles, she was calming, empathetic and efficient at starting the IV.

“Molly was so quick getting set up; my daughter didn’t even know that she drew blood for lab work at the same time. The entire visit to the ER was an entirely different experience of working through a kidney stone, because Molly is such an amazing nurse and started the visit in such a caring manner.”

Molly was honored during a celebration with her family and team members. She received a certificate, pin and sculpture.

DAISY is an acronym for Diseases Attacking the Immune System. The DAISY Foundation was formed in January 2000 by the family of J. Patrick Barnes, who died at age 33 from complications of an auto-immune disease. His family wanted to say, “thank you” to nurses by everywhere by establishing a recognition program — The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses — to “honor the super-human work nurses do every day at the bedside.”

The DAISY Award is a merit-based award that honors clinical skill, leadership, strong patient care and compassion.