Kayla Dovidio, a licensed practical nurse with the VA Butler Healthcare System, was recently honored with The DAISY Award. Submitted Photo

Kayla Dovidio, a licensed practical nurse with the VA Butler Healthcare System, was recently honored with The DAISY Award For Extraordinary Nurses.

The award is part of the DAISY Foundation's programs to recognize the efforts nurses perform every day.

“Kayla is the most caring and compassionate person and always finds time to make sure our needs or wants are met,” the nomination submitted for Dovidio read. “Even if someone just wants to talk, she makes time to listen, no matter how busy she is.”

The DAISY Foundation was established by family members in memory of J. Patrick Barnes, who died at the age of 33 in late 1999 from complications of an autoimmune disease called idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura.