DAISY Awards Recognition
These Leaders Put the Extraordinary in the Ordinary
Dr. Sheila Bennett, Senior Vice President and Chief of Patient Services, Jesse Williams, Clinical Coordinator for Surgical Nursing, and James Keeton, Clinical Manager of Medical Pulmonary Nursing, received DAISY Leader Awards in 2017. The DAISY Leader Award is presented to a manager or director who is a role model for outstanding nursing leadership. Recipients provide a haven of safety for staff, both physically and emotionally, inspiring nurses to do their best, and provide an atmosphere were compassion is valued, which helps staff, in turn, treat patients and their families with deep humanity.
Dr. Sheila Bennett
Jesse Williams
James Keeton
She Helped An Employee's Out of Town Relatives When a Floyd employee became a patient, Sheila not only checked on the patient, but came to the rescue of out-of-town relatives. “I told her that my mom didn't know her way around but wanted to pick up some groceries,” the employee said. “Instead of giving directions, she picked my mom up and took her grocery shopping. She even paid for half of the groceries.” Sheila also helps with overflow and comes in late at night to help out in a crunch or to address staff and patient concerns.
Jesse Provides Selfless Support Jesse Williams was recognized for her selfless support of patients and her co-workers.
James Honored a Patient's Legacy James was the first Floyd leader to receive the DAISY Leader Award. He was nominated by the wife of a patient, who said her very ill husband had become confused. The patient was once a member of a traveling gospel group, and he had dedicated his life to music.
Her nominator offered four examples:
Jesse worked with the Pharmacy to provide medication for a patient who could not afford it. When a bedbound patient mentioned that the bath caps did not feel as good as washing her hair. Jesse improvised a shower and helped the patient wash her hair. With their permission, Jesse prays at the bedside of patients to help alleviate their fear. And, she is known to cook a meal for her staff, even cooking Thanksgiving dinner for her co-workers on her own birthday.
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James arranged for a private gospel music concert for the patient at the piano in Floyd Medical Center's lobby that resulted in the previously unresponsive patient briefly regaining consciousness.
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“She is always available,” the employee said.
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