DAISY Awards Recognition
Six Nurses Recognized for Outstanding Care
A Family Birth Center “angel nurse,” and a team that helped facilitate a critically ill patient’s wish to be baptized are among the nurses recognized with DAISY Awards over the past year.
Other recipients of the award include an Inpatient Rehabilitation nurse who protected a patient’s personal dignity, a Family Birth Center nurse who provided emotional and physical support for her patient, an Emergency Care Center nurse who kept young parents calm and a Medical Surgical Nurse who helped turn a negative into a positive.
Angel Nurse
Emotional Support
Terry Jones was recognized for applying her critical listening skills when the husband of one of her patients in the Family Birth Center complained of a headache. The patient’s husband mentioned that he had had an MRI the previous day for
Ginger Parker, a registered nurse in the Family Birth Center, received a DAISY award for providing emotional and physical support to a family. When a previous patient was admitted to Floyd a second time, she said she was relieved to see Ginger.
something unrelated and was told of the potential of a brain bleed. Terry insisted that he go to the Emergency Care Center, where a scan discovered a brain aneurysm and a malformation. “Terry's instincts and knowledge saved this man and his family,” said Senior Vice President and Chief of Patient Services Dr. Sheila Bennett.
“Surgery was very difficult for me, and a second re-admittance into the unit was overwhelming,” explained Ginger's nominator. "Ginger asked to be my nurse and provided excellent care but, more than that, support to me [when I] found recovery almost too much to handle. She selflessly provides emotional and physical support, and comforts her patients like they are her family."
Parental Comfort
Personal Dignity
Emergency Care Center (ECC) registered nurse Tashina Hyatt was honored for the care she provided to an infant patient and her parents in the ECC. The baby arrived at the ECC with a high fever and anxious parents. Tashina, they said, was an answer to prayer.
Jenna Little, a nurse in Inpatient Rehabilitation, was nominated by the daughter of her patient. “My mom has always been an independent and proud woman, until two weeks ago. Now she is humiliated and embarrassed, frustrated and afraid because her body has
betrayed her.” The daughter said. “When Jenna cared for my mother, she was gentle, kind and thorough, but most of all, she showed my mom concern and respect, and allowed her dignity."
“When it seemed like our daughter was about to have a seizure, Tanisha immediately responded. Through it all, she stayed calm and kept talking to us so that we stayed calm,” the baby’s mom said.
Tashina explained everything that was about to happen, and the parents knew she was in control of the situation.
“It was so obvious that she cared about our baby and us. She made the difference in the entire experience for us.”
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