Mississippi Baptist Medical Center and NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital recently recognized winners of the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses for their compassion and dedication. NEA Baptist also celebrated its first Nurse Excellence Awards and Departmental Excellence Awards and announced winners of DAISY Awards for nurse leaders, students, managers and educators.
Mississippi Baptist Medical Center
Keighly Nanney, registered nurse in Labor and Delivery, was nominated for the DAISY Award by one of her patients. The nominator said Keighly went above and beyond as her nurse on multiple occasions when she was pregnant with twins, including during delivery. She said, “Keighly was so calm and wiped my tears when I was in a tough situation.” She also commended Keighly for staying after her shift to ensure her twins were doing well.
NEA Baptist
Sadie Martin, registered nurse and coordinator of clinical services in Enterostomal Therapy, was honored with the DAISY Award for her compassion toward a patient with advanced Alzheimer’s disease. A colleague consulted with Sadie on a patient’s pressure injuries.
This colleague, who nominated Sadie for the DAISY Award, said her patient had become restless and was removing the dressings on her wounds and IV access points. The nominator said, “I was so desperate to distract her, I wrapped a bottle of shampoo in gauze for her to pick at. This was a temporary fix. When I came in, I fully expected the patient to have removed all her dressings, but instead she was holding a pink and blue stuffed sloth.” The nominator praised Sadie for giving the patient the well-received sloth, which the patient named “Baby.”
NEA Baptist held its first Nurse Excellence Awards on Friday, May 9. Sam Lynd, CEO and administrator of NEA Baptist, welcomed everyone to the event, and Paula Grimes, CNO of NEA Baptist, gave the keynote address.
The following NEA Baptist team members received Nurse Excellence Awards:
- Nursing Practice Award: Kacey Wood, advanced clinical nurse in the Emergency department
- Emerging Leader Award: Caitlin McDowell, head nurse in Medical-Surgical on 4 East
- Royce Howard Legacy Award: Karen B. George, head nurse in ICU
These NEA Baptist team members received Departmental Excellence Awards:
- Christy Davis, advanced clinical nurse in Medical-Surgical on 3 East
- Jennifer Dawson, head nurse weekender days in Medical-Surgical on 4 East
- Russ Forkum, head nurse in Medical-Surgical on 4 West
- Elizabeth Gillette, registered nurse on 5 West
- Lesley Anderson, head nurse in the Medical Oncology Clinic and Infusion Center
- Courtney Marchbanks, supervisor in Cath Lab
- Alyson Booth, head nurse in Cardiac Rehab
- Samantha Bivens, case manager
- Paula Gardner, clinical resource nurse in the ICU
- Leigh Ann O’Neal, registered nurse in the Emergency department
- Kristy Gibbs, head nurse in Inpatient Rehab
- Amanda Payne, head nurse in Medical-Surgical Obstetrics
- Shital Bugg, registered nurse in float pool
- Kristin Patterson, registered nurse in Pain Management
- Bailey Coker, registered nurse in the Operating Room
As part of the Nurse Excellence Awards, NEA Baptist announced the following DAISY Award winners:
- DAISY Award for Nursing Student: Jonathan Schaufler, nurse intern
- DAISY Award for Nurse Educator: Andrea Ramsey, specialist in staff development
- DAISY Award for Nurse Leader: Katelyn Golden, nurse manager in Medical-Surgical on 4 East
- DAISY Award for Nurse Leader: Kenneth Seyler, nurse manager in Emergency department
