RN Kylee Davis Wins DAISY Award at Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center
ROME, Ga., Sept. 6, 2024 – The card that Kylee Davis, RN, gave to a patient at Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center left an impression. The patient, who was also an Atrium Health Floyd teammate, was scared. Davis made her feel better.
“When I was admitted to the hospital in March, I was extremely frightened and afraid because I had never been that sick before. Even as a hospital employee, I was not myself," the patient wrote in nominating Davis for a DAISY Award. “This nurse was so calming and so kind to me.
“Kylee left me a "homemade" card on my nightstand that was such a wow moment for me. The fact that she took the time to make me a card was touching. I will always keep and cherish my card. I thank God for people like this nurse who go out of their way to make a difference."
As a result, Davis received the DAISY Award Wednesday during an impromptu ceremony on the fifth floor of the hospital. The international award is given to bedside nurses for the care they provide.
The family of Patrick Barnes established award after Barnes died from an auto-immune disease while being treated in a Seattle hospital.
Sheila Bennett, senior vice and chief of patient services at Atrium Health Floyd, presented Davis with a DAISY pin and a sculpture entitled “A Healer's Touch." Members of the Shona Tribe in Zimbabwe hand-carve the sculptures.
“That's what we do. We make that human connection, and we make people feel comfortable," Bennett said about Davis' compassion.
“It was just some well-wishes, and I left her a little Bible verse because we had bonded over the fact that we had shared faith," said Davis, a Rockmart High School graduate who has worked at Floyd for a little more than a year. “We had really bonded over the last few days I had been with her."
The nurse and her teammates were also treated with cinnamon buns, a DAISY tradition because it was one of the few things Patrick Barnes could eat while he was hospitalized.
About Atrium Health Floyd
The Atrium Health Floyd family of health care services is a leading medical provider and economic force in northwest Georgia and northeast Alabama. Atrium Health Floyd is part of Charlotte, North Carolina-based Advocate Health, the third-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. Atrium Health Floyd employs more than 3,500 teammates who provide care in over 40 medical specialties at three hospitals: Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center – a 304-bed full-service, acute care hospital and regional referral center in Rome, Georgia; Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center in Cedartown, Georgia; and Atrium Health Floyd Cherokee Medical Center in Centre, Alabama; as well as Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center Behavioral Health – a freestanding 53-bed behavioral health facility in Rome – and also primary care and urgent care network locations throughout northwest Georgia and northeast Alabama. Atrium Health Floyd also operates a stand-alone emergency department in Chattooga County, the first such facility to be built from the ground-up in Georgia.
About Atrium Health
Atrium Health is a nationally recognized leader in shaping health outcomes through innovative research, education and compassionate patient care. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, Atrium Health is part of Advocate Health, the third-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, which was created from the combination with Advocate Aurora Health. A recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research, Wake Forest University School of Medicine is its academic core. Atrium Health is renowned for its top-ranked pediatric, cancer and heart care, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Atrium Health is also a leading-edge innovator in virtual care and mobile medicine, providing care close to home and in the home. Ranked nationally among U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals in eight pediatric specialties and for rehabilitation, Atrium Health has also received the American Hospital Association's Quest for Quality Prize and its 2021 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award, as well as the 2020 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Health Equity Award for its efforts to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in care. With a commitment to every community it serves, Atrium Health seeks to improve health, elevate hope and advance healing – for all, providing $2.8 billion last year in free and uncompensated care and other community benefits.
About Advocate Health
Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit integrated health system in the United States – created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois, Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama, and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation's largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides nearly $6 billion in annual community benefits.