Catie C Taylor
May 2022
Catie C
Taylor
,
BSN, RN
Medical/Surgical
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center
Camden
,
SC
United States
Catie endeavors to maintain an environment that fosters care and compassion where attributes of trust, compassion, mutual respect, continued professional development and ethical behavior are modeled and supported.
Catie Taylor, BSN, RN exemplifies the role of DAISY Nurse Leader through extraordinary acts of compassion and clinical excellence and skill as demonstrated every day in her work with patients, families, peers, and care team members. Catie is a role model and exhibits leadership attributes on a consistent basis with a positive attitude, professionalism, a willingness to help her team work through challenges, and a dedication to her nursing profession. She is thoughtful and caring in all situations.
She functions as a leader AND as an integral member of the team, treating all care team members as important. Catie is a mentor for care team members and motivates them with a shared vision and enthusiasm to achieve better outcomes for themselves and for their patients. As a leader, she strives to create an environment of learning and encourages critical thinking and problem-solving for individuals and within the team. Catie is accessible, available, and responsive to the needs of others. She endeavors to maintain an environment that fosters care and compassion where attributes of trust, compassion, mutual respect, continued professional development and ethical behavior are modeled and supported.
Catie is committed to the highest standards of nursing. A care team member that works closely with Catie summed it up – “Catie is a team player and always willing to help. She always has a smile on her face (even under her mask). If there is a problem or we have a question, we can always go to her for help. She makes our team strong!”
Catie makes a special connection with patients and families through trust and emotional connection and support – she treats every patient as she would a member of her own family. She includes patients and families in the planning of patient care and addresses all questions and concerns. Catie does an excellent job educating patients and their families during their stay and at discharge. She performs many key patient initiatives by rounding on patients and attending IDT daily to ensure best practices are being delivered. She collaborates with the health care team to meet the needs of patients and communicates professionally and patiently for the well-being of the patients, providing a consistent focus for her team and interdisciplinary teams to meet patient and family goals. Her goal is to create an environment that fosters care and compassion by setting the example in practice and working with others to achieve common goals and effect positive change.
Catie strives to promote teamwork within the department and with other departments. A nursing director recently noted, “Catie is all smiles. Every interaction I’ve had with her has shown her calmness and compassion. It is truly difficult to verbalize this, but in her presence, I can feel the passion she has for being a nurse. This passion is obvious to anyone that spends any time in her presence, and it undoubtedly makes her a great nurse. She is a ray of light and joy to be around. She is well-deserving of this nomination.”
She works diligently on the department schedules to ensure the departments are covered at all times and helps to resolve staffing issues when needed. Catie models good assessment skills and decision‐making capabilities, and she is flexible and proactive in her leadership role. She is always eager to learn and adapt to new guidelines established by MUSC.
Catie exemplifies the DAISY traits in all aspects of her role as Nurse Manager of Med/Surg. She promotes and enhances the image of nursing and serves as a role model for nursing in the organization and the nursing community. Catie is dedicated and passionate about advancing the nursing profession and works to support nursing recruitment and educational forums and the MUSC mission of "Changing What’s Possible!" She is truly an asset to Nursing and well-deserving of the DAISY Nurse Leader Award.
She functions as a leader AND as an integral member of the team, treating all care team members as important. Catie is a mentor for care team members and motivates them with a shared vision and enthusiasm to achieve better outcomes for themselves and for their patients. As a leader, she strives to create an environment of learning and encourages critical thinking and problem-solving for individuals and within the team. Catie is accessible, available, and responsive to the needs of others. She endeavors to maintain an environment that fosters care and compassion where attributes of trust, compassion, mutual respect, continued professional development and ethical behavior are modeled and supported.
Catie is committed to the highest standards of nursing. A care team member that works closely with Catie summed it up – “Catie is a team player and always willing to help. She always has a smile on her face (even under her mask). If there is a problem or we have a question, we can always go to her for help. She makes our team strong!”
Catie makes a special connection with patients and families through trust and emotional connection and support – she treats every patient as she would a member of her own family. She includes patients and families in the planning of patient care and addresses all questions and concerns. Catie does an excellent job educating patients and their families during their stay and at discharge. She performs many key patient initiatives by rounding on patients and attending IDT daily to ensure best practices are being delivered. She collaborates with the health care team to meet the needs of patients and communicates professionally and patiently for the well-being of the patients, providing a consistent focus for her team and interdisciplinary teams to meet patient and family goals. Her goal is to create an environment that fosters care and compassion by setting the example in practice and working with others to achieve common goals and effect positive change.
Catie strives to promote teamwork within the department and with other departments. A nursing director recently noted, “Catie is all smiles. Every interaction I’ve had with her has shown her calmness and compassion. It is truly difficult to verbalize this, but in her presence, I can feel the passion she has for being a nurse. This passion is obvious to anyone that spends any time in her presence, and it undoubtedly makes her a great nurse. She is a ray of light and joy to be around. She is well-deserving of this nomination.”
She works diligently on the department schedules to ensure the departments are covered at all times and helps to resolve staffing issues when needed. Catie models good assessment skills and decision‐making capabilities, and she is flexible and proactive in her leadership role. She is always eager to learn and adapt to new guidelines established by MUSC.
Catie exemplifies the DAISY traits in all aspects of her role as Nurse Manager of Med/Surg. She promotes and enhances the image of nursing and serves as a role model for nursing in the organization and the nursing community. Catie is dedicated and passionate about advancing the nursing profession and works to support nursing recruitment and educational forums and the MUSC mission of "Changing What’s Possible!" She is truly an asset to Nursing and well-deserving of the DAISY Nurse Leader Award.