Katelyn Lewis was nominated by two colleagues, Linda Mueller and Tanya Dvorak. Tanya provides nursing dialysis care and was grateful for Katelyn’s compassion and support of her patients while they were receiving dialysis and her support of the dialysis nurses.
Linda adds “Katelyn has one of the most giving, creative, gentle and patient natures of any young nurse I have worked with in years. She is well educated and puts her critical thinking skills to use every shift. She truly cares in an empathic manner. Katelyn gets it. Bottom line, in this profession, if we do not care for one another as professionals we are sunk. I see Katelyn on a daily basis take the time needed to help a 90 year use the commode. Her patients are always, always kept safe.
The DAISY Award is designed to recognize excellence at the bedside, true compassion beyond expectations. I believe Katelyn demonstrates this daily. What a shot in the arm for the future of nursing! There are young nurses out there with a true vocation, a dedication, who live according to the tenets of respect for humanity. Thank you Katelyn for renewing my sense of purpose, my love of the nursing profession. You are a gift to the fifth floor and nursing as a whole.”