May 2009
Keely
Colliver
,
RN
Chemo/IV Infusion Therapy Unit
Southwest Regional Medical Center (OH)
Georgetown
,
OH
United States
Keely Colliver is Brown County Regional Health Care's DAISY Nurse of the Year.
Keely is an RN in our Chemo/IV therapy department.
She graduated from Christ School of Nursing in 1991 and has worked as an RN at Eastgate Health Care Center until 1996 before coming to BCRHC where she has worked in SEW, BCFP and Outpatient Pavilion Chemo/IV infusion. She is married to Mark and has two twin children, Sierra and Spencer age 15. They are in piano lessons and baseball and they keep her very busy.
Keely has been nominated several times for the DAISY award by both patients and her peers.
Keely Colliver was nominated for the DAISY Award because as one patient stated “She is an awesome employee and an invaluable representative for your facility”. The patient went on to say that “Keely is like a highly trained medical stewardess”. She handles multiple infusions during which each patient is handled with gentle care and soft, cheerful conversation. She pays very close attention to details and reactions, and promptly alerts the oncologist on any changes or concerns during treatment. Her organizational skills are excellent.
Keely is always on call and has even offered to have the nursing homes or doctor’s offices call her at home to set up infusions or transfusions. She makes sure that a patient regime is not interrupted due to her schedule and has worked her time off around pt’s chemotherapy times. And she lets her patients know who will be caring for them while she is off. As a department of ONE it is her passion for nursing and caring for her patients that get her through days that would overwhelm the best of nurses and her patients love her.
She consistently places the welfare of her patients above all else. One example came when she requested to take a holiday off. There was only 1 patient scheduled to come in on the holiday. Keely stated she would come in to draw blood from this patient’s PICC line. The patient had previously had problems with the last blood draw and she knew how it needed to be done. She also stated she did not want to move the patient to another day because he had been having problems maintaining the proper range. She felt even a delay of an additional day could place this patient at risk for delaying adjustments in his treatment plan.
This is just one example of how this nurse consistently demonstrates a focus on her patients. She is a patient advocate, always has a pleasant demeanor and takes a personal interest in assuring her patients get the best care in a pleasant environment. Because she deals with many very sick patients and patients with chronic health issues providing a supportive pleasant environment is key to their recovery.
Keely is an RN in our Chemo/IV therapy department.
She graduated from Christ School of Nursing in 1991 and has worked as an RN at Eastgate Health Care Center until 1996 before coming to BCRHC where she has worked in SEW, BCFP and Outpatient Pavilion Chemo/IV infusion. She is married to Mark and has two twin children, Sierra and Spencer age 15. They are in piano lessons and baseball and they keep her very busy.
Keely has been nominated several times for the DAISY award by both patients and her peers.
Keely Colliver was nominated for the DAISY Award because as one patient stated “She is an awesome employee and an invaluable representative for your facility”. The patient went on to say that “Keely is like a highly trained medical stewardess”. She handles multiple infusions during which each patient is handled with gentle care and soft, cheerful conversation. She pays very close attention to details and reactions, and promptly alerts the oncologist on any changes or concerns during treatment. Her organizational skills are excellent.
Keely is always on call and has even offered to have the nursing homes or doctor’s offices call her at home to set up infusions or transfusions. She makes sure that a patient regime is not interrupted due to her schedule and has worked her time off around pt’s chemotherapy times. And she lets her patients know who will be caring for them while she is off. As a department of ONE it is her passion for nursing and caring for her patients that get her through days that would overwhelm the best of nurses and her patients love her.
She consistently places the welfare of her patients above all else. One example came when she requested to take a holiday off. There was only 1 patient scheduled to come in on the holiday. Keely stated she would come in to draw blood from this patient’s PICC line. The patient had previously had problems with the last blood draw and she knew how it needed to be done. She also stated she did not want to move the patient to another day because he had been having problems maintaining the proper range. She felt even a delay of an additional day could place this patient at risk for delaying adjustments in his treatment plan.
This is just one example of how this nurse consistently demonstrates a focus on her patients. She is a patient advocate, always has a pleasant demeanor and takes a personal interest in assuring her patients get the best care in a pleasant environment. Because she deals with many very sick patients and patients with chronic health issues providing a supportive pleasant environment is key to their recovery.