Lindsay Boyd
February 2021
Lindsay
Boyd
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RN, MS, CCRN-K
Infection Prevention
University of Washington Medical Center
During this year with the COVID-19 pandemic, I have witnessed Lindsay utilize her skills over and over as an educator, program manager, and leader to support patients and staff.
Lindsay Boyd is a skilled Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS). She is an amazing role model of how a CNS intersects with staff, patients, evidence-based practice, and health care systems. She is passionate about providing high-quality care which makes her such a good fit for infection prevention. During this year with the COVID-19 pandemic, I have witnessed her utilize her skills over and over as an educator, program manager, and leader to support patients and staff.
She has been integral throughout this time in bringing new evidence and transforming it into practice starting with personal protective equipment (PPE) checklists so that staff and patients are protected and cared for. Most recently, Lindsay has been preparing for the opening of the COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic. She leads through team building and provides an opportunity for staff to share their skills and talents.
She is kind and gracious and accepts invitations to present from different local practice councils to professional practice council. Her goal is to share knowledge and decrease fears which she does with a calm demeanor and positive attitude. Her contributions to nursing and patient care are not limited to UW Medicine. She is also very involved in the American Association of Critical Care Nurses and co-chairs the Seattle Nursing Research Consortium. For all these reasons, I think Lindsay Boyd is a DAISY Nurse.
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Lindsay returned to the UW System a few months before the COVID pandemic, and her job description shifted to "other duties as assigned" very quickly (in addition to beginning to tackle ongoing sepsis work!). She has been a constant support to the Infection Prevention team in organizing PPE guidelines, training, and providing much-needed communication to staff to keep them feeling safe. Her compassionate care and support for her co-workers and teammates. She has worked tirelessly to provide an ear and thoughtful messaging during a time that has been significantly stressful to our healthcare workers. Lindsay has given up hours of her time to support our UW family and this work continues from the COVID response to her role as a coordinator for the Montlake COVID Vaccine Clinic. Her attitude never shifts from positive and staff know they can count on her for help, answers, listening, and support.
She has been integral throughout this time in bringing new evidence and transforming it into practice starting with personal protective equipment (PPE) checklists so that staff and patients are protected and cared for. Most recently, Lindsay has been preparing for the opening of the COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic. She leads through team building and provides an opportunity for staff to share their skills and talents.
She is kind and gracious and accepts invitations to present from different local practice councils to professional practice council. Her goal is to share knowledge and decrease fears which she does with a calm demeanor and positive attitude. Her contributions to nursing and patient care are not limited to UW Medicine. She is also very involved in the American Association of Critical Care Nurses and co-chairs the Seattle Nursing Research Consortium. For all these reasons, I think Lindsay Boyd is a DAISY Nurse.
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Lindsay returned to the UW System a few months before the COVID pandemic, and her job description shifted to "other duties as assigned" very quickly (in addition to beginning to tackle ongoing sepsis work!). She has been a constant support to the Infection Prevention team in organizing PPE guidelines, training, and providing much-needed communication to staff to keep them feeling safe. Her compassionate care and support for her co-workers and teammates. She has worked tirelessly to provide an ear and thoughtful messaging during a time that has been significantly stressful to our healthcare workers. Lindsay has given up hours of her time to support our UW family and this work continues from the COVID response to her role as a coordinator for the Montlake COVID Vaccine Clinic. Her attitude never shifts from positive and staff know they can count on her for help, answers, listening, and support.