Southeast Georgia Health System recently presented The DAISY Award® For Extraordinary Nurses to Kerry Beth “KB” Griffin, RN, in recognition of the kindness and compassion she provides to her patients.
A registered nurse at the Miriam & Hugh Nunnally Maternity Care Center on the Health System’s Brunswick Campus, Griffin was nominated for The DAISY Award by one of her patients.
Excerpts from Griffin’s nomination include, “KB was assigned to my wife and I during the tragic loss of our first born daughter. Though all of the staff did a good job, KB not only acted as a nurse, but also as a friend of a family whom she had never met. KB cried with us, talked to us, and was there for us in ways that we did not expect her to be. Fast forward a year later and KB came in on a day that she was not scheduled to work in order to be there to welcome our second daughter into the world. KB came early in the morning and when I asked when her shift was over, she replied “When that baby comes.” KB made the worst day of our lives bearable and the best day of our lives even better. The amount of compassion she showed to us, and I am sure to everyone she provides care for, is beyond comparison. Coming from a family with life-long nurses, KB takes the standard for care and goes well beyond it.”
During the presentation, Griffin received “A Healer’s Touch” sculpture, hand-carved by artists of the Shona Tribe in Africa, cinnamon rolls, balloons and a beautiful bouquet of daisies.
Created by The DAISY Foundation™—an acronym for Diseases Attacking the Immune System—The DAISY Award was established by family members in memory of J. Patrick Barnes. Barnes died at the age of 33 in late 1999 from complications of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP), a little known but not uncommon auto-immune disease. The care Barnes and his family received from nurses while he was ill inspired this unique means of thanking nurses for making a profound difference in the lives of their patients and the patients’ family and friends. Today, more than 5,000 health care facilities and nursing schools worldwide honor nurses with The DAISY award.
Nurses can be nominated for The DAISY Award online at sghs.org/daisy-award, or nominations may be placed in DAISY boxes located throughout the Health System’s Brunswick and Camden campuses. A committee consisting of Health System team members, including clinical and non-clinical staff, leadership, medical staff and board members, review the nominations and determine The DAISY Award recipient(s).
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