Nurse, CNA Earn DAISY, BEE Awards
Note: the following item was provided by Atrium Health Floyd for publication. – KtE
Two clinical teammates at Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center received special recognition during Nurses Week for the outstanding care they provide patients and the support they provide their teammates.
Rob Wade, a nurse, was the recipient of the DAISY Award. The DAISY Award is an international recognition program to honor bedside nurses for the care they provide.
Wade has been a nurse at Polk Medical Center since 2021. His nominators said he goes the extra mile for his patients.
Wade recently accompanied an anxious patient to an imaging test. The patient was unable to receive a sedative due to his condition. So, Wade held his hand to help him stay calm during the procedure.
In another situation, he brought food to a family who did not have to means to go buy food.
“Rob always strives to make patients feel comfortable and at ease,” according to the person who nominated him.
Atrium Health Floyd also recently created a new award called the BEE Award, to recognize teammates in support departments.
Jordan McCown, a certified nursing assistant at Polk Medical Center, is the recipient of the 2023 BEE Award.
According to her nominators, McCown is compassionate, caring and keeps a positive attitude.
“She is responsive and timely to patients’ needs and an excellent communicator to the rest of the health care team.”
She worked diligently throughout the COVID-19 pandemic to assist Emergency Department teammates and patients. “Jordan was nominated for being reliable, hardworking, but most admirable is her kindness toward patients, especially the older patients,” wrote the person who nominated her.
About Atrium Health Floyd
The Atrium Health Floyd family of health care services is a leading medical provider and economic force in northwest Georgia and northeast Alabama. Atrium Health Floyd is part of Charlotte, North Carolina-based Advocate Health, the fifth-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health.
Atrium Health Floyd employs more than 3,500 teammates who provide care in over 40 medical specialties at three hospitals: Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center – a 304-bed full-service, acute care hospital and regional referral center in Rome, Georgia; Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center in Cedartown, Georgia; and Atrium Health Floyd Cherokee Medical Center in Centre, Alabama; as well as Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center Behavioral Health – a freestanding 53-bed behavioral health facility in Rome – and also primary care and urgent care network locations throughout northwest Georgia and northeast Alabama.
About Advocate Health
Advocate Health is the fifth-largest nonprofit integrated health system in the United States – created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois, Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama, and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health serves nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies.
It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs nearly 150,000 team members across 67 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides nearly $5 billion in annual community benefits.
