Pat Green Honored With DAISY Award For Extraordinary Nurses

Pat Green, RN, who works in Columbus Community Hospital’s maternal child health unit, recently received the hospital’s DAISY Award for the third quarter of 2023.

The DAISY Award is an international program that rewards and celebrates nurses’ extraordinary clinical skills and compassionate care. CCH is a DAISY Award Partner and recognizes one of its nurses with this special honor each quarter.

A former patient nominated Green for the award. In her nomination letter, the woman wrote that Green was an angel who really cared about her patients. She said she was a recovering addict in the emergency room five weeks before her baby was due. Green noticed her erratic behavior and ran some tests. In the moment, the patient said, she hated Green for her actions, but eventually realized it not only saved her life and her baby’s life, but it also saved her family and marriage. She was extremely grateful and stopped what she was doing.

The same patient said she came into CCH’s maternal child health department three weeks later when Green was on duty.

“I felt at peace,” the patient said. “I knew if she was around, I felt safe and protected both for me and my unborn child.”

The patient mentioned Green was there for her baby once again after she gave birth and the baby could not breathe. The patient said her husband was amazed at how Green took over in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), doing everything she could to get their baby breathing again — and she accomplished it.

She then went into greater detail about the impact Green’s care had on her.

“She never judged me for choices I made while I was pregnant and treated me with respect,” she wrote. “When this woman retires, the hospital is going to lose an angel that can never be replaced.”

Green was honored with an award presentation on Sept. 28. 

Patients, visitors, nurses, physicians, and staff can nominate a deserving nurse by filling out the “Nurse Nomination Form” at columbushosp.org. Nominations received after the winner is chosen for that quarter will be eligible for the next DAISY Award.

For more information about the DAISY Award, visit columbushosp.org.