August 2024

Southwest Georgia AHEC Scholars Program Graduate Receives DAISY Award - Madison Skala Young

Phoebe Sumter Nurse Receives a DAISY Award

AMERICUS, Ga. (WALB) - Phoebe Sumter Medical Center is pleased to announce that nurse, Madison Young, has been awarded a DAISY award. Young is a nurse on the 4th floor at Phoebe Sumter. They say she goes the extra mile for her patients.

The DAISY Award recognizes nurses who demonstrate extraordinary compassion and skill in the care of their patients.

Young was nominated by a patient’s family members who experienced her exceptional care firsthand, according to a release.

“Madison was so sweet. She always explained everything and went above and beyond her duties in assisting the doctors. She showed genuine concern and went the extra mile to fight for her patient,” a patient’s family member wrote in the nomination.

According to the DAISY Foundation, the DAISY Award is a special honor given to extraordinary nurses for the compassionate contributions they make every day going above and beyond expectations in science and sensitivity.

Phoebe Putney Health System is proud to participate in this meaningful recognition program, says the release.

D. Michelle Huskey, MSHS, RRT-NPS

Southwest Georgia Community Paramedicine Program Project Director

Southwest Georgia AHEC Scholars Program Coordinator

SOWEGA-AHEC CE & Distance Learning Coordinator

SOWEGA-AHEC Serving the Following Southwest Georgia Counties:

Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay, Clinch, Coffee, Colquitt, Cook, Crisp, Decatur, Dooly, Dougherty, Early, Echols, Grady, Irwin, Lanier, Lee, Lowndes, Miller, Mitchell, Pulaski, Quitman, Randolph, Seminole, Stewart, Sumter, Terrell, Thomas, Tift, Turner, Webster, Wilcox & Worth

www.sowega-ahec.org