Atrium Health Floyd Teammate Receives DAISY Award

When a patient needed medical equipment before being safely sent home from the hospital, Ivy Kate Marchman, a registered nurse at Atrium Health Floyd, knew just what to do.

​The patient’s wheelchair was at another location, and Marchman knew the patient would need it. The nurse got the wheelchair and brought it to the patient’s home.

A Berry College graduate, Marchman has been with Atrium Health Floyd for three years, starting as a nurse technician. She has been nurse for about a year.

“I enjoy the opportunity to do stuff like that, helping people,” she said.

​Because of her compassion, Marchman has earned a DAISY Award, which recognizes nurses for outstanding care.

​​​​The family of Patrick Barnes established the DAISY Foundation after Barnes died from an auto-immune disease while being treated in a Seattle hospital.

Marchman was presented with a DAISY pin, and a sculpture entitled “A Healer’s Touch.” Members of the Shona ethnic group in Zimbabwe hand-carve the sculptures, which are given to DAISY winners.

The nurse and her teammates were also treated with cinnamon buns, a DAISY tradition because it was one of the few things Barnes could eat while he was hospitalized.

​If you know an Atrium Health Floyd nurse who provided exceptional care of you or a loved one, you can nominate them for a DAISY award by completing this online form.