Bayhealth Nurse Taylor Lewis Wins CPR Award
Being a nurse isn’t an easy job. There are bad days, but there are also good days. This is the way Bayhealth’s latest CPR Award winner Taylor Lewis, RN, approaches her work.
The CPR (Courtesy, Professionalism and Respect) Award was started in 2010 to recognize nurses and certified nursing assistants on 2 North at Bayhealth Hospital, Kent Campus for going above and beyond. 2 North is a 16-bed all private room unit that takes care of patients at the intermediate care level and is a step down unit to the Cardiovascular Surgical Intensive Care Unit.
Lewis was nominated by her coworkers for the time and effort she always puts forth in helping others. “Her critical thinking skills and ability to effectively care for her patients are exceptional. She always makes sure her patient’s needs are met and shows an immense amount of empathy, kindness and concern in her work,” her nominator wrote. “Taylor is an exceptional worker.”
Honored to receive the award, Lewis says she’s always wanted to help people. This drive started fresh out of high school when she took a job as a scribe in an emergency room. “I liked shadowing the doctors. I like being able to help people,” Lewis said of the role, which she held for four years while in nursing school. “I’ve always known I wanted to work in the medical field because my aunt was a nurse at AI DuPont [Hospital].”
Lewis has been a nurse at Bayhealth Hospital, Kent Campus for just more than a year, and it’s a job she loves. She feels with her passion for the work and ability to show compassion for patients makes her a good fit for a critical care unit. “I like being busy and working in a fast-paced environment. I don’t do this job to sit in a chair and assist with medications. I’m doing this to be hands-on in patient care and to feel like I can make a difference in my patient’s lives,” Lewis said.
And even though her work can be tough at times, Lewis remains driven to care for patients in the Bayhealth community. “I always said there will be bad times. In my first year of nursing, I had three patients code in a short period of time, and I wasn’t sure if I would have the strength to come in. But along with the bad days will be good days and they always outweigh the bad. Knowing I’m making a difference makes the bad days worth it,” Lewis said.
There are a variety of ways people can make an impact in their work at Bayhealth. If you’re driven to improve the life of the community, visit Bayhealth.org/careers for more information on working at Bayhealth.
