Kelsey King
November 2025
Kelsey
King
,
BSN, RN
Pediatric ICU
Wellstar MCG Health
Augusta
,
GA
United States
She was their advocate. She stayed with the family as the baby passed and provided support even after.
End-of-life care is often challenging, and especially so when we have not been able to create a relationship with the family. Kelsey was the primary nurse providing care for a patient whose family kindly decided to withdraw technological support for their dying child.
In meeting the family, she quickly and kindly created a trusting and thoughtful relationship with the family, showed great compassion by allowing the family to make memories with their child, making footprints and handprints, and allowing them to hold and be with their child. She helped guide the primary medical team in assessing the family's readiness to withdraw technological support.
She was their advocate. She stayed with the family as the baby passed and provided support even after. She is the personification of a DAISY Nurse.
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Kelsey consistently demonstrates compassion, kindness, sincerity, and trustworthiness and serves as an outstanding role model for our patients, their families, and other team members.
It was with Kelsey that I had to work with a critical patient in the PICU who was from out of the country. There was a significant language barrier that required an interpreter. Even with this barrier, the compassion, kindness, and care that I saw Kelsey give to the family and patient in a life-altering event were undoubtedly extraordinary.
Kelsey went above and beyond to ensure the patient and family were taken care of to the best of her ability. She always embodies the principles of PFCC (Patient- and Family-Centered Care). With this being said, I would like to recognize her for her amazing work and the kind heart she displays towards patients and families.
In meeting the family, she quickly and kindly created a trusting and thoughtful relationship with the family, showed great compassion by allowing the family to make memories with their child, making footprints and handprints, and allowing them to hold and be with their child. She helped guide the primary medical team in assessing the family's readiness to withdraw technological support.
She was their advocate. She stayed with the family as the baby passed and provided support even after. She is the personification of a DAISY Nurse.
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Kelsey consistently demonstrates compassion, kindness, sincerity, and trustworthiness and serves as an outstanding role model for our patients, their families, and other team members.
It was with Kelsey that I had to work with a critical patient in the PICU who was from out of the country. There was a significant language barrier that required an interpreter. Even with this barrier, the compassion, kindness, and care that I saw Kelsey give to the family and patient in a life-altering event were undoubtedly extraordinary.
Kelsey went above and beyond to ensure the patient and family were taken care of to the best of her ability. She always embodies the principles of PFCC (Patient- and Family-Centered Care). With this being said, I would like to recognize her for her amazing work and the kind heart she displays towards patients and families.