Greta Robinette, assistant professor of nursing at Tusculum, has been awarded the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. The DAISY Award is given to nurses’ whose clinical skills and compassionate care exemplify the kind of nurse that is seen as a role model for others.
To receive the award, DAISY nurses must have made a significant difference in the life of a patient or the patient’s family, form a sense of family, always display a caring attitude and must develop key relationship. DAISY Nurses may be nominated by patients, visitors, nurses, physicians or team members.
Greta Robinette
“Greta is a compassionate nurse who strives to provide the best possible care to her patients,” said Dr. Lois Ewen, the dean of nursing. “Her strong clinical skills and her desire to assist individuals are an asset to the nursing programs. Students have commented about her enthusiasm for nursing and her willingness to assist students outside of the classroom.”
Robinette joined Tusculum in 2013 and holds a master’s degree in nursing from King University, where she graduated summa cum laude. She earned her bachelor’s degree from King University as well, in the RN to BSN program.
She has taught pathophysiology, nursing foundations, leadership, nursing in adult care and nursing ethics, and has worked as an RN, Level II at Indian Path Medical Center in Kingsport, and as a senior primary RN at Holston Valley Hospital and Medical Center, also in Kingsport.
By Sydney McCallister, freshman English and history major from Greeneville