PLATEAU PEDIATRICS :: A MEDICAL HOME IN YOUR HOME TOWN HOME PRACTICE HEALTH INFORMATION ABOUT PORTAL NEWS Adaya Bayless, APRN, CPNP-PC moved from Santa Fe, New Mexico to Knoxville, Tennessee at an early age. She developed her passion for nursing as a child during her many stays at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital due to her severe asthma and allergies. She recognized the impact that a nurse can have on the life of a child and desired to provide the same level of compassionate care that was so graciously given during her own medical care. This motivation, coupled with her fascination for science, research, and continued learning, led her to become a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. Adaya attended the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and graduated summa cum laude with a B. S. in Nursing and a minor in Child and Family Studies and was the top collegiate scholar of her graduating class. During her undergraduate career, she was awarded the Chancellor’s Selection for Extraordinary Professional Promise. She also published a review of educational technology designed to assist those with pediatric asthma and assisted in writing a pulmonology diagnostics chapter for nurses at a local hospital. Adaya won awards for presenting her research at several undergraduate exhibitions and was inducted into Sigma Theta Tau International, the nursing academic honor society. She then was awarded a scholarship to present at Sigma International’s conference in Dublin, Ireland. Adaya was awarded the Tennessee Fellowship for Graduate Excellence, an American Association of Nurse Practioners Scholarship, and the Knoxville Neonatal Associates Nursing Scholarship, among others, which allowed her to obtain her MSN degree with honors from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee. She performed her clinical training at sites in Knoxville, Maynardville, and Lenoir City. Adaya is a board certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, a registered nurse with advanced education, skills, and training in caring for infants, children, and teens. She is also a member of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners. © 2014 Plateau Pediatrics. Please read important information about this website. This site complies with the HONcode standard for trustworthy health information: verify here