Anna is an exceptionally caring and compassionate nurse. She is very thorough and keeps families well educated and informed. However, I am nominating her because of her act of kindness that goes above and beyond the call of duty. We had a 25 year old young woman on our unit who is ventilator dependent due to the rare Guillane Barre disease. She has been in the hospital now for 81 days. Anna has been a critical part of her progress. When we were having difficulty communicating with her, Anna assisted her to spell out words using an alphabet sheet and a clip board of blank paper. She also encourages her every day to move to prevent bed sores and tried to keep her calm during her CPAP trails by staying at the bedside during those times. But Anna went even above and beyond that. This patient is constantly hot and sweaty (like due to the warm air from the ventilator) and expressed interest in having her hair cut short. Well, on Mother’s Day, Anna brought one of her friends to the hospital who is a hairdresser and the patient got that haircut she had been wishing for! I believe she had her eyebrows waxed as well! She has been so happy ever since and now smiles all the time. She is also now tolerating 12+ hours of CPAP and I feel it is because of Anna and all the staff on unit 671 that she is doing so well. Thank you for your consideration.