The UMMC mission states that the hospital should be known for providing high value and compassionate care, improving health in Maryland and beyond, educating future health care leaders, and discovering innovative ways to advance medicine worldwide. When I think of who best embodies these qualities, the first name that comes to mind is Bryanna Sanderson.

This nurse, in addition to having excellent clinical skills and judgment, is integral to the unit’s culture. Having been at midtown for over a decade, she has trained countless employees to exact standards in a manner that is empathetic to newer nurses’ anxieties while still firmly impressing the necessity of safe clinical practice. She is always looking at the bigger picture, both clinically and socially, a practice that enables her to be a strong and fair patient advocate. She is constantly looking for ways to better incorporate both new and traditional evidence-based practices on the unit, and the hospital is a better and safer place for it. Bryanna Sanderson should have a garden of DAISIES.