Although there are several examples of this nurse exhibiting excellence in all aspects of her nursing practice, there are two examples I would like to present for this nomination.

Christina was working in rapid response recently. After she and her nightshift RRT partner had completed rounding and responding to rapid response needs within the hospital, she knew there was a 97-year-old on the 3rd floor who had been transitioned to comfort care but had no family at the hospital. Christina asked her RRT partner to call her if there were a rapid, and she went and sat with the patient because she didn't want the patient to pass away alone. She sat with this patient for over three hours. If she left to do a round, she would come back to the patient's bedside each time. She held her hand. She talked to her. She sang to her and gave her the gift of honor and companionship during the last hours of her life.

Christina has often done things like this; however, they are not always caught or noticed because she works night shift, and often people don't know about her compassionate acts.

The second example I want to give is her dedication to educating and supporting the new nurses house-wide. Christina developed the Rapid Response Tidbits, which she distributes to all of the units monthly. They include education on common disease processes and issues patients come to the hospital for. She is known for spending time on the unit's support and educating the nursing staff. She is an exemplary nurse who consistently goes above and beyond.