I am a nursing assistant on the unit that Faith works on. There have been so many instances where she has shown extraordinary care, but I will mention one specifically that is recent. Faith and I had a patient on our unit that was not in good health at all. The patient had numerous things wrong, and both of us spoke throughout the day on how it just didn't "feel" right. That some intuition was telling us that this patient was doing worse than we could see. The patient was confused and had become nonverbal. Her condition continued to deteriorate throughout our shift. Faith called the doctor numerous times, but when there were no viable solutions and she didn't feel that a lack of action was right, she did not give up. It would have been far too easy for her to say "oh well, this is what the doctor said.." or "we will wait and see.." but instead she put the patient's best interest in mind. A comment she made that day was, "I know if this was my mom or grandmother, I would not be okay with this. I would want someone to do something." Faith asked for help from an educator on our unit with ICU experience, got a doppler blood pressure machine, and finally received the data and order we needed to transfer the patient to ICU where she could hopefully get life-saving help. Faith was tired that day. From being a mom to a toddler and working two jobs, she was sleep deprived and was having a rough day. She had experienced deaths in her family and was going through a rough patch. But you never would have known that from the way she cared for her patient. To me, being an extraordinary nurse is not always how much care you give to those patients who can say thank you with donuts and cards. It is the care you give to patients who are never able to repay you. Those who you know will never be able to say "thank you for saving my life." Those who don't have family at their bedside, making sure everything is being done "right." It was in those moments watching Faith, that I saw the nursing principles of integrity, empathy, presence, conviction, acceptance, patience, intuition, and love to guide her patient care. Faith is the epitome of an extraordinary nurse and can show all of us how to let compassion be a verb, and how to be extraordinary at the most important times when you think no one is watching.