July 2026 Honoree

Keao Castillo, BSN, RN

  • Abrazo Arizona Heart Hospital
  • Phoenix
    ,
    AZ
    ,
    United States
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I’d like to give special recognition to Keao in post-recovery. I came in for a relatively easy procedure but had a big complication from the surgery. I was in post-care for 6 hours.

Keao was extremely positive and attentive during that tough time. She stayed several hours past her scheduled shift to care for me. I’ve been in the hospital four days now, and she has come and checked on me twice. I wish she could be one of my nurses upstairs.

She is very sweet and personable, and it’s clear she genuinely cares about her patients. I hope you recognize how lucky you are to have her as your employee.

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I would like to thank you for having a nurse like Keao. She is, by far, the most caring, loving, and compassionate nurse that ever took care of me. She cried with me and cared for me like no other.

I would go so far as to say that she is gifted, and that is what makes her stand out. 

I am a double amputee undergoing an aortic repair for a second time. It takes a special, gifted person to enter into someone else’s pain and suffering. Keao did just that. It would have been harder to get through this traumatic time without her.

Thank you, Keao, for your exceptional compassion, advocacy, and dedication to your patients. You truly make a difference.

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