December 2023 Honoree

Laura A. Coles, MS, BSN, RN, CEN

  • Strong West Emergency Department
  • University of Rochester Medical Center- Strong Memorial Hospital
  • Rochester
    ,
    NY
    ,
    United States
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Laura has a passion for nursing and the education of new nurses. She shows amazing compassion to her patients and their families. Laura also volunteers with Samaritan's Purse, where she is often deployed overseas to take part in humanitarian work in crisis areas. She recently returned from Ukraine, where she educated nurses in the hospitals and provided aid to patients in medical tents who were injured in bombings or displaced from the eastern portion of Ukraine. During this time, Laura lived in a parking garage/bomb shelter for one month.

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

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