October 2017
Laurie
Shirai Akau
,
RN
NICU
Lovelace Women's Hospital
Albuquerque
,
NM
United States
Laurie has been an outstanding Lovelace nurse for 30 years. She is always a pleasant, smiling coworker and a compassionate nurse. Recently she has shown this by sewing isolette covers for our micro preemies. She takes them home to launder them in a baby-friendly detergent to maintain the cleanliness of the covers. She also does epic and Vermont Oxford committee and lactation committee. She has been active in helping Lovelace become baby friendly. She is truly loved by all staff, doctors, and patients.