You advocate for your patients and make sure all of their needs are met. If something is above your scope of practice you make sure the correct person is made aware and appropriate changes are made to their care. You are the epitome of a nurse who goes above and beyond not only for your patients but for your colleagues. You put your patients before yourself constantly and you push your younger colleagues to do better.

When I work with you I feel like I have someone who will look out for me and someone who will support me when I need help. I constantly find myself saying, “Samira makes me a better nurse,” because if I don’t know anything you drag me into a room and we figure it out together. No matter what you had on your plate whether it be your schoolwork for your master’s program, your rotations, your other job, or your personal life, you always came to work with a positive go-getter attitude.

If your patients needed you, you were there, if your colleagues needed you, you were there for us. There are many reasons why you make an amazing nurse but one moment that happened recently was when you went above and beyond for your patient and it truly made a difference to the entire family. You advocated for the patient to be made comfortable during her hospital stay during a hard time during her hospitalization. Every single person involved in that patient’s care was acknowledged. Even the CEO acknowledged our wonderful work but you are the one who initiated the conversation to have the patient placed on comfort care. The family stated they are forever grateful for you because of the way you made a difference in the patient’s last couple of weeks.