Lilet Petate-Cruz is known for her caring and compassionate attitude to our patients and her co-workers. Being a recipient of the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses at FWMC is a testimony for her outstanding role model in our nursing community.

Lilet consistently demonstrates excellence through her clinical expertise and extraordinary compassionate care. Lilet shows great concern for the welfare of others and is actively involved in finding solutions to difficult challenges. She provides excellent care to her patients, often going the extra step to make sure our patients and family members are comfortable and secure. She is a firm believer in the commitment to the care and improvement of human lives."

Lilet cares for our patients with humanity and decency and gives our patients the same kind of care she would want for herself or her own family and loved ones. She believes compassionate care matters to our patients and that it can have positive effects on patient's rate of recovery and ability to heal and that it is in the "little things" that patients often recall as having been present or lacking in their experiences of care. Lilet believes compassion means seeing the person in the patient at all times and at all points of care.

Patient care is her mission. The energy and enthusiasm with which she goes about her life are remarkable. Lilet emulates warmth, humility, and compassion as she serves others and always expresses appreciation to others for their efforts.