Everyday nurses provided remarkable, inspiring and innovative care that brings untold improvements to the lives of patients, co-workers and their love ones. It is an opportunity for us from Surgical Clinic to recognize Cecilia Portillo for all her hard work and at the same time to celebrate her excellent, exceptional service and compassionate nursing skills.
She plays a key role in driving the clinical practice, improving quality outcomes for patients and supporting her co-staff to assist in creating and implementing innovation. She is someone who is focused, driven and dedicated as the unit shines brightly because of her unmeasurable contributions. She has spearheaded countless initiatives that benefits patients and have brought recognition to the staff and unit.
She is our "Early Bird" who comes early and stays extra miles for the clinic needs. Her responsibilities being a charge nurse covering the whole unit and quality improvement initiatives. She is an invaluable resource for clinical issues such as plastic surgery, vascular, general surgery, laparoscopic, urology and combine clinics including wound management and serves as a liaison for unit and hospital wide policies and procedures.
She is a proactive and a critical thinking nurse who always goes beyond the needs of the patients and her colleagues. To prove her excellent nursing care and being an effective charge nurse for the unit, she is at all time ready to offer any help in any situation. One of her beauty is she will never say NO to anyone at any time for any help with a smiling face. This makes everyone in the unit very comfortable as she inspires all the nurses with her words of wisdom.
She always encourages nurses not to accept the status quo, but to be innovative, flexible and willing to adapt and apply evidence-based practice into nursing care. What sets her apart is her ability to motivate nurses to advance in their profession and also their growth, learning and career advancement. She displays diverse leadership abilities and promotes interdisciplinary, collegial working relationships throughout the unit.
It is a joy working with her because I have witnessed her excellent nursing skills and compassionate attitude. She always displays a genuine positive attitude around patients as well as to the staffs. She comes to work with a bright smile and leaves at the end of her shift still with a bright smile even when her day was tough in ensuring her patient's needs were met.
As nurses, we are inquisitive and strive to reach even greater goals, so we should always accept opportunities for advancement, find nurses her who excels in nursing profession and emulate her for all her excellent job in our unit. Cecilia is recognized for her strong leadership talent, enthusiasm and dedication. She is admired for her ability to inspire others and make significant contributions to the nursing profession. Cecilia is extraordinary and a clinician who epitomize nursing at its best!