I am nominating 2 outstanding nurses, Alana Owens and Chris Morales, who embody our mission statement of “going above and beyond” for our patients. These 2 nurses turned words into action during a recent code blue that was called on a sister nursing unit. Despite the code being on a different floor, Chris and Alana immediately responded to the event to see if they could assist.

Upon arriving to the code, the nurses found that CPR had been started but the rest of the code team had not been initiated. Without hesitation, Alana began acting as the recorder while Chris managed and administered the medications used. Although both of them are fairly new nurses, they jumped into their roles to assist the patient and help run the code. These nurses aimed to help the team no matter the costs, acting fearlessly and passionately. This code proved to be very challenging, lasting for an extended period of time with multiple changes in patient status.

Through the heroic actions of these nurses and the team, the patient was recovered and successfully transferred to the ICU. Had these nurses hesitated and not gone into action all because this patient was not on their floor, the outcome could have been very different. When I think of an exceptional nurse, I think of nurses whom I would want caring for me or my loved ones. I would want nurses who show that they genuinely care and would have to say that these two nurses are on the top of the list.