Mikellen Balaybay, RN Telemetry, Saint Agnes Medical Center Fresno, California

 

The patient who nominated Mikellen wrote that she “made me feel that I was important.” The patient continued by describing how “isolation can make you lonely,” but Mikellen was very attentive and “talked me out of being depressed.”

Mikellen’s colleagues also praise her nursing expertise and warm bedside manner, quick assessment skills, calming influence and willingness to “jump in and help when her peers are busy” as just a few of her many talents.