February 2010
Alice
Loo
,
RN, MSN, CPON
Hematology/Oncology Clinic
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles
,
CA
United States
Alice Loo, RN, MSN, CPON (Hematology/Oncology Clinic) has been awarded the February DAISY Award at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles.
She accepted the award with her signature modesty in a surprise ceremony surrounded by co-workers and friends on Feb.22.
Alice joins the many other nurses across the United States and internationally who have been honored each month with this prestigious national award.
Alice’s numerous nomination forms were filled with praise for her tireless dedication. Following are excerpts from one of these: “Alice has been taking care of many of the patients in the hematology/oncology clinic since they were babies. Many of these children and their parents tell you stories of how Alice ran the clinic before the day hospital became a big infusion center. She would independently care for 4-8 patients, have them on pull-out chairs, give their blood, take their vital signs, give discharge instructions, you name it. Alice was a one-gal show!
“Other patients will ask, ‘Where is Alice? She’s the only one who knows my veins.’ Parents
will tell you how they feel extremely confident in her nursing skills and trust her completely
with the care of their child. They knew she would make it all right! I was speaking to one young
20-year-old who had been coming to CHLA for his chronic blood transfusions since he was a young child. When asked what he liked about Alice, he told stories of how Alice had the special way to calm him when he was a frightened toddler. He spoke of how she calmed him down to the point where he did not fear coming for his ‘poke’ or coming to the hospital at all. He would say if Alice wasn’t there he was a mess, crying, kicking, totally uncooperative. When I asked if he wanted to say anything else, he simply looked at me with a big smile and said,‘I love her, man!’”
She accepted the award with her signature modesty in a surprise ceremony surrounded by co-workers and friends on Feb.22.
Alice joins the many other nurses across the United States and internationally who have been honored each month with this prestigious national award.
Alice’s numerous nomination forms were filled with praise for her tireless dedication. Following are excerpts from one of these: “Alice has been taking care of many of the patients in the hematology/oncology clinic since they were babies. Many of these children and their parents tell you stories of how Alice ran the clinic before the day hospital became a big infusion center. She would independently care for 4-8 patients, have them on pull-out chairs, give their blood, take their vital signs, give discharge instructions, you name it. Alice was a one-gal show!
“Other patients will ask, ‘Where is Alice? She’s the only one who knows my veins.’ Parents
will tell you how they feel extremely confident in her nursing skills and trust her completely
with the care of their child. They knew she would make it all right! I was speaking to one young
20-year-old who had been coming to CHLA for his chronic blood transfusions since he was a young child. When asked what he liked about Alice, he told stories of how Alice had the special way to calm him when he was a frightened toddler. He spoke of how she calmed him down to the point where he did not fear coming for his ‘poke’ or coming to the hospital at all. He would say if Alice wasn’t there he was a mess, crying, kicking, totally uncooperative. When I asked if he wanted to say anything else, he simply looked at me with a big smile and said,‘I love her, man!’”