Excerpts from Dubon’s glowing nomination:

“I believe registered nurse Allie Dubon exemplifies the core of The DAISY Award for extraordinary nurses, recognized by the super-human care she performs every day. There is never a day when she is grumpy or upset, she always has a calm, reassuring smile on her face that warms even a cold heart. Her compassion for the critically sick infants here in the NICCU exceeds by far any other nurse I have had the privilege of working with.

“She is never a complainer, she always accepts the sickest of sickest infants and will do so with the expertise of a senior nurse, but giving the same heart-felt compassion as you would have coming right out of nursing school... She lets nothing stand in the way of going the extra mile to provide even more support for the families of these sick infants. I have seen her so very busy, but noticing that there is a Spanish-speaking parent who needs a translation, stop what she is doing and translate for those concerned parents. In fact, she can be seen all over the unit translating for Spanish-speaking parents. But, to date, I have not heard her even once complain about the time spent away from the bedside.

“I believe The DAISY Award Committee should choose this nurse due to her knowledge, compassion and clinical skills.”