LifeSaver Award Series: Alecia George, RN, Alaska Regional Hospital (Anchorage, Alaska)

Alecia (center, holding award) poses with colleagues at Alaska Regional Hospital

Each month, LifeCenter Northwest selects a LifeSaver Award winner. This award honors and recognizes those who go above and beyond to save lives — honoring our shared values to improve donation culture and outcomes.

We are thrilled to present this month’s LifeSaver Award to Alicia George, a charge nurse at Alaska Regional Hospital (ARH) in Anchorage, Alaska.

As our Alaska team shares, Alecia is a key player in making organ donation at ARH successful. She spends her time, efforts and talents compassionately leading by example in everything she does. She is an invaluable resource for the ICU team at Alaska Regional, and wears many hats when selflessly helping others with their workloads. Alecia often identifies needs before they come up, and LifeCenter’s Alaska team has watched her be a fierce donation advocate for many years.

Alecia is involved in almost all organ donation referrals at ARH, as well as all donation cases when she is on-shift. By entering orders for all cases involving brain dead donors, Alecia saves the LifeCenter team and the bedside nurse many hours of work.

When LifeCenter team members are conducting donation rounding at ARH, they often hear Alecia asking if referrals have been called on patients and if LifeCenter is following. She is diligent in including LifeCenter as though we are on the healthcare team — in rounds, discussions and huddles.

Often, before the LifeCenter team can even ask, Alecia mentions which patients have potential to be referred for donation and what their family dynamic is like. She is extremely attuned to LifeCenter needs and the nuances of organ donation. Whenever a donation case is challenging, Alecia leans in. She never shies away from the hard conversations, always communicating clearly and effectively.

Outside of organ donation, it’s remarkable to watch Alecia be such a tremendous advocate for her patients and their families each and every day. LifeCenter’s Alaska team is excited to honor Alecia with this LifeSaver Award — she is an absolute delight to work with!