Meet Alex Deng, RN, this year's winner of the Nils Johanson Award for Justice. Watch the video to learn more about the recognition and this remarkable caregiver.
Each year, the Nils Johanson Inspirational Awards recognize Providence Swedish caregivers who bring our values to life. Named for Swedish’s founder, Nils Johanson, the awards honor caregivers who embody integrity, dignity, excellence, justice, compassion and safety. Recipients are nominated by the peers and supervisors who see their extraordinary impact firsthand.
This year, Alexander Deng, RN, is the recipient of the Nils Johanson Award for Justice. Deng is an acute care charge nurse on the Medical Specialty Unit at Providence Swedish Issaquah.
Deng joined Swedish in 2018 as a new graduate nurse on the unit where he still cares for patients today. Since then, he has grown into a respected charge nurse who leads by example and never asks his team to do something he would not do himself.
His commitment is reflected in the way he supports both patients and colleagues across the Medical Specialty Unit.
“Alex has always focused on the patients,” said Joy Miller, nurse manager for the Medical Specialty Unit at Issaquah. “He knows their names, their stories and the needs of everyone on the unit.”
Miller said Deng consistently goes above and beyond to help with patient care and ensure registered nurses and certified nursing assistants have the support they need. “Alex is always there, never with a complaint, never with hesitation,” she added. “He is an exceptional caregiver and team member.”
Each year, the Nils Johanson Inspirational Awards recognize Providence Swedish caregivers who bring our values to life. Named for Swedish’s founder, Nils Johanson, the awards honor caregivers who embody integrity, dignity, excellence, justice, compassion and safety. Recipients are nominated by the peers and supervisors who see their extraordinary impact firsthand.
This year, Alexander Deng, RN, is the recipient of the Nils Johanson Award for Justice. Deng is an acute care charge nurse on the Medical Specialty Unit at Providence Swedish Issaquah.
Deng joined Swedish in 2018 as a new graduate nurse on the unit where he still cares for patients today. Since then, he has grown into a respected charge nurse who leads by example and never asks his team to do something he would not do himself.
His commitment is reflected in the way he supports both patients and colleagues across the Medical Specialty Unit.
“Alex has always focused on the patients,” said Joy Miller, nurse manager for the Medical Specialty Unit at Issaquah. “He knows their names, their stories and the needs of everyone on the unit.”
Miller said Deng consistently goes above and beyond to help with patient care and ensure registered nurses and certified nursing assistants have the support they need. “Alex is always there, never with a complaint, never with hesitation,” she added. “He is an exceptional caregiver and team member.”
About Providence Swedish
Providence Swedish has served the Puget Sound region since the first Providence hospital opened in Seattle in 1877 and the first Swedish hospital opened in 1910. The two organizations affiliated in 2012 and today comprise the largest health care delivery system in Western Washington, with 22,000 caregivers, eight hospitals and 244 clinics throughout Western Washington – from Everett to Centralia. A not-for-profit family of organizations, Providence Swedish provides more than $545 million in community benefit in the Puget Sound region each year. The health system offers a comprehensive range of services and specialty and subspecialty care in a number of clinical areas, including cancer, cardiovascular health, neurosciences, orthopedics, digestive health and women’s and children’s care. For more information, visit providence.org/swedish.
