1305 N.

Martin Avenue
P.O. Box 210203
Tucson, AZ 85721-0203
Tel: (520) 626-6152
Fax: (520) 626-2669
www.nursing.arizona.edu

November 1, 2017

To Whom It May Concern:

Lauren King was my student during her 10 week psychiatric/mental health nursing clinical
rotation last semester. As a clinical instructor/lecturer with fifty years experience in various
psych nursing areas, I have a unique opportunity to become acquainted with my students as
individuals. Since they're learning to use their own personalities as a therapeutic tool, I try to
help them get to know themselves more in depth and as members of a team on our four unit
inpatient facility. During our psych rotation, they also experience working with older adults,
pediatric therapy services, and intensive adult outpatient services. My goal for them is to
practice interpersonal relationship skills that can be generalized and applied to any nursing
endeavor they choose.

Lauren King is an exceptional human being and will make an exceptional professional nurse.
All you have to do to answer the question of "Why is this true?" is to review her exceptional
resume. Lauren's educational performance and awards are impressive, but look at the
numerous and diverse professional experiences and volunteer work with which she has been
involved. Lauren's list of leadership opportunities of which she has been a part is really lengthy
all the time meeting Sigma Theta Tau standards. All of these accomplishments are due to
Lauren's resilience, perseverance, and time management skills.

Now the usual (but true) description of the strengths and attributes that Lauren will bring to your
organization: 1) a broad and in depth nursing knowledge base; 2) highly developed
technical/technology abilities; 3) excellent verbal/written communication skills and finally; 4) an
appreciation of the value of the continued application of evidenced-based nursing practice

No matter where Lauren chooses to go after graduation is going to be the very lucky recipient of
one of our best and brightest students. Her coming from The University of Arizona College of
Nursing, one of the top twenty-five College of Nursing in the nation, is just an extra added
bonus. Be sure you schedule an interview with her ASAP. Lauren has excellent
social/communication skills, and her big heart and her keen mind will be evident immediately.
Although she can be a strong team member, her peers seem to gravitate towards her as a
natural leader. Lauren represents what we see as one of the outstanding nurses of the future.
Make her one of your new members of your healthcare team. You'll be very glad you did.

Sincerely,

Susan Markovich, RN, MSN

Clinical Instructor