Dana Ruiz, RN — Charge Nurse, Medical ICU [hospital / unit name] [date] To the Nurse Educator Hiring Committee: I am writing to recommend Priya Nair for your nurse educator position. Priya has worked on my ICU team for three years, and I have supervised her directly as charge nurse for that entire time. What sets Priya apart is her instinct for teaching under pressure. When our unit adopted an updated sepsis protocol, she led the rollout on the floor — the kind of change work that only sticks when someone can explain it, not just enforce it. Steering a protocol change across a working ICU is educator work, and she did it well. She has also precepted six new graduate nurses on our unit. That is a real signal in itself: charge nurses do not hand new grads to just anyone, and she is who I trust with them. New grads come away understanding the reasoning behind a step, not only the step. And in codes she stays calm and clear-headed — exactly the steadiness you want a newer nurse learning from. Priya is ready for a role where teaching is the job rather than a duty squeezed between assignments. She has the clinical credibility, the patience, and the follow-through, and I recommend her without reservation. I am glad to speak with you further about her. Sincerely, Dana Ruiz, RN Charge Nurse, Medical ICU [phone] · [email]