Nursing Service Awards
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Luaao Wasko was named Nurse of the Year as nurses with 20- 50 years of service were recognized at the Nursing Service Awards ceremony held at the DDW Cafe in Utulei yesterday, Tuesday May 16, 2023, closing off National Nurses Week 2023. The theme this year was “Nurses...

![Lt Governor Talauega E.V. Ale along with LBJ Medical Center nurses. Faatigafua Valusaga, LPN (on Talauega’s left side) was presented with an award honoring her 50 years of service at LBJ. [photo: Oey Ameperosa] Faatigafua Valusaga, LPN and others with Lt. Gov.](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/nurses_talauega.jpg?itok=zJfoAoBt)