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Hi! Trying come up with some simple ways to show appreciation for fellow coworkers on the unit floor. One floor did high fives, paper hands with name of person and what stood out about them! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Amanda

Specializes in Private Duty Pediatrics.

We had "Employee of the Month", which worked at first. But then they started trying to include everyone. When everyone gets a participation award, the awards mean less. :nono:

Hi! Trying come up with some simple ways to show appreciation for fellow coworkers on the unit floor. One floor did high fives, paper hands with name of person and what stood out about them! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Amanda

The best recognition I've ever gotten from co-workers or management was a genuine thank you, right to my face. That name on the board crap is just asking for people to act catty. or to show favoritism. Plus, I agree with the poster that said it's a bit childish. It also leaves out the people that are not well liked, though they may do phenomenal work.

Specializes in OB-Gyn/Primary Care/Ambulatory Leadership.

I agree. Thank a person. Preferably in front of others.

I'm a huge believer in the trickle-down effect. Treat the people you work with respectfully and be kind. If everyone just does that one simple thing, then everyone will be doing it.

One tangible recognition thing I do: at our monthly staff meetings, I always pass out copies of all the comments that patients have given in their HCAHPS surveys. If anyone is mentioned specifically by name in the patient comments, they get a $10 gift certificate to the local coffee shop.

Specializes in Pediatrics, Pediatric Float, PICU, NICU.

Like others have mentioned, I really am good with just receiving a heartfelt thank you in person. If you feel like you need to do more, and your facility culture/environment supports it, I've always found that directly contacting the person's manager (or your own manager to pass along to their manager) via note, email, etc to let them know that this person really made in difference in your day is always a good thing because that can go directly into their file for performance reviews.

Specializes in Case manager, float pool, and more.
If I do something outstanding for a coworker, all I need is a personal thank you.. with maybe a decent cup of coffee.

Do doctor's give each other gold stars?

Being well liked is not required while working. Patient care is not a popularity contest.

** it's you're ** ;)

Exactly. We have a few floors doing the "Employee of the Month" thing. The moral is no different than on any other floor. 1 floor does the employee of the month and hangs up those "high fives". I feel a simple thank you whether from a co-worker, patient, or manager goes alot further.

I agree. Thank a person. Preferably in front of others.

I'm a huge believer in the trickle-down effect. Treat the people you work with respectfully and be kind. If everyone just does that one simple thing, then everyone will be doing it.

One tangible recognition thing I do: at our monthly staff meetings, I always pass out copies of all the comments that patients have given in their HCAHPS surveys. If anyone is mentioned specifically by name in the patient comments, they get a $10 gift certificate to the local coffee shop.

You sound like an awesome manager, klone. I wish you would've been my manager at some point. I used to get my name mentioned by patients a lot in letters but my manager was sure not to share it with anyone. Patients' satisfaction meant everything to me. Maybe she didn't notice. Passive-aggressive, maybe? Wonder if it was because she wasn't a nurse but secretly wanted to be one instead of a boring administrator. Weird, right? Nurses just are more fun I guess. We get to interact with people that need our help all day long. :inlove: Just say thank you to coworkers. That childish stuff is so insulting really. I'm not an elementary student. Puhleeze!

Specializes in Emergency, Telemetry, Transplant.
Exactly. We have a few floors doing the "Employee of the Month" thing. The moral is no different than on any other floor. 1 floor does the employee of the month and hangs up those "high fives". I feel a simple thank you whether from a co-worker, patient, or manager goes alot further.

At my first RN job we had an employee of the month. Usually employees were nominated and then the unit PPC would vote on who was most deserving. Well, one month a nurse won for "putting together a great Christmas party." There were a couple other accomplishments listed, but still nothing of substance. Around that time, a pt submitted one of those recognition cards to my manager saying what a great job I did, etc. It was 1000 times more meaningful to me than this silly employee of the month popularity contest...especially since I'm not a very good party organizer.

Specializes in Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life).

I don't know. I always give a verbal a personal thank you to my entire team at the end of the shift. As well a several times through out a shift as things happen. We do have a facility wide recognition system where all recognized staff are entered into a monthly drawing for $100.00. Most people are just happy to know their efforts are appreciated.

Acute in-patient psych is a highly dynamic and fluid environment where anything can happen and if the team is not working as a cohesive unit people can get hurt.

Hppy

my hospital does actual "above and beyond" certificates and displays them on our gemba board which is in the main hallway of our unit and we present it everyday to the head people of the hospital.

the certificates look like legitimate awards and having them displayed for all to see is another way of cheering on others accomplishments and getting them acknowledged!

Specializes in Critical care, Trauma.

Our hospital has Kudos cards. They can be given to patients and family members, but because they're not kept in rooms (...as I've suggested for years...) they're mostly filled out by staff, for other staff. We're told they're to be utilized for specific situations ("thank you for helping me with my trainwreck admission!" vs. "thanks for being awesome!"). At the end of the month one of the Kudos cards is chosen at random and given a gift card. But even without the financial reward, I think it helps to make people more aware of their colleagues' contributions and helps with team building.

Specializes in Psych, Corrections, Med-Surg, Ambulatory.
I don't know. I always give a verbal a personal thank you to my entire team at the end of the shift. As well a several times through out a shift as things happen. We do have a facility wide recognition system where all recognized staff are entered into a monthly drawing for $100.00. Most people are just happy to know their efforts are appreciated.

Acute in-patient psych is a highly dynamic and fluid environment where anything can happen and if the team is not working as a cohesive unit people can get hurt.

Hppy

Psych is where you'll get the fewest thank yous from patients. Corrections even worse. Med-surg was the best for patients showing appreciation. And they often said it with chocolate.

Psych is where you'll get the fewest thank yous from patients.

Nooooo. I get offered "a million trillion zillion dollars" all the time. ;)

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