Have you ever received an award for nursing?

Ioreth, BSN, RN · Oct 14, 2020

There's a nurse in the unit where I work that is a horribly unsafe nurse, and we have had many, many near misses with this nurse that if not caught could have resulted in a patient's death. This nurse is charming, skilled at deflecting the blame on others (making it stressful to hand off to/from them), and also is very good at saying the right things to management to not get fired.

Imagine our surprise when not one, not two, but five Daisy Award nominations came in from patients as well as a handful of compliment cards. I guess this nurse has good customer service but does that matter when their actions are prolonging hospital stays? I recently found out why this nurse keeps getting award nominations and comment cards. They were observed by another nurse at handoff to have a pocket full of Daisy Award nomination forms and was handing them out to each patient. I was disgusted and I felt like that cheapened the recognition.

I don't care if I get an award or any other public recognition. The best reward I can get is when my patient tells me I'm doing a good job, when the patient or their family tells me thank you, or when I solve a problem for the patient that has been ongoing for some time. I don't change my practice for supposed VIPs or other hoity toities. But I find it most rewarding when someone who I am caring for appreciates me for what I would do for anybody.

DowntheRiver · Oct 14, 2020

My smart mouth and RBF preclude me from winning awards. I'm just not all sunshine and rainbows and smiles.

I know who I am and know that I'll never win an award. But I do know that I am a damn good nurse who would do anything for her patients.

5 hours ago, Ioreth said:

There's a nurse in the unit where I work that is a horribly unsafe nurse, and we have had many, many near misses with this nurse that if not caught could have resulted in a patient's death. This nurse is charming, skilled at deflecting the blame on others (making it stressful to hand off to/from them), and also is very good at saying the right things to management to not get fired.

Imagine our surprise when not one, not two, but five Daisy Award nominations came in from patients as well as a handful of compliment cards. I guess this nurse has good customer service but does that matter when their actions are prolonging hospital stays?

Ha! I know one of these, too.

allnurses Guide · Oct 15, 2020

I was NOTM once and had my picture taken and posted on the unit along with a bio. It was nice.

In the DFW area, we have the DFW Great 100 and the D Magazine awards. I have not been awarded either of those but I enjoy nominating others each year.

Davey Do · Oct 15, 2020

Okay, I don't like to brag, but I received five awards in seven months time:

November 2019: Dedicated Employee Award January 2020: Dedicated Employee Award February 2020: DAISY Award March 2020: Termination Award May 2020: Unemployment Benefits Award

Maybe the last one doesn't count since it was from the IDES.

mmc51264, BSN, MSN, RN · Oct 15, 2020

I won a "FON" Friends of Nursing award. It is a peer nominated award. I had no idea. We have not had anyone in management to promote this for a couple of years and I am trying to boost morale and see if we can nominate some.

I am tired of popularity-type awards where people give props to their friends

Rosello · Oct 17, 2020

In my 34 years I only got awarded once on nurses week and it was only because everyone else had been already awarded. Even though I have had perfect attendance in like forever, never have I been awarded for it. So the award felt hypocrite!! ?

Efi Vutek, BSN · Oct 17, 2020

In 43 years, not a single award. Most of the nurses I worked with over the years recognized that any awards were the invention of middle and upper level management buffoons who were incapable of doing our jobs to deflect the lack of support for staff. Mostly the nominations became a popularity contest and had little to with clinical excellence. Off-shifts were largely ignored. At my last job, the mid-day presentations were accompanied by a couple of sheets of Cinnabon treats. This promoted a joking “I smell cinnamon rolls” when anyone resolved an issue or was complimented for strong work (unnoticed or ignored by management)

Jedrnurse, BSN, RN · Oct 17, 2020

On 10/15/2020 at 6:11 PM, Davey Do said:

Okay, I don't like to brag, but I received five awards in seven months time:

November 2019: Dedicated Employee Award January 2020: Dedicated Employee Award February 2020: DAISY Award March 2020: Termination Award May 2020: Unemployment Benefits Award

Maybe the last one doesn't count since it was from the IDES.

Did the March 2020 one come framed?

jrbl77, RN · Oct 17, 2020

I received employee of the month at a small town hospital. I was considered somewhat of an outsider since I wasn't from the town. It came as a total shock to me! I didn't know how to respond. I cried. By this point I was well into my nursing career. Probably at the 30-35 year mark, and old enough to be most of the staff's mom. It was wonderful and I keep the paper in an envelope of cards and notes I received during my nursing career.

Pam McGinnis Bruns · Oct 17, 2020

No, but the ER nurse and I made up our own. The Black Rose award for being sarcastic and snarky with co-workers and quick with a song. My sister made up a certificate and I found a black rose pin online. Such fun!

Toni Hoffman · Oct 17, 2020

I recieved Australian of the year local hero in 2006 for services to nursing in relation to the arrest and conviction of Dr Jayant Patel in Bundaberg Australia. I also was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia for services to nursing, the Pride of Australia for courage and the Queenslander of the year local hero regional. I spent my year trying to highlight and improve patient safety in Australia

Davey Do · Oct 17, 2020

3 hours ago, Jedrnurse said:

Did the March 2020 one come framed?

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