How to go about saying thank you to your nurse?

[magn1jes]

I just had a baby 8 days ago and had the most wonderful labor and delivery experience thanks to my wonderful nurses. I would really love to send flowers and a couple personalized thank you's, but am not sure which way would be the best to go about it. Do I run them up there by hand, or can I send them in the mail? Could they be delivered with the flowers?

I would prefer to somehow send them considering how busy it has been with a newborn, but will run them up there if that is the best option.

Thanks!

[jones.rn]

Ha ha Orange Tree, so funny.

Send a thank you to the nurse. Let someone in charge know how well you were taken care of. Congratulations on your new cutie :)

[Mec_Happens]

If you happen to take any pics of your nurse/nurses with the baby, I know they would appreciate a copy of it. I always love it when I get pics of me with the babies and I save all of them :)

[JulieCVICURN, BSN, RN]

A note to their supervisor and hospital administration about how great they are is the best thing you could do. I worked weekend nights and only rarely did treats ever actually get to anyone on my shift (even if it was us that they were addressed to) and we got fewer thank you notes to our supervisor than any other shift, even though we were at least as good as everyone else with the patients, maybe even more so. We saw less family on that shift, so we got fewer kudos.

In my facility, a nice letter of praise to the manager often results in a $5 gift card to the gift shop or coffee shop from administration, not to mention it helps a lot on the yearly review!

I'm all for treats, but yeah, they rarely actually get to the people that they're intended for.

[merlee]

Don't bother sending food or flowers, as noted they may not get to the intended persons.

Sending thank you notes is very sweet, and writing a letter to the administrators is fabulous.

Send one to the Director of Nursing, and to the CEO if you can. Mention the specific nurses by name. Those notes make a very big impact.

I am so glad you had a good experience, and hope you and the baby continue on a wonderful life!!

Best wishes!

[NoviceRN10]

Congratulations!

I completely disagree that the supervisor should get the "thank you" as it is the nurses on the floor that make the difference.

That is not what I wrote, the OP should send the supervisor a note praising the particular nurse. Nurses rarely seem to get the recognition they deserve when they do a great job.

[Ruby Vee, BSN]

congratulations!

i'm very happy to hear you had such a good experience.

i completely disagree that the supervisor should get the "thank you" as it is the nurses on the floor that make the difference.

in my unit chocolates are the best present as flowers are not allowed inside the unit and only end up in the managers office. one long term patient gave us a bunch of 4 coloured pens - that was also very welcomed.

we receive lots of thank you notes and some have a picture of the baby on it - which is always nice too.

i think the supervisor should get the thank you. they'll usually copy it and give it to the nurse involved and put another copy in the personnel folder . . . nice to have in there at evaluation time!

[Bill E. Rubin]

I second all those who say sending praise to the supervisor (or hospital administration). Nothing beats a highly public "thank you" that gets seen by the nurses' peers and management.

[DizzyLizzyNurse]

I work LTC, but I want to address the fact that night shift gets shafted sometimes (it's true!). People have sent us thank you cards for each shift with a gift certificate so we could order our own pizza. Or they find out the beginning of the different shifts and show up with their present then (this might be difficult with a new baby). A thank you note for the nurse and then one sent to the supervisor with people thanked by name is a great idea.