Kudos board/patient compliments

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Hi All,

I am a nurse working on a postpartum/mother baby unit and I absolutely love my job! I love teaching new moms, doing newborn care, and providing them lots of support during a rewarding yet exhausting time. I feel as though I go above and beyond for my patients, and patients are ALWAYS telling me that I was "a great nurse" and they "missed me" when I return to work the next shift. I have even had moms tell me I was the most thorough nurse they have had.

However, even though they tell me this....I have never actually been mentioned formally on a patient compliment report/kudos board. There is one nurse I work with and she is mentioned on just about EVERY kudos/compliment report. I don't want to compare myself, but I often wonder why I am not mentioned yet this particular nurse is always mentioned? I feel that I give great care, and she is a good nurse too....but I can't help but wonder why I am never mentioned, yet she always is.

It boosts your morale when patients go out of their way to mention your name specifically...sometimes I wonder could they just "trying to be nice" by saying how great I am?

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Specializes in ER.

Maybe the other nurses are doing a little self promotion. I've done it before when a patient complimented me. I'll say "Hey, be sure to let my boss know" or just give them the kudo cards or forms. When we had the Daisy thing going, I let the patients know about how to nominate yours truly ??

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Specializes in New Critical care NP, Critical care, Med-surg, LTC.

You sound like you're doing a great job, and I don't think that many patients/families compliment nurses just to be nice. I'm sorry that you haven't received the more formal recognition, but you know that you're doing your best and as long as you do that, you can leave after a shift with your head held high, knowing you've made a difference for a family. Who knows why some nurses get more recognition, that's just one of those things.

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