So I've been in the ER for about 13 months. Before that I worked ICU for a year and volunteered as an EMT for about seven years. I personally have been a patient medically so many times, I feel like I can relate to my patients and was admitted as a teenager for psychiatric treatment due to a suicide attempt so I also feel like I can understand my psych patients' fears and concerns.
That being said.
Before I've been at my facility a year, I received four Daisy award nominations, completed my SANE And TCRN certifications, had numerous positive patient satisfaction surveys and press ganey mentions, and overall seemed very well liked by my patients. I feel like I'm thriving! I truly love what I do and it inspires me to work harder. My manager always stops me when she sees me and tells me how happy she is with my progress and my educator nominated me for a nurses' week award.
Now for the kicker.
I feel like because I am working so hard and I do garner patient satisfaction and managerial praise I am slowly alienating myself from my coworkers. I don't brag about it to them and honestly take criticism so much better than I do praise most times. I always do my best to help them as much as possible, thank them, and whenever I've been recognized I share the glory and redirect some of the attention on to my coworkers who have helped me.
I work 3p-3a so I work with day shifters and night shifters. Primarily it's the day shift crowd that song my praises-- I oriented with them and they taught me most of what I know about ER nursing. It's my night shift coworkers that make me feel iced out. It's so disheartening when my coworkers use my daisy award or patient satisfaction surveys as almost a jab. I don't know how-- but I'm almost embarrassed to have been recognized. I don't get it. And I don't know how to fix it.
I love all of the people I work with regardless of the shift I'm on (minus like 2) and I really do want to feel like I'm better accepted on my night shift portion of my shift. I do my best to play down my achievements so I don't upset anyone and share credit where credit is due. I do my best to be upbeat and positive and uplift people I work with.
Am I being that obnoxious coworker and doing something wrong? Anyone have suggestions with how to handle this?
Specializes in Flight Nursing, Emergency, Forensics, SANE, Trauma.
What is a daisy award?
Basically you get nominated by coworkers, patients, or patient's families to be recognized as an "excellent nurse." I was fortunate to have four nominations in the span of two months which was absolutely astounding to me.
The award is recognized nationally and each participating hospital usually picks a handful each quarter. It was founded by a family of a patient with an autoimmune disorder who wanted to recognize the nurses that "went above and beyond."
It's a wonderful program for patients and their families to say thank you to their nurses.
Scrubs_n_sirens, MSN, RN
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Basically you get nominated by coworkers, patients, or patient's families to be recognized as an "excellent nurse." I was fortunate to have four nominations in the span of two months which was absolutely astounding to me.
The award is recognized nationally and each participating hospital usually picks a handful each quarter. It was founded by a family of a patient with an autoimmune disorder who wanted to recognize the nurses that "went above and beyond."
It's a wonderful program for patients and their families to say thank you to their nurses.
https://www.daisyfoundation.org/daisy-award
Check out the website for the history of the award and how the foundation is helping nurses and communities in Africa!