What do you call your "greatest" compliment?

[Been there,done that]

I have been referred to as MANY things over the years!

Smart , efficient... and some terms not printable on this site! Recently, I had a co-worker and a family member describe me as compassionate. Not an easy trait to maintain in the current nursing environment!

Truly, the highest compliment I can think of.

And what is yours?

[GHGoonette, BSN, RN]

three recently

The second was from a guy who had been nil for about a week post gastrectomy and had been on some heavy duty Antis. and now when he was allowed fluids people were wondering why he wasn't keen on drinking. I asked him and he said "Cause everything tasted funny" Stick out your tongue I said he had a whooping case of oral thrush! 2 days of nystatin QID and he was drinking. He said "i can taste again!" such a little thing and yet it made him so much happier and fell so much better.

I hope that wasn't after you got him up.....

Sorry, couldn't resist that. Normally I turn a blind eye to grammar, punctuation and spelling mistakes, but that is a truly delicious typo!

[K+MgSO4, BSN]

:D

[Blackheartednurse]

Actually I got one today,a caregiver of my patient told me I was the best nurse the patient ever had:heartbeat:heartbeat:heartbeat

[Indy, LPN, LVN]

A patient called my name the other night. A little background: her room is situated so that if I'm at the desk then she is ten feet away. She's end stage COPD with a LOL's twitchy bladder, no strength, and weighs about eighty pounds. She had to pee, couldn't find the call light fast enough and just said my name. She told me half a minute later that she didn't yell because "I just knew you'd come."

Now she was lucky I was there and not in the middle of something else, because it was a busy night. But I was very flattered that she thought all it required was to say my name, instead of hollering for help.

[kxvc]

Having my best friend from nursing school, who I consider a much smarter and a much more experienced nurse, call me up and say "I need an ER nurse."

Past patients who remember me with a smile and say nice things about me even when I cannot remember caring for them.

My co-worker who thanked me for taking care of her kid. Apparently she was very much informed, although she couldn't be there, and her kid gave a glowing report. I was only a month or two off of orientation as a new grad, and I managed to keep my cool despite this kid driving me bonkers.

[wondern, ASN]

When a coworker asks for me to take care of their loved one. Nothing tops that.

That is the biggest compliment ever!

Another I liked, too~

When the surgeon I worked with referred to me, more than once, as her "right hand". :bdyhdclp: :redbeatheSuhweet!

[RunFAB]

This is a fun thread.

I'm a Fundamentals student, and a patient I had 2 weeks ago in clinicals who was doing really well and everyone thought would go home soon, was still there yesterday with lots of complications. She wasn't my patient yesterday, but I went to go see her, cuz I thought she may appreciate a visit.

When I walked in the door, her face lit up and she said, "I'm so glad you came. There must have been 50-something people walk through that door, and I just keep thinking about you!"

She also told me that I should tell my husband that he made a great choice in picking a wife .

I'm pretty sure I was blushing profusely as I walked out of her room

[gcupid]

#1. A CnA said:You are the sweetest most humble person in this facility and If u couldn't handle those patients, no one else could....all the other nurses are corrupt in here...LOL!

#2. I had been helping two other nurses with there assignments and 1 patient from each of the nurses yelled Get me the charge nurse now!!! They were referring to me, the only problem was that I wasnt the charge nurse but I stilll was able to help them.

#3 I get this statement a lot. "I'm glad I have you for a nurse today...I know you are going to take care of me."

[wondern, ASN]

I almost forgot but was so reminded when I heard Gary Sinise speaking about veterans on Veteran's Day on tv. Thanks for the awesome reminder, Lt. Dan! http://www.ltdanband.com/

One of my biggest compliments actually happened while I was still in nursing school and doing a psych rotation at a VA hospital. I was invited in to the Vietnam Support Group by the Vietnam vets themselves. It was a first for their private group my instructor told me. It was the late 70's then. She was proud and let me know. So was I. She was such an awesome, professional, and uplifting instructor. It was such an honor just to be allowed to listen to their stories and their roles in the war. It was so very scary and sad to hear and also to see live first hand field footage of what had actually contributed to these guys being where they were in their lives at the time. No wonder they were hurting. I hope the wounds have healed. :redpinkhe Thank you, vets. You touched my life, too, and made me feel more grateful for the peaceful life I enjoy every day. Thank you from a young nurse then, and an older nurse now, who you helped feel more compassion for all kinds of suffering throughout her entire nursing career, and life in general.:bow::bow::loveya::tku::igtsyt:VETS, UR:nmbrn::bow::redbeathe:hug: