When was the last time higher management gave you a sincere Thank you.

[tobesmartt]

this is the winter season, snow, illness, etc. for the most part nurses do make an effort to make it to their jobs. what gets me is higher management. nurses, that wears heels ,sit at a desk. in a shortage of nurses when there is staff shortage, how many of those heels come off and nursing shoes are put on? director of nursing should be the first in my opinion to do just that. they carry licenses to give out meds. do wound rounds, and yes clean butts. what are your thoughts.? how is your director of nursing do? is he or she keeps their nice shoes on ? a little thank you from them should be coming out of their mouths to us that work our butts off.

[RNperdiem, RN]

Maybe I'm different, but I don't expect thanks and never have.

Have you thanked them? No? So why would I expect any thanks.

My hospital did give out a choice of several gift certificates for staff who worked during a major snowstorm several years ago. The $20 gift certificate to Barnes and Noble was a nice treat.

[OCNRN63, RN]

Never ever.

[sevensonnets]

Only once in 32 years. I got pulled from the unit to a med surg floor when Joint Commission was in the building. Surveyor wanted somebody to demonstrate defib check and everybody scattered to the four winds but me, so I did them. Thought the NM was going to kiss me!!!

[maxthecat]

Why would I expect thanks for doing my job? That's what I get paid to do. I've never "expected" thanks from patients, families, physicians, co-workers, or managers.

It's not the job of my manager to help out on the floor, even if she could. (The few times I've seen a manager try to "help," her lack of current skills just made matters worse.) I would prefer she stay in her heels and pearls, in her office, and use whatever influence she has to try to pull in extra staff, or at the very least, compile statistics from this and other episodes that she can use to go to her managers to argue for better staffing. That says much more to me than giving me a "goody bag" or an "attaboy."