Erika Bonham dot com

December 23, 2002

I don't want to sound like a brat or anything, but i have been thinking about this a lot lately:

Lots of the people I take care of at work tell me how great they think I am. They tell me I was a great nurse, they say I did a great job, and so on. I appreciate it and it makes my job a lighter brighter. But, I have never been given a note saying thanks, a little gift of appreciation, or one of the little forms sitting on the front desk that people can fill out saying that someone did something good and send to the people who run the place. Never. I see other nurses get stuff. And nurses that I wouldn't want to take care of me. I guess I really shouldn't care. I know I am appreciated and that my patients really did benefit from my care, but I just would like a little note sometime. It makes me think that I need to be better about making people who are in service know that I appreciate them. If I ever am in the hospital, I will be sure to let the nurses know they rule. There is this one nurse that I really don't care for who actually fills out his name and the unit he works in on those refilled papers that management sets out and gives them to his patients each day, telling them to fill one out if they though he did a good job. That just drives me crazy! He gets all these little notes of appreciation and he sucks. I guess I shouldn't care. I could do that if I wanted to, but I don't want that kind of thanks. I don't want to have to beg for recognition. I just need to realize that I am appreciated and be thankful for the verbal praise I receive. Off to work.

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