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Praising nurses

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Pluginwall · 08/03/2019 21:41

My elderly DF is in hospital- I have been really impressed with the care provided by 2 nurses in particular. Who do I write to? would they prefer a personal thanks or a thanks via their line manager.

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Pluginwall · 08/03/2019 21:44

Just to be clear, I have thanked them personally, but wanted to put something in writing.

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choosingchilli · 08/03/2019 21:52

I would do both, a nice card individually to each of them with a separate letter to the management.

MissPhonic · 08/03/2019 21:53

Is it greedy to say both? A handwritten personal card and a quick letter to the chief exec praising them?

Most of us HCPs would be on bloody cloud 9 if we got a thank you card! Grin

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Pluginwall · 08/03/2019 21:59

Thanks - I will do personal cards to them. Is the Chief Exec the best person to write to formally?

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JoyceDivision · 08/03/2019 22:03

I have mentioned this in previous threads, we were so appreciative if the fantastic hands on common sense caring approach from the district nurses when dad chose to remain at home with terminal cancer.

They were district nurses, and the community nursing was from one of the not for rofit companies within the nhs.

I knew a senior executive, and when we placed the obituary notice in the paper it was as very long as we specified our sincere thanks the district nurses,and named particular ones (obviously first name only) whose compassionate care had enabled dad to remake n at home and pass away at home, with his family,peacefully and without pain

The exec saw it, got in touch and asked is he could place it on their internal internet. They showed me it,it was a front screen item all staff saw with a pic of dad's obituary and the introduction "this is why we do what we do..." And then a brief piece about dad and our appreciation of staff.

Definately contact some one senior.

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Pluginwall · 08/03/2019 22:10

common sense caring approach

^This completely. DF is not terminally ill, but had an operation with recovery complicated by his Parkinson’s . They looked at the situation holistically - my elderly mother and the fact that I work full time and were so caring not just about DF but the other immediate family members.

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Toddlerteaplease · 09/03/2019 12:32

Both. As we have to have 5 pieces of feedback for our revalidation.

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