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I just wanted to start a new post so say THANK YOU to all our nurses/other health professionals on iMSN. I always knew intellectually that nurses are the primary caregivers in hospitals and that good nurses are incredibly valuable but being in the hospital for several days after D arrived made this SO real to me.
Our nurses were incredible. We probably had 7-8 nurses over our 5 day stay (we had several more than once) and without exception, they saved me. The difference between a good nurse and a bad nurse (there were 2 not great ones) meant skipped pain meds, requests for more pads/clothes/diapers, etc. went unanswered, etc. The good nurses (the vast majority) were AMAZING.
These women taught me to breastfeed, to sponge bathe our baby, to swaddle her, etc. They taught DH how to help me recover and they looked out for me when I needed special care. We had one in particular who helped me time feedings around 3 2-hr MRIs/other appointments within 48 hours of D's birth. Without her, I have no idea how frantic I would have been because I would have left her hungry without the nurses direction of how/when to start feeds.
I wanted to ask those of you who are nurses, is there any way to recognize these wonderful women? There are 2 in particular that I really, really want to thank (I had them each for 4 shifts). Obviously they work shifts so I don't know when they're on or off but I'd like to send them something/make sure a supervisor knows how valuable they were to me. They really went above and beyond and deserve something great.
Our nurses were incredible. We probably had 7-8 nurses over our 5 day stay (we had several more than once) and without exception, they saved me. The difference between a good nurse and a bad nurse (there were 2 not great ones) meant skipped pain meds, requests for more pads/clothes/diapers, etc. went unanswered, etc. The good nurses (the vast majority) were AMAZING.
These women taught me to breastfeed, to sponge bathe our baby, to swaddle her, etc. They taught DH how to help me recover and they looked out for me when I needed special care. We had one in particular who helped me time feedings around 3 2-hr MRIs/other appointments within 48 hours of D's birth. Without her, I have no idea how frantic I would have been because I would have left her hungry without the nurses direction of how/when to start feeds.
I wanted to ask those of you who are nurses, is there any way to recognize these wonderful women? There are 2 in particular that I really, really want to thank (I had them each for 4 shifts). Obviously they work shifts so I don't know when they're on or off but I'd like to send them something/make sure a supervisor knows how valuable they were to me. They really went above and beyond and deserve something great.
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