Understanding Inpatient Surgical Nurses' Meaningful Recognition Preferences
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Kierrah Leger1, Debra Lajoie, Laura J Wood
1Author Affiliations: Nurse Manager, Solid Organ Transplant Unit (Dr Leger); Director of Nursing Research Surgical Programs, Nurse Scientist Surgical Programs, Nurse Scientist Emergency Services (Dr Lajoie); and Executive Vice President, Patient Care Operations & System Chief Nursing Officer, Sporing Carpenter Chair for Nursing (Dr Wood), Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Abstract:
Nurse leaders have a responsibility to nurture a work environment that prioritizes meaningful recognition. This quality improvement project explored the perceptions of meaningful recognition of inpatient pediatric surgical nurses. Meaningful recognition provides a chance to honor all voices, particularly those that have not been previously heard. To be heard is to be honored and to be recognized is to be valued.
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