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Thank a nurse

smoochy — Tue, 05 May 2026 21:24:50 GMT

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Zhills — Tue, 05 May 2026 21:30:58 GMT

Thank you for your many years!

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MoonieBaby — Tue, 05 May 2026 21:49:34 GMT

My mom 41 years. 3rd shift emergency department. She’s been retired for many years now…..
A brilliant nurse - to this day. (She’s 86 now)
A terrible mom…. but a world class nurse.

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shoekitty — Tue, 05 May 2026 22:32:08 GMT

one of my daughters, and my granddaughter. They love it

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msgb — Tue, 05 May 2026 23:08:13 GMT

My mother was and one of my sisters is a nurse.

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Oznell — Tue, 05 May 2026 23:23:23 GMT

Nurses--- some of the most intuitive, alert and compassionate professionals around. Who make patients' lives infinitely better during sometimes the most stressful moments ever experienced. Salute you and thanks!

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smoochy — Wed, 06 May 2026 01:15:49 GMT

when i was 18, ready to go to college in 1969, the career paths for girls were limited. Mostly teaching, secretarial, nursing, paralegal, dental hygiene. Those were the areas most encouraged from my recollection.

Unless you were someone already focused on being a doctor or whatever.

I was floundering in indecision. Ended up going to nursing school where my mom went, lived in the same student nurse dorm, trained at the same hospital (I was born there too)

All gone now.

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rockygems123 — Wed, 06 May 2026 02:48:45 GMT

@smoochy

Let's hear it for our current and past nurses!

My mom was an RN trained at Bellevue Hospital NY. Marlena Dietrich was a patient while in her private care, I have a handkerchief she gave her for her services.

After relocating to the SF Bay Area she worked for the Chief of Surgery at a large Peninsula Hospital.

She worked on Victor Sen Yung "Hop Sing" on Bonanza when he was shot in a hijacking attempt at the SF airport. Her daily stories regardless of celebrities or not were fascinating.

She was a great part of the big medical service world and I was always proud of her service.

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Goodie2shoes — Wed, 06 May 2026 03:16:07 GMT

I followed in my moms footsteps ( she passed from Covid in 2020) who was a RN. I retired from being a nurse for 50 yrs in 2016. I worked on the medical floors but loved working in the Hospital newborn nursery for many years. I ended my career working as a case manager for a work comp insurance company 5 days a week, no nights,weekends or holidays and worked from home. I really loved that part of my career, less ware on my 2013 SUV which I bought new, still own and just reached 100,00 miles in November of 2025, runs great ! I feel that I was truly blessed with a great career thanks to my mom !

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JeanLouiseFinch — Wed, 06 May 2026 12:23:21 GMT

May 6th ~

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Zhills — Wed, 06 May 2026 16:34:57 GMT

My daughter is a DNP!

That's a Doctor of Nursing Practice. She is in preventative Cardiology.

She also trained in the hospital where she was born!

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beach-mom — Wed, 06 May 2026 16:45:25 GMT

They won't see this, but thank you to two of my sisters-in-law. Thank you to one of my two closest friends, who met her DH one night when he filled in for a friend in the ER!

Thank you to one of DD's closest friends.

Thank you to the nurses and former nurses here on these forums!

Thank you to ALL nurses! You have a special gift from God, and you do so much for the lives you touch. I hope you know how much we all appreciate you!

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just bee — Wed, 06 May 2026 17:02:42 GMT

@Oznell wrote:
Nurses--- some of the most intuitive, alert and compassionate professionals around. Who make patients' lives infinitely better during sometimes the most stressful moments ever experienced. Salute you and thanks!

@Oznell

Thank you for that. We do see patients at their worst. In psychiatric emergency, our patients come to us in crisis. Our job is to stabilize them, keep them safe and keep those around them safe -- 24/7.

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Pooky1 — Wed, 06 May 2026 23:37:00 GMT

I send a huge shout out to all the nurses out there both male and female. You guys are the back bone in hospitals. My wife was in the hospital with kidney stones a few times. I really saw how hard and how much nurses handle and it seemed you guys no alot more than doctors due. Once again THANK YOU NURSES FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION.

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Oznell — Thu, 07 May 2026 16:58:11 GMT

Yes, @just bee , it's a challenge and a calling. Coincidentally, I had a simple 'ambulatory" procedure yesterday, yet I had to undergo general anesthesia. That always makes me uneasy-- I was praying hard!

After the nurse wheeled me in to the o.r., in my nervous chattering state, I wished them "Happy Nurses Week" (which I only knew about due to @smoochy 's post).

They were pleased, and he told me it was timed to commemorate Florence Nightingale's birthday. I love facts like that! They chatted and joked in that unique way that nurses do to put you at ease, and then boink, I was out and not worried about a thing, ha.

I know you are a fantastic nurse with your smarts, your sharp wit and deep empathy-- your patients are luckier than they know....

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Trinity11 — Thu, 07 May 2026 17:09:44 GMT

If a nurse or staff of nurses have been exceptional in their care for you, please send the hospital or office they work for a note praising them. It may help them in their performance review. I was in intensive care for a week and the nurses were part of the reason I healed so quickly. One sat up with me the night before surgery talking and assuring me that this too shall pass. Another time after a heart attack, a nurse warned me to take the morphine until my procedure, due to re-bound pain. If not for nurses, I really doubt I would be alive today.

Thank you to all the kind, caring nurses that I have encountered in my lifetime. Words cannot express how grateful I am to each and every one of you.❤️

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azgal — Thu, 07 May 2026 17:34:04 GMT

I've been hospitalized several times. One time for 2 1/2 months. All the nurses were wonderful. When I was finally able to go home those sweet nurses gave me a cake and a celebration. Can you believe that?

Nurses work so hard! I love and admire them.

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just bee — Thu, 07 May 2026 20:51:53 GMT

@Oznell wrote:
Yes, @just bee , it's a challenge and a calling. Coincidentally, I had a simple 'ambulatory" procedure yesterday, yet I had to undergo general anesthesia. That always makes me uneasy-- I was praying hard!

After the nurse wheeled me in to the o.r., in my nervous chattering state, I wished them "Happy Nurses Week" (which I only knew about due to @smoochy 's post).

They were pleased, and he told me it was timed to commemorate Florence Nightingale's birthday. I love facts like that! They chatted and joked in that unique way that nurses do to put you at ease, and then boink, I was out and not worried about a thing, ha.

I know you are a fantastic nurse with your smarts, your sharp wit and deep empathy-- your patients are luckier than they know....

@Oznell

Sounds like the procedure went well -- good news for all of us here!

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smoochy — Thu, 07 May 2026 22:01:36 GMT

@Oznell wrote:
Yes, @just bee , it's a challenge and a calling. Coincidentally, I had a simple 'ambulatory" procedure yesterday, yet I had to undergo general anesthesia. That always makes me uneasy-- I was praying hard!

After the nurse wheeled me in to the o.r., in my nervous chattering state, I wished them "Happy Nurses Week" (which I only knew about due to @smoochy 's post).

They were pleased, and he told me it was timed to commemorate Florence Nightingale's birthday. I love facts like that! They chatted and joked in that unique way that nurses do to put you at ease, and then boink, I was out and not worried about a thing, ha.

I know you are a fantastic nurse with your smarts, your sharp wit and deep empathy-- your patients are luckier than they know....

that was sweet of you to wish them happy nurses week. I bet they were surprised you knew about it🥰 whatever you had done, prayers for speedy recovery and no pain

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smoochy — Thu, 07 May 2026 22:02:38 GMT

@Zhills wrote:
My daughter is a DNP!

That's a Doctor of Nursing Practice. She is in preventative Cardiology.

She also trained in the hospital where she was born!

you must be so proud of her. What an impressive professional accomplishment!