Posted by Brenda Dalton on September 25, 1999 at 23:44:44:
In Reply to: Looking for ideas for (cheap)positive reinforcement... posted by L.Johnson, RN,BSN on September 06, 1999 at 21:37:17:
Like you I have a limited budget for recognizing my staff. We supply positive feed back with verbal recognization, monthly awards (We print the awards off the computer and frame them with frames from the dollar store & gift wrap them), happy stickers (You can also get these from the dollar store) that they wear on their uniforms for the day and alot of smiles back pats and hugs. Always remember that your cna's are skilled and caring workers, and the most important thing they neeed is respect.
cheap ideas would probably work best. Our staff is burned out (who isn't) and the new staff we hire leave after a few weeks. I feel for the C.N.A.'s because I know your jobs are so difficult, are the backbone of the facility and you do your jobs day in and day out with so much care. I don't understand why it is so hard for our Administration (DON included) to even start to verbally recognize the hard work of the aides. Am I just being new and idealistic? The Administration feels and has said at ameeting, (CRINGE, ouch!!!) that the nursing staff "is replaceable". I could just vomit. I know who has the hardest jobs in the building, but what can I do??