Amazing what a little nice feedback can do for the soul.

So today I came in and started working through my emails from the weekend and true to form the first few were typical.  “I don’t know how to do this…”  “Why can’t I do…..”  “Will you….” and so on and so on.

Then I came to this one:

Hi Tracy,

I just wanted to let you know about some of the feedback that my nurses from inpatient surgery were giving me after attending the HAI bus sessions today. Although they thought the information was good, and they enjoyed it, they all mentioned to me that they wished it could have been as interactive and wonderful as the core curriculum! They went into detail about how they liked that there were little quizzes as they went along and they didn’t get bored in core curriculum (you never could have said that in the past!), but two almost fell asleep in the HAI bus.


Anyway, I just wanted to let you know how much we appreciate all of your hard work on core curriculum and SOLS in general.


Julie
Julie Pierce, RN, BScN

All I can say is wow.  I feel…well…great.  I was actually nervous last week thinking about staff going on this bus (an education room on wheels providing healthcare e-training) and seeing these “professional” courses and then comparing them to the courses I have produced.  I did think mine were not bad at least compared to the ridiculous paper-based material they had to read in the past.  However, compared to some of the work I see out there in my social community I know I have a long way to come before I’m near a lot of that calibre. 

This email was the energy boost I needed to keep going and know that yes I am creating some good content and that it can only possibly get better with all the tips and tricks I learn from all my peers.  This email above isn’t only addressed to me it is addressed to all those I network with that help me to improve daily.