National Nurses Week

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At Wambi, we celebrate the nursing workforce 365 days of the year.

#NursingExcellence #ThankANurse

2021 is still The Year of the Nurse. Over the course of a historic year, we have witnessed nurses going above and beyond the call of duty, providing compassionate, exceptional care in the face of adversity and uncertainty. The heartwarming and beautiful collection of gratitude we amassed through the Wambi and Carepostcard.com platforms made evident the necessity of nurses to a well-functioning society. In the last year, nurses have led with excellence, innovating in our hour of need as our frontline heroes. Meaningful recognition fuels everything at Wambi. In honor of nurses, we’d like to invite you to our weeklong celebration of uplifting and recognizing the essential contributions of nurses nationwide. Now more than ever, the need to celebrate the expert care of our nursing heroes has to be prioritized.

Here are resources to help you spread joy among your nursing teams! Share with colleagues, friends, and anyone in your network.

Static Backgrounds

Installation: Click the background you want to expand view. Right-click ‘Save Image As’ and add .png to desktop to use the background on Zoom.

Celebrating Nurses Free Wambi Background — Celebrating Nurses

Wambi.org Free National Nurses Week Backgrounds Thankful For Nurses — Thankful For Nurses

Wambi.org Free National Nurses Week Backgrounds Simple Hearts — Encourage-Mint Hearts

Wambi.org Free National Nurses Week Backgrounds Subtle Florals — Growing Gratitude

Wambi.org Free National Nurses Week Backgrounds SuperHero Wins — The Day Was Saved!

Celebrating Nurses Zoom Background National Nurses Week — Celebrating Nurses

Thankful For Nurses Zoom Backgrounds National Nurses Week — Thankful For Nurses

Free Zoom Backgrounds National Nurses Week Wambi.org — Encourage-Mint Hearts

Floral Zoom Background Free Wambi.org — Growing Gratitude

Installation: Click the links below to access your animated Zoom background. Right-click ‘Save Video As’ and add .mp4 to deskop to use video background on Zoom.

Celebrating Nurses
Thankful For Nurses
Encourage-Mint Hearts
Growing Gratitude
The Day Was Saved!
Thank You Nurses

Announcing 1st Annual Wambi Nurse Of The Year Awards

To shine a light on the outstanding nurses serving our clients nationwide, Wambi launched the 2021 Wambi Nurse of the Year Award. Users of the Wambi platform were encouraged to nominate a peer who they believe embodies one of Wambi’s core values: Gratitude, Compassion, Joy, Imagination, and Fearlessness. The purpose of the annual initiative is to promote nurse recognition, inspire feelings of teamwork and camaraderie, and boost feelings of appreciation and optimism among nurses. Read the full press release here.

Meet Eileen Kuester, our 2021 Wambi Nurse of The Year

“This is fantastic news and I am so honored. I couldn’t do it without the awesome team that I work with. The last year has been a trying time and our patients need us now more than ever. Being a nurse requires that we fulfill many roles for the well-being of our patients. We provide the hand to hold, the shoulder to cry on, the ears to listen, and the smile behind the mask! Nursing will never just be a job, it’s a calling.”

Eileen Kuester, RN at
University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health Tweet

Read her nomination by Tammie Alley

“Eileen is a very compassionate nurse who is always looking out for her patients, and other nurse’s patients. I witnessed her compassion with a patient that was not hers but was in the process of dying and on COVID isolation. The patient’s family was unfortunately not able to be present during the time of her death. Eileen took time out of her busy schedule to sit with the patient and hold her hand. What great compassion.

Compassion

Jim Sobrera

in East Orange,
New Jersey

Fearlessness

Monica N.
in Arcardia,
California

Gratitude

Katelyn Malcheski
in Oshkosh,
Wisconsin

Imagination

Rebecca Price
in Bel Air,
Maryland

Joy

Nancy Been
in San Jose,
California

Express Gratitude Through Wambis

Lift up a nurse today! Take a moment to share your gratitude for the incredible work they’re doing. With Carepostcard.com, you can thank a nurse who cared for you by sending them a Wambi. Wambis combine real-time gratitude from patients in hospitals and healthcare organizations with appreciation from you, the public, to create a centralized hub to uplift and inspire our frontline heroes. Whether it was a passing moment or a major event, share your voice with a Wambi.

Showcase Your Pride!

Our nurses need our show of support. Use your profile photo on Facebook to rally behind our cause of uplifting the nursing profession not only today, but every day! On your account page, click ‘Update Profile Photo’ and then click ‘Add Frame’ and search “Wambi.” There are two frames to choose from.

Building Resilience at Work

Strengthen your teams’ mental well-being with The Resilience Workbook, a free 12-page resource to mitigate clinician burnout developed by our Chief Clinical Officer and nursing evangelist, Dr. Bonnie Clipper and Wambi’s partners, including proud nurses Renee Thompson and Dan Weberg.

The Power of Storytelling with The DAISY Foundation

An uplifting fireside chat was held on Thursday, May 6th with DAISY Foundation Co-Founder, Bonnie Barnes, and Wambi’s Chief Clinical Officer, Dr. Bonnie Clipper. They shared the power of storytelling to recognize greatness at work. Access the recording of the session to hear the incredible stories about DAISY Award recipients and the impact this meaningful recognition has on honorees.

I truly believe that in nursing we have the most amazing opportunity to be there while welcoming a new life into the world and holding someone's hand at the end of life. It is an honor to serve in this profession. By nominating team members for WAMBI awards, I believe it fills their bucket, connects them back to purpose, and that I am recognizing a job well done. Providing gratitude makes a difference in someone's day and also encourages me to build upon the service I am recognizing.

Ellen Angelo, CNO at Jersey Shore University Medical Center Tweet

Looking for Inspiration?

Special Gut + Science Podcast Episode

Check out more ways to celebrate National Nurses Week thanks to our friends from The American Nurses Association, Greatness Magnified, and Quint Studer.

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