Nursing Honor Society Members Show Appreciation

Members of the Cal State San Marcos School of Nursing’s chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International, the honors society of nursing, worked together this week to assemble nurse appreciation boxes. The boxes were created as part of National Nurses Week, May 6-12, and are being distributed to nurses at CSUSM's clinical partners.

The brown boxes are packed with snacks such as Oreos and Goldfish and tied together with blue and purple ribbon, Sigma Theta Tau’s colors. The snacks help to raise the recipient's blood sugar level, but the real goal of the appreciation boxes runs deeper. 

“We want them to see how much we acknowledge the impact that they have on us,” said nursing student Jonathan Corps, who will graduate in December. “It's us acknowledging that they are going out of their way to accommodate us and that their help is the only way that we're going to learn. It helps us solidify that relationship and let them know that we're not just here to learn; we appreciate that they are the ones teaching us.”

First distributed during the pandemic, the appreciation boxes have become an annual rite. The boxes are delivered during the week to hospitals where students previously have done their clinical rotations. Students are assigned to a field where they can practice what they have been learning at school. 

“Whenever we get the chance to go out and show that appreciation, we try to do it,” Corps said, “It's an ongoing thing. It's like getting flowers on Valentine's Day – show your love every day, but that one special day you try to give that extra push.”

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