I work at kings... and sometimes.. a simple thank you will really be nice to hear, especially from patients we spend 12 and a half hours with everytime that we are working. Last week, I had this conversation... Nurse: If you need my help, please call me. Patient: (In the most sarcastic tone that you know) Yeah! If I need you to scratch my back, I will! Then people inside the same bay.. laughed at the nurse.. Broke my heart. But what else can I do? But just wipe my tear and put on a brave (should I say, thick?) face.