FOR Paula Lovett, making a difference every day is the part of her job she loves most.
The staff nurse, who has been working at the City Hospital for two years, said rehabilitating patients was incredibly rewarding.
"When I leave each day, you know you have helped – it is a sense of achievement," she said.
For Paula and her nurses at the Linden Lodge unit – which helps people overcome neurological problems – the day of thanks was much appreciated.
She said: "The cake is brilliant, it's absolutely beautiful. It makes us feel appreciated and thanked.
"It is fantastic, this ward. I enjoy rehabilitation and we work together. It is not just nurses, we all work hard.
"It is important that the hospital has given the nurses this thanks."
She added: "I hope we're making a difference to people's lives."
Charlotte Wall, 22, of Mapperley, is a nurse on the ward and has been working there for eight months. She said: "It's lovely working here – it can be challenging but it is genuinely great. It is really nice to receive this cake and makes you feel appreciated."
One of the patients on the ward, who had been there for about a week, said the nurses were amazing.
She added: "They're brilliant, they go above and beyond and they take time out to do anything for you.
"They are just so great and really help you. I can't praise them enough."
Thank you: Jenny Leggott, left, director of nursing and midwifery, with nurses from Linden Ward.
Picture: Shawn Ryan NOSR20130511T-027_C
