"Nurse Appreciation Week" gifts from employer

cindylouwho · May 5, 2003

I'd go for some respect from management for nurses week....I ask for nothing else..

KickinRN · May 5, 2003

Our hospital has an activity planned for every day of the week.

MONDAY- free massages and also carnations

TUES- free gift

WED- wear all white and get a 10.00 gift certificate for the hospital gift shop and free t-shirt

THURS- Doctors serve the nurses lunch

FRIDAY- Drawings from different venues

Sounds like it's gonna be a fun week. I'm especially looking forward to the docs serving lunch!! I think it will make working a little more fun this week. Less routine then normal...

Everyone have a great week... HAPPY NURSES WEEK!!

KickinRN

Brita01 · May 5, 2003

I will be going tomorrow to participate in each of my jobs festivities, so I'll let you know what they give out. One sent out an invitation saying "come join the fun", and another sent out a letter informing us that we would have to come into the office for our gift because it was too BIG to mail. Sounds intriguing.

RNforLongTime · May 5, 2003

Well, we get our gifts starting Tuesday. My facility took out a full page ad in the local Sunday paper, alerting the community that it's Nurses Week. Many people don't even know that there is such a thing. There's a different event shceduled for each day of the week this week. Of course one only benefits if they work days or evening shift. I work straight nights!

jadednurse · May 5, 2003

Here's my idea for the perfect Nurses' Week celebration:

MONDAY: The doctors perform all the bedside care, the nurses breeze in and out of the patients rooms, shake their hands, charge a $200 consult fee, scribble some indecipherable gibberish in the charts, throw the charts on the counter (where the doctors can't see them...oh, and of course don't flag them either), stroll off the unit and then ignore their pages.

TUESDAY: Free parking in the doctor's reserved spots!

WEDNESDAY: Administer Go-Lytely to the hospital administrator of your choice!

THURSDAY: Install a call light inside your "favorite" patient's room, then each nurse gets a turn at pressing it incessantly...

FRIDAY: Free massages and margaritas in the cafeteria. Hey, it is almost the weekend...

Desert Rat · May 5, 2003

We have not been allowed to celebrate Nurse's Week for a few years, so this is a 'treat'. We get to dress up as cowgirls/cowboys one day, wear hats another day, "professional whites" one day. The different nursing departments get to treat the rest of the hospital staff to hors d'oeurves every afternoon. The hospital will give us free lunch on "professional whites" day, though so we don't have to pay for that. It will be fun, though, to see who can put on the best spread.

Rapheal · May 5, 2003

I received a plastic cup.

nimbex, RN · May 5, 2003

Well, celebrating nursing week is unfair to pharmacy, central supply ect. "There are so many areas in the facility, it would be impossible to celebrate each one".

But in all fairness there is a week of employee appreciation, where BBQ's, meals, events and such are done. This helps.

It would be nice, for a simple letter from the CEO, hell the manager for that sake, to just say why nurses are important to them. I'd take this over a week's festivity any day.

HAPPY NURSES WEEK TO ALL MY PEERS!!!!

janetrnc · May 5, 2003

Last week the Mayor issued a proclamation declaring it Nurses Week this week, today we had a brunch and will have basket giveways all week, 5 a day, Wed we have an ice cream social for all shifts including nights, Friday we have a nurses fair with facials, massages, jewelry and uniform sale, 8 x 10 portraits, and a gread prize giveaway, last year it was a cruise for 2. Thu we have trial certificates for the local Curves gym that includes a discount if you decide to join. Nursing adm. gave a gift set that included a pin, pen, bookmark and a special engraved knife. my department gave a nice pad and pen note set. Plus there are signs on every unit that proclaim nurses as Every Day Heroes.

jadednurse · May 6, 2003

Originally posted by janetrnc
Nursing adm. gave a gift set that included ...a special engraved knife.

??? That struck me as kind of funny...ah, my sick sense of humor again!:roll

KaroSnowQueen, RN · May 6, 2003

OH BOY!!!! Yesterday we got..... a bag of popcorn and a can of coke. Oh boy. I could get that at home. Big spenders, huh?

AAHZ · May 6, 2003

I agree with Flynurse, give me fooooood!!

Actually we get free 10 min back massage.

Happy Nurses week to all!! And to all, a good shift!!

oops....I almost spelled "shift" wrong. ha ha.