Did your Docs get you a Christmas gift or recognize your work?

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Specializes in Med Surge, Tele, Oncology, Wound Care.

Hello all- Just curious...what did your docs do for your floor on the holidays? Did you do anything for your Docs on the holidays? (other than work your rear ends off :))

Do you feel like your Docs should recognize your work on the holidays? Or some other day?

Our Docs gave us Christmas cards (some did anyhow) Generic that said "Happy Holidays," to the floor.

Last year some got us fruit baskets, some cookies or some homemade fudge. I think we got a fruit basket or two this year.

We work so hard for them and if it werent for us they would only know what is going on with the patient for the 5 minutes they are with them in a day. I think that it would be nice to be recognized in some way at least once a year, but then again I dont do anything for them (other than give the best care to their patients that I can).

How do you feel?

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You dont work for your doctors. You provide care for patients, working for a facility. Your "thank you" should be knowing you did the best job caring for your patients during your shift. It is not up to the doctors to pat you on the back for doing what you were hired to do. JMHO

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Yeah, we got a bottle of hand lotion at the nurses station.

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Specializes in PACU, OR.

Our docs always send something fattening, be it cake, cookies or chocolates. Always. All of them.

We have a Muslim doctor who brought us goodies during Ramadaan.

It's incredible that we don't all look like Sumo wrestlers....

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Specializes in Hospice.

I guess i don't feel like i work for the drs? We see them, we interact with them a lot to get things accomplished but i work for the nursing manger. we got an email from a dr that he was donating several hundred dollars in honor of the entire agency. I also know that tradition is that whatever dr that works saturday morning brings treats for the day shift ...........lol the only time there is something left is the one dr.....who always brings fruit ;)

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Specializes in LTC, med/surg, hospice.

Most people like recognition and tokens for a job well done.

We got cookies, cheesecake, candy and some other tokens around Christmas from some docs and rehab/nursing homes that we work with often. It's the thought that counts.

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Specializes in Home Care.

I learned long ago not to expect recognition for anything from anyone.

I'm never disappointed :)

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Years ago I worked PP and all the practices gave great gifts, Collin Street Bakery fruitcake, Godiva chocolates, fruit baskets, money, catered meals, etc.

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Specializes in Med Surge, Tele, Oncology, Wound Care.

ToniRN

Well obviously I know I dont work for the Doctors, because if I did I would have quit long ago :). I know I work for the patients and know that I do a good job for them...I do get a thank you for my job when I get to see a patient get better and they are for the most part very grateful, but I am not questioning the patients and their recognition of us. As Lilmamma said it is nice to feel recognized every now and then.

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Some nurses do work directly with Doctors in an outpatient setting.

I have been lucky to have MDs give many types of recognition.

Gift card, luncheons for the nursing team, and small bonuses.

It is a respectful gesture if they do recognize the hard work that

nurses give to take care of their patients.

If both MDs and facilities gave nurses the recognition they deserve,

team moral would be very improved, especially in todays health care environment...

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When I worked private practice, I usually got spa gift cards, and when I was in school (and could use extra cash), he gave me Amex cash gift cards.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho, ASC.

Sorry OP, but I really dislike the expectation that we should be gifted for doing our jobs. I understand that we all enjoy recognition but it bothers me that we expect that recognition to come in the form of candy, fruit or inane tokens (plastic cup/pens/lunch bags et al with the name of the facility or practice on it).

I guess what bothers me (in addition to the previously-mentioned fact that we're not working for the MD's) is that it somehow makes nurses seem subservient to expect food or cash cards from our co-workers. I'm not the mailman, beautician or the maid. I work with the MD's and I take care of our patients. If I don't buy all of them gifts (and I certainly don't), then I truly don't expect or want a gift from them.

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