Nurses Week--What did you get?

OK....now since my unit is in charge of "Nurse's Week" celebrations for next year - I'd like to pool this valuable resource to get your ideas. What activities would you like to see happen during Nurse's Week?

I work for home health and hospice. Our director had us write down how we made a diff. in one or two of our pt's lives. One of my patients agreed to an interview with a local paper and our story made front page. It was neat. Plus I got scissors, lotion, a subscript. to RN mag, a bookmark, and ice cream. It was really nice.

First off- HELLO ALL and Happy Nurse's Week!

I was on vacation during 'Nurse's Week', but when I returned to work, I found that my name was drawn to receive a COFFEE MUG, also my DON gave each nurse a pretty pen with an angel on the clip. Also, I received a beautiful card from my mother-in-law!

Health and Blessings~ Jodie

got a nice little pin!

ComicRN:
Kudos to you for recognizing a problem and taking action and that the executive team listened!!! Those patients are lucky to have you as their nurse. Hope you can find the staff now and that all will work together.
Enthusiasm is contagious. Best wishes for you in your new position.
Listening + action=reward

During Hospital Week there were activities every day of the week- icecream served by administration, 50's day- we could even wear jeans!, BBQ, our gift was a huge canvas bag.
Nurses Week we have an annual celebration at the local Holiday Inn- with a live band, good food and nice door prizes (tickets for theme parks, massages, wine baskets. The next day everyone wore their nursing caps- (the ones that actually got nursing caps) I was off- and this is the first year we did that, I thought it would be corny, but everyone seemed to enjoy it. Our administratin also entered all of the nurses names in a drawing the American Heart Association had and they had some nice prizes. I didnt win anything, though!

After reading what nurses received for nurses week, it made me sad. I am now in administration as a ADON in LTC. the DON, Inservice Director, and myself put on a luncheon for the nurses. Only 6 out of 16 came. We also gave them a plant in a small pot. Everyone said thank you. But I am also a nurse and did not receive anything. Not even a Happy Nurses Week. What we did came out of our pockets. Most LTC facilities are barely managing it finically, so there is nothing to spare. We try to give to make it better for the nurses i work with but it needs to a two way steet. Did any of you do anything for nursing supervisors during nurses week? I would like feedback on this side of the issue.

Nursing week was great. We all got $100.00 bonus. We all got foot massages and gift certificates to body massages. Plus they hired agency nurses so we could view some great video nursing videos on how to handle family and patients when we work short staffed ( which is often) plus what to do legally when we feel we might be sued by unhappy family members or by our own company.
It was a great week. Thanks.

This year was quite dismal.
We are having Joint Commission next week, so I think they nearly forgot.
We got neat umbrellas with the logo on them.
And had a motivational speaker come, (again, every yr since I've been here 4) and talked on the topic "Make your words sweet and tender, cause you never know when you'll have to eat them!" Last year it was "No Mean Spirit"
Day shift got a wonderful homemade Mexican meal from our Orthopod's wife, but we didn't. We usually get all the ortho post ops after 3pm. Oh well. The Ladie's Auxillary made cookies and gave each unit a plate, but not each shift.
Oh enough, I think next yr will be better. Last yr was foot and neck massages, aroma therapy candles, loufas, and for the guys soap on a rope...all relaxing stuff. [list]

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Nurses week wasn't acknowledged where I work. Therefore, we got nothing.