What you get for nurses week

We were lucky enough to have a pamper day at work for nurses day today! massage, aromatherapy, facials, tarot reading and lots more.
We had a chicken and champaign breakfast plus lots of yummy cakes.
It was very much appreciated by all nursing staff.. what a fun day!

The most I recieved for Nurses Week was "nothing". To sit down and LISTEN to a patient empty her worries during the night and relieve her of her fears... the word.... "Thank You"...Priceless!

Our hospital had a one-day "celebration" which consisted of food from our cafeteria, chair massages and a few booths of people trying to sell things such as botox. Everyone received a small wooden picture frame as well that said "thanks for all you do," "you are valued," blah blah blah.

On a side note, I won one of the "door prizes" which consisted of a box of 5 (yes, only 5) chocolates that looked to be at least a year old. The chocolate was all dried out and looked like crusted mud. It was beyond disgusting.

"Thanks for all you do!" Yeah, sure thing.....

NOTHING AT ALL!!! Our hospital management doesn't seem to value us as nurses so I took matters into my own hands. I bought every employee on my unit (48 of them -NOT including the nurse manager) $5 dollar gift cards to starbucks and a Private movie screening of "Baby Mama" for this friday and saturday.

Hey Beccazn,

Thanks Great!

I was part of a Nurse's Week Committee. We had a week long celebration at my facility. We received a little coupons to receive a goody from the cafeteria each day of the week that are good through the end of this week. On Wednesday we had a special lunch/dinner that the committee helped plan. It was in the cafeteria but the Leadership Team served it to us and it was really good. We had a fun raffle all week, the baskets to be given for the raffle were all made by the Unit managers form all over the hospital. And we had a special Recognition Ceremony for those that have graduated through the year or received national certifications.

It was very exciting and exhausting to put all together and work my floor as well but my manager was great about allowing me to do it.

I work for a private practice PCP group. This year they gave all the nurses a voucher for a paid day off of our choice. Much nicer than the tote bag with our logo given last year.

Get this,,,,,would you believe pancakes made by the DON,,,at 3pm ???

I got nothing here. But I never have. I have to remember why I got into this and it's not for gifties.
If I can put a smile on someone's face then that's my gift.
I know it sounds cheesy but it's the truth.

Our hospital this year will be celebrating "National Hospital Week" instead. Free lunches for everyone. May 11-17. Third shift has a one hour time slot, should be interesting to see all the night shift workers trying to get theirs...the 1st and 2nd shifts have a time slot of 2.5 hours each.

Oh, well, like I said in another post, good thing I treated myself