Do your families give you anything for the holidays?

by CloudySue, LPN
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  1. I dunno, it's not like I'm really looking to GET anything, but holidays seem to be a good time for families to demonstrate how much one is NOT appreciated. I sat at the table doing my paperwork while the clinical manager came for her monthly visit, and the mom gave her two gift bags: one for her and one for the scheduling manager. Right in front of my face. I left empty-handed, and I've been her daughter's favorite nurse for two years.
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  3. by Daisy_08
    Dec 25, '12
    Wow, that sucks. Sorry. I know it shouldn't have been a big deal, but I can understand how much that would hurt, especially with the relationship would have developed being in their home for two years. Honestly I may have cried on the way home.
  4. by smurfynursey
    Dec 26, '12
    I got a card with my patient's picture.

    (hugs) that would have upset me too...
  5. by Elektra6
    Dec 26, '12
    They give me too much! I keep telling them not to lol. Oh well I give them things too.
  6. by livtek
    Dec 26, '12
    I got fired by mom one week before Christmas. The reason; I was too attached to the little girl and she was to me and I guess mom was jealous. I have worked there for over 2 years. So, I got so much appreciation from the family. Happy New Year!!!
    My new goal in a year 2013: NEVER WORK AS A PDN, EVER!!!
  7. by PediLove2147
    Dec 28, '12
    Last year one family gave me a ceramic coffee cup and a card. The other just a card. Both cards had pictures of the family.
  8. by Not_A_Hat_Person
    Jan 2, '13
    One family gave all of their nurses gift bags, including me.
  9. by GoingStrong
    Jan 2, '13
    I received a T-shirt with one of the patients favorite characters on it, movie tickets and a box of chocolates and they also had a little gift for my daughter. The best part was the card with nice things written about me.
  10. by KATRN78
    Jan 3, '13
    A gift card for coffee and a nice Christmas card. I give my familes a simple "Happy Holidays" card.
  11. by PerfectlyPlump
    Jan 6, '13
    livtek,

    Any ideas on where you will go next?
  12. by Blackcat99
    Jan 6, '13
    Sorry to hear that you got fired livtek. I was too attached to the child I was caring for too. I didn't get fired but I think Mom was glad to see me go. I left PDN. What a relief!
  13. by HisTreasure
    Jan 10, '13
    I'm not working as a PDN currently, but we have PDNs in the home. We gave our nurses iTunes/App Store and Racetrack gift cards. They weren't much ($25/$25 split) so total $50 worth of gifts in a card signed by each of us, "including" Gemma (not her real name). Everyone of the 6 nurses seemed really thankful, except one who is only here twice per month, who went out of her way to tell me her full time case gave her a subscription of some kind to Amazon with coffees for her professional grade Keurig. It made me feel really bad and a bit awkward, too, because we happened to be talking about it over coffee I had just made in my Cuisinart single serve coffeemaker (uses K-cups) that I was so excited about purchasing on sale at Big Lots... I'll probably think long and hard about whether to give gifts to the nurses again next year.
  14. by nursel56
    Jan 10, '13
    Quote from kiyasmom
    I'm not working as a PDN currently, but we have PDNs in the home. We gave our nurses iTunes/App Store and Racetrack gift cards. They weren't much ($25/$25 split) so total $50 worth of gifts in a card signed by each of us, "including" Gemma (not her real name). Everyone of the 6 nurses seemed really thankful, except one who is only here twice per month, who went out of her way to tell me her full time case gave her a subscription of some kind to Amazon with coffees for her professional grade Keurig.
    Some people. . . . That is just awful. Especially because you are actually quite generous!

    I usually get a handmade item crafted by a caregiver who works with my patient's sister. I really like that. Once they gave me a home sewn scrub top. I also got a really cute pin made from beads and a safety pin they attached to a leopard-print polar fleece muffler. Really sweet. <3

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