Activities for nurses week?

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Okay, so what does your hospital (or other workplace) have planned for nurses week?

Anything planned that has a little more substance than the usual plastic flashlights, or $1.50 sunglasses giveaways?

Wouldn't it be nice to see nurses on TV that week telling it like it REALLY is?

Wouldn't it be nice if we could do an activity which proved to ourselves nurses CAN stand-up and be counted?... like some sort of demonstration?

Why aren't nurses out there more in the public eye educating the public as to what we go through?

Help me out here, am I missing something? Wouldn't be the first time (smile)!

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Sounds good. The reason we don't always stand up and be counted is because we are too **** tired after shifts from hell. Our poor bodys would have to be held up by sticks and someone would have to open and shut our mouths for us to talk.:chuckle

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"Sounds good. The reason we don't always stand up and be counted is because we are too **** tired after shifts from hell. Our poor bodys would have to be held up by sticks and someone would have to open and shut our mouths for us to talk.........."

All I can add to this is AMEN!

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ahem,

When IS nurses week anyway?

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I think Hallmark should make a bigger deal over Nurses Week.or even Nurses Day. I mean , who takes the most care of you wherever you are? It sure isn't the Dr giving you a bedpan or a pain med!!! Or even making sure your medication is correct. I think if we all try hard, we could get as much recognition as the secretaries. (I never met a ward clerk I didn't thank.) :cool:

Laura LPN

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color=deeppink]i am new at my hospital, so i dont know what they are doing for nurse week this year, but last year they gave out bags that you can carry your stuff in, with a big shoulder strap. not duffel bags, the ones that sort of look like brief cases but are fabric with a zipper on top. i'll let you know what they do this year :)

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:confused: hmmm...i dont know what those words "color" are doing in my post...so just ignor them please :confused:
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Specializes in Critical Care,Recovery, ED.

For Nurses week...how about adequare staffing and no MOT.

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Specializes in Med-Surg Nursing.

Well, last year my hospital gave all employees a denim shirt with the hospital's logo on it. This year? Well , the hospital is in such dire straits financially, we will probably get nothing. But we'll see.

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soo....when IS nurses week?

I really can't remember and for all the recognition we ever received it's no wonder.

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Hi rusty hammer - I presume it's celebrated the same world wide.Starts May 8th Florence's birthday.

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I thought Flo's b-day was the same as mine, May 12.....:confused:

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