Appreciated in different ways...

AuntieRN · Oct 31, 2006

Well living at the beach I have gotten stuff like beach towels, sunscreen, mats to lay on the beach, coffee cups and a weather vane for my yard.

mamason · Oct 31, 2006

Once I got a highlighter pen in the shape of a computer mouse, the marker was dried up! That was nice. And then, the next time I got some Reynold's Oven bags. Not even a whole box, just 2 of them. Yeah....that showed me and the other nurses how much we were valued!!! LOL!!! Just another reason why I don't work there anymore...LOL...:lol_hitti

jayne109, RN · Oct 31, 2006

This year for Emergency nurses day, we got a car CD holder (you know that kind that hooks to your visor) that has our company logo on it. I have also gotten umbrellas, coffee cups, and we were promised a beach towel for bringing our pt satisfaction scores up but we never got it. We also got candles for nurse's day. Interesting thread!

traumamomtx · Oct 31, 2006

One time we got $5 to spend at Target as our xmas gift; that was special. Another time we got binoculars, like the kind you give a 2yr old, that was just weird. We are always getting t-shirts and stuff but we do have to pay for them we never get them for as gifts. HUH :smackingf

AuntieRN · Oct 31, 2006

Oh yeah I forgot...I got a $25.00 gift card to Walmart because of something a pt wrote in their survey about me. I never was told or shown what was written but I guess it was good.

P_RN, ADN, RN · Oct 31, 2006

over the years....hmmmm. $25 certificate to kroger the year our cafeteria was remodeled, and we didn't get the traditional christmas banquet (read: stand in line an hour to eat prefab turkey and stovetop)

t shirt /c emblem plagiarized from a national nursing organization and couldn't wear it because of that.

umbrella that wouldn't stay open,

lanyard made out of a shoelace with the facility spelled wrong.

nice briefcase made of that ripstop fiber....big logo though.

picnic on the grounds (read christman banquet above)

lunch bag....logo

one stupid one was a tiny golf towel ......who has time to play golf and what else can you do with a small towel with a big grommet in the corner.

rn pin made like a rainbow.....but i'm hetero.

gift cert to waldenbooks for a taber's-kind of nice.

$5 off purchase of cellphone and service.....

$3 off hairdresser 60 miles away.

but then we are professionals and we should appreciate them as they appreciate us.....no?

this is a fun topic though and i guess they could give us nothing couldn't they?

soingal · Oct 31, 2006

T Shirt /c emblem plagiarized from a National Nursing organization and couldn't wear it because of that.

LM (you know what) off!:rotfl:

Umbrella that wouldn't stay open

Double :rotfl: :rotfl:

lanyard made out of a shoelace with the facility spelled wrong

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

$3 off hairdresser 60 miles away

Quadruple :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

can · Oct 31, 2006

A plastic liceince plate holder with the hospital name on it. I ran out and put that on my car! The DON brought them around "just to show how much we were appreciated."

ArmyMSN · Oct 31, 2006

Last Nurse's week, all staff nurses got a cheap flashlight/key chain combo. I asked, "what the #$#@#$~~~!" is this? It doesn't even work.

I swear only in our profession do these things happen. No physician would accept that crap.

:angryfire

ArmyMSN · Oct 31, 2006

RN pin made like a Rainbow.....but I'm hetero.

funny:balloons: :balloons: :balloons:

Tweety, BSN, RN · Oct 31, 2006

I get a paycheck every two weeks. That's enough for me.

But to answer your question, we got a nice lunch bag and a few other goodies for nurses week, and I got a $10 Walmart card on my anniversary, and a couple of other gift certificates scattered throughout the year. We good food on the holidays and lots of candy on Halloween. :)