Appreciated in different ways...

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.

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

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!

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

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.

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:

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."

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

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

funny:balloons: :balloons: :balloons:

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. :)

I had a DON that would make us care packages filled to the brim with lotions, candles, calm music CD's, slippers, and other things to illicit relaxation after a hard day. She would even make a poem that pointed to each gift in a special way...it was creative and very special. She also went as far as to know your hobbies or things you like and represent that too...like Asian style items for me or frogs! It was very special!!!! Got that for 4 years....

Now...lots of free food, discounts at the giftshop and other stores around the area, awesome benifits, discount on travel and lodging places (I am talking like 70% off major resorts!), and excellent pay! I like this too because it is year round!

LOL, but one "nurses appreciation" day when I worked in a Developmentally Disabled Group facility...they did a small lunch and then tricked us by having an inservice about 'patient safety with restraints' which was basically how to take a hit from a patient and suffer less harm (I am serious...they actually showed us how to properly get beat up and not retailate in any way!!!!). Okay now that SUCKED!!!!!!!!!! (I left shortly after that...showed to me they cared alright...take the hit and don't bother them with workers comp!).