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when I worked a heat transplant, and was floated to the "step down', their patients had been there for 6 months or more in general.
the staff brought in dinner and they had a huge party in the conference room with all the family, where gifts were exchanged, a tree and it was wonderful (diet restriction of course included here)... but these patients were permanent here and it was beautiful to be a part of. It was like christmas at my own home.
StephRN08
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On our oncology/BMT unit we have many patients that just cannot make it home for Christmas. In the past few years, we have started a week of holiday festivities on the unit to help lift the patients' spirits and it does wonders. A group of us will go around the unit singing Christmas carols with our scarves/hats/gloves and an electric candle. We buy candy canes and holiday candies that we put into stockings and give to the patients. On Christmas Eve, everyone pitches in money to have a dinner for the patients and their families in the family lounge. It's something nice that we do for our patients!
Does anyone else have holiday festivities in their units or facilities for patients?