Discounts for nurses

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So I was doing some Christmas shopping for my wife the other day at New York and Company when I noticed a slip of paper by the register that said, "service occupation discount codes" and it listed Police, Fire, EMT, Teacher and Nurse. I asked the clerk, "I'm a nurse, do I get some kind of discount?" She had me show her proof (I happened to have my license in my wallet) and I got 15% off, ON TOP OF THE SALE PRICE!

I got to thinking, this wasn't even advertised, I happened to see this piece of paper that was codes for the employee to use on the register, I wonder if there are other places out there like this. Does anyone know??

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Specializes in Junior Year of BSN.

Wow I would have to wait until I graduate and get licensed but I buy A LOT of clothes from NY and Company. Nice to know, I'm dragging my teacher friend to NYC this weekend hehe use his discount.

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Specializes in LTC.

Great! i dont make retail workers go out of their way for me since thats what im doing in the time being.. but i will mention this.

Life uniform will sometimes give a 10% discount if you are a nursing student. and when i was a hospital volunteer they gave me an additional 10% off too.

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The local Jack in the Box offers discounts for hospital employees.

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Specializes in acute rehab, med surg, LTC, peds, home c.

I cant believe it, I shop there all the time and I never knew. I think Ann Taylor Loft does something like this for teachers.

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Specializes in ED, CTSurg, IVTeam, Oncology.

The biggest one of these discounts is your cell phone company. Just about all the carriers have discounts for public service workers. I got a 15% TMobile discount just by showing my hospital ID. :yeah:

They don't like to advertise these things, but you usually get it with no questions asked when you inquire about it.

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Specializes in ER, OR, PACU, TELE, CATH LAB, OPEN HEART.

My employer group has a 25% discount with ATT. Also we get a discount at the optical center on campus, Apple store on computers, they have a website where staff can download Free or nominal cost software (free anti-virus and free microsoft office). There are deals to be had, just do a little name dropping. I am NEVER ashamed to get a discount.

Happy Holidays to everyone.

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The Swan and Dolphin hotels (Westin) on WDW property in Orlando offer discounts to nurses :D They offer the same discount to a couple of other occupations as well including teachers.

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Specializes in school nursing, ortho, trauma.

Sweeeeeet!!!

I don't know of too many - Caldwell College offers a 25% discount on tuition for firefighters and police (only know cause i took classes there!)

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The biggest one of these discounts is your cell phone company. Just about all the carriers have discounts for public service workers. I got a 15% TMobile discount just by showing my hospital ID. :yeah:

They don't like to advertise these things, but you usually get it with no questions asked when you inquire about it.

This is not an advertisement for T-Mobile, but I used to be a sales leader for them. T-Mobile offers a lot of discounts depending on where you work, where you went to school, who you have insurance through... It is usually between 10% to 15%. Sometimes, they will offer waived activation fees etc. as well. They were trying to make a big push of that in store for a little while.

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Specializes in AA&I, research,peds, radiation oncology.

Sweet!!! Off I go.........

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This just totally made my day! All my clothes come from New York & Company!! :) too bad I'm still in school...

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