Does your employer recognize "Nurse's Day"?

dkbhu49 · May 22, 2004

You're not going to believe this but it's the truth! The hospital where I am working offered ice cream bars on one of the days when I and one other nurse were working but wouldn't give me one because I was a traveller!!! Talk about feeling unappreciated..I wasn't worth a $1 ice cream bar!!(14hr day and I hadn't even had lunch!!!) (My co. sent me a lunch bag...I added it to my collection! ) So very sad!!

PedsNurse1981 · May 22, 2004

Congratulations to all those "old" nurses, new nurses and nurses2b on Nurse's Day.
Does your employer do anything special to recognize this day?

Hah! Here's what my employer gave us:

a keychain

a bumper sticker

$4.00 worth of vouchers to fast food joint

We all feel so appreciated here.

Oh, and to top that off, the travel nurses here didn't even get that.

cindyrn1 · May 22, 2004

Having been a nurse for almost 17 years, this year was probably the most memorable. I just started the job of my dreams so I never even mentioned that it was nurses day. I had been there for almost a month, made several new friends and just thought that I would go through this year, like all the others, not receiving anything for being a nurse. My secretary called me to her office and told me that I had to go up front (which is where administration is) and I thought I was in trouble! She led on that I was. I got up there and the officers that work there tried to tell me that I had done something against prison policy. They couldn't keep a straight face and then told me that I had flowers. The plant had a baby girl dressed up like a nurse set in the middle of the most gorgeous arrangment. It was from my group of co-workers who had never even said a word to me about that day. I was so touched. They all remembered, they just made it a surprise. It made my day not only for Nurses' Day but for being new and being accepted by my co-workers. I had no doubt in my mind after this wonderful gesture that who I was working for would be where I would work for a very long time. I have a super job, and work with super people. I have found a job that makes nursing a much better career for me now.

SmilingBluEyes · May 22, 2004

everyone got a nice little umbrella for nurses day this year
with the corporate logo on it
how tacky

hey mebee you can use it as a parasol on particularly hot,sunny golfing dates! bwwwahahahaha

NursesRmofun, ASN, RN · May 22, 2004

hahaha. We had a combined "celebration" with Nursing Home week. It was a buffet lunch and a pen. And the higher ups kept making sure everyone had gotten their pen. So kind. :)

babinrs · May 22, 2004

Yes, they had all sorts of things :balloons: for the first shift like lectures, and free lunch. But nothing for the night shift. The only thing all the nurses in the hospital got were plastic cups from Coca-Cola (oops can I say that?). We are always the forgotten shift that gets crapped on.

zigs · May 23, 2004

Not only did my facility not recognize nurses day, but I am in middle management. We had a meeting that day, and our D.O.N. purchased a meat and cheese tray and then asked the middle management team to pay for it(tray was for all nurses staff.) We got not one word of recognition. I was disappointed.

mamabear · May 23, 2004

Yes, they had all sorts of things :balloons: for the first shift like lectures, and free lunch. But nothing for the night shift. The only thing all the nurses in the hospital got were plastic cups from Coca-Cola (oops can I say that?). We are always the forgotten shift that gets crapped on.

Amen! For most of my RN career, I've worked nights, for all the usual reasons, and we don't get bupkes! Unless we're supposed to feel goog about the $1.00 shift diffeerential and $0.50 charge pay! :angryfire

teeituptom, BSN, RN · May 24, 2004

welcome one and all to the wonderfull world of nursing

janetrnc · May 9, 2006

We are now doing Hospital Employee week but as a manager we always get gifts for our staff but here's something for you to think about too... As a manager we NEVER get anything from our staff on Nurses Day, we are still nurses too and we do a good job too and we'd like to hear it once in a while from staff just as much as you wanna hear it from us! :lol2: :blushkiss Can't we all just get along? :)

anniev · May 9, 2006

So far a nice angel wings pin a lunch bag with the name of the place on it and so and so is sick and going home you'll have both wings 50 pt with Dr rounds its hard to do the 25 I normally have told them better get some one in the office out here or I will have to be sick too!! They did and that person was almost in tears by 3:00 with the 25 pt she had for 4 hours!! Got to love nursing!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :saint: :clown: