Christmas Gift for your unit from docs

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Ok, what is the most silly Christmas gift a doctor has gotten your unit? I remember back in the 80's there were always lots of food gifts. We'd be stuffed with candy, popcorn, cookies... heck we even had a doc bring in Olive Garden salads for everyone. Times have really changed. Today was the kicker. One of our top docs had a huge shopping bag and was giving out boxes of truffles to people like the charge nurses, PT and the unit pharmacists. Then he hands me a box and a card addressed to all unit nursing staff and asks me to be in charge of it. When he left, I opened the box and there were 4 large truffles in it........ we have at least 50 staff that work all three shifts. How in the heck am I supposed to divide that out? With a razor blade? :lol2:

Hmmmmm... let me think......

Absolutely NOTHING!!!!

Yes. (In my experience) Doctors are typically mean, arrogant, stupid, ugly people, so no surprise there!

Specializes in Rural.

Here's the flip side of rural nursing, our doc thinks that just the privilege of sharing space with him should be present enough.:barf01: :barf01:

Recently had some wonderful cocoa-dusted truffles that were so good we may have to start a 12-step group to get over them.

Have had all kinds of cookies, chocolate-covered pretzels, nuts candy, popcorn, caramel corn (the good stuff).

But the best one was the group practice that sent three ginormous honey baked hams (one clearly marked for each shift), a selection of breads and condiments, and a desert. We feasted for a couple of days on this delicious gift.

It isn't just the goodies (although they count for a lot); it's also the appreciation they express and the fact that someone went to the effort and expense of sending a treat our way. This is especially true on noc shift. We feel double the gratitude as we are not very prominent on most people's radar. We remember kindly anyone who goes out of their way to remember us.

[color=dimgray]do the nurses get gifts for the docs? (i'm not trying to make a point, i'm just curious.)

Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
do the nurses get gifts for the docs? (i'm not trying to make a point, i'm just curious.)

here in the uk where i work, in a small practice with 4 general practitioners, they pay for us and spouses to go for a christmas evening meal and we each get a gift voucher from them. we do a collection and buy them something

Tin O'Popcorn for the unit.....I don't really like popcorn..but it's the thought that counts, right?..on a happier note, one year when I worked in a dialysis unit a pt. catered an incredible luncheon for us, it was unbelievable not a cold cuts type of deal, hot food, and salads and cheesecake and pastry and each one of us got an angel pin. It means a lot that the patient really appreciated the work we did. The pt. would also bring us donuts and bagels almost once a week.

The little angel sits on my one shoulder whispering: "At least he thought of the nurses" while the little devil :devil: sits on my other shoulder shouting: "Grab the razor blade!" Save the box until the doc is back on the unit. Cut the four into fifty pieces, and spread over a nice big tray. Then leave a little sign: Christmas Gift from Dr. XYZ......one piece per nurse. Maybe she/he will see it.

I know I know, mean spirited thoughts around the holidays.....

I like the way the devil on your shoulder thinks :D

on the 12th day of christmas my er doc gave to me: one drunk a peeing, two overdoses cussing,three seekers whinning, four chest pains crupmping, 5 golden triage stars, 6 dependins a leaking, 7 nurses swimming(to keep their heads above water),8 maids a cleaning, 9 overdoses, 10 croupy coughs, 11 abd pains, 12 std's. Yipppiii ! What more could a nurse want ?:icon_redface:

Specializes in FNP, Peds, Epilepsy, Mgt., Occ. Ed.

I remember Christmas on the floor from you-know-where with the head nurse from the same place.

One doc gave the whole floor a bottle of whiskey. Just one bottle. Did he think we were going to pass out the little plastic med cups there at work?

Another group of doctors gave a gift of cash. Did our lovely HN buy a small gift for everybody, or some food, or something we could all use, like a new coffeepot? Nope. She bought three or four very nice items and drew names. Those folks got something nice, the rest of us zilch.

Specializes in cardiology-now CTICU.

to answer a previous poster's question: no. typically we do not buy gifts for the docs. in my case, our docs are cardiac surgeons in a major teaching hospital. one of their salaries is more than all 50 of our staff nurses make all together! but i really don't expect anything from them either. each year the cardiology group throws a party at a local hotel, food, drinks, dancing. and evey year i have had to work. this year, one of our surgeons gave the unit an extremely generous gift- $500 dunkin donuts card! split for all 3 shifts. the only problem... our nurse manager locked it up in her office. so how exactly is night shift to use it? ummmmm...:idea:

WHAT GIFT, NO SUCH THING WHERE I WORK.:sniff:

When I was in Portland Or. our PICU intensivist gave us each a plant and choclate. In Arkansas we all received a 20.00$ gift certificate from where else Wal-Mart.

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