Retirement "Gift"

[rck213]

A friend I graduated with recently retired after devoting 32 years to a local hospital in the OR.

Her gift on her retirement: a small folding canvass chair

also a year long fight to get 60% of the value of her ESLB.

Any wonder there is no loyalty or longevity left in nursing?

What a wonderful example for the new nurses, stick it out here and you get "a chair" to collapse in after all the years of bodily abuse!

[ArmyMSN]

After 21 years in the military here's what I scored:

-a medal that I can never wear anymore

-a photocopy of a letter with a facsimile signature of a president that I didnt vote for

- A piece of cake that I had to pay for.

It's ok though, I threw myself a ginormous party.:monkeydance:

aloha

Jim

Yeah, but your retirement pay for the rest of your life ain't bad. And the medal - some soldiers are proud to earn that.

But the canvas chair? - that's pretty sad. I would have left it behind but thanks them for the thought. We nurses accept all kinds of junk/trinkets for "Nurse's Week" - a flashlight key chain was among the cheapest crap pawned off on us. I got a kick how some of the nurses were so happy to get their keychain. Only in nursing. No physician would accept that stuff.

[casualjim]

Yeah, but your retirement pay for the rest of your life ain't bad. And the medal - some soldiers are proud to earn that.

Trust me I'm proud to get it, and earn it I did. Medic was a "sideline" for me in the service. I was pretty much a trigger puller. 21 years, 2 wars, and 3 "armed contigencies" and every month Uncle sends me almost to the penny just enough to pay my mortgage and cable bill. That takes a hugh load off my shoulders while I'm in school. Would I do it again? I have no idea. My daughter was 2 months old when I first met her, and she was 3 before I ever saw her open a birthday present or christmas present. That stings. I learned a lot though.

Anyway this thread was about retirement recognition, not so much the pay.

Back on topic people:nono:

aloha

Jim

[P_RN, ADN, RN]

After 22 years I got a Seiko with a dead battery and a lawsuit from the facility that didn't want to pay me my retirement....Cost me $7 for a battery and $10 for a new band. Won the lawsuit though...tee hee.

[buddiage]

Any wonder there is no loyalty or longevity left in nursing?

What a wonderful example for the new nurses, stick it out here and you get "a chair" to collapse in after all the years of bodily abuse!

From the sounds of it, I'll be asking for a casket.

[joannep]

Hi,

NRSKarenRN, Thank you for those brilliant ideas, I have a 63 year old nurse on my unit who pulls her weight and then some and I agree, we should be celebrating their achievements.