Happy Holidays!

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Specializes in Critical Care, Procedural, Care Coordination, LNC.

Happy Holidays to Nurses Everywhere! 🎄✨

The holiday season brings unique experiences for nurses in every specialty.

  • Which holidays do you enjoy working the most?
  • What traditions make your shifts during this time special?
  • Are there holidays you prefer to take off to spend with loved ones?

Nursing students: How are you spending your Winter break? Relaxing, preparing for next semester, or balancing a bit of both?

Not working in a hospital? We'd love to hear how your holiday season looks!

No matter how or when you celebrate, your hard work and compassion make a difference every day.

Wishing Nurses everywhere a season filled with joy, peace, and memorable moments! 💙

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Specializes in Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life).

"Which holidays do you enjoy working the most?

What traditions make your shifts during this time special?

Are there holidays you prefer to take off to spend with loved ones?"

If I had my druthers I would not work many Holidays but being a nurse its "Off to work I go." I traded Thanksgiving since I was baking pies for the local food bank. Of the December holidays (Hanuka, Christmas and Winter Soltice" I would say that the Solstice is my favorate. Once my sopn gets through calling me a heretic. I will have new years day off so may have guests for New Years Eve. I don't drink because thats Amature Night. 

Oh and lets not forget  Festivus!

Hppy

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

I've worked all but one Christmas out of the last 33.  It's my pleasure to work to give someone else off.  It's gotten to the point where I no longer really have any traditions around Christmas.  I quit decorating after my ex left me years ago.  

I don't like "It's Christmas, you're supposed to......." so I just grin and bear it and can't wait for it to be over. LOL

My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving.  Getting together with family and/or friends, cooking or eating out.  

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!

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Specializes in Oncology, ID, Hepatology, Occy Health.
Tweety said:

 

I don't like "It's Christmas, you're supposed to......." so I just grin and bear it and can't wait for it to be over. LOL

 

 

I've found my soul mate! With you Tweety.

Working Christmas as usual. I'm neither a Christian nor a parent so I prefer to work and let those who believe or those with kids have Christmas off. As an atheist, I don't celebrate Hanukkah, Eade, Diwali or any other religious festival, so why do people get uptight when I say I don't do Christmas? I don't buy the stupid argument some people put forward that CHRISTmas has nothing to do with religion.🙄

Obviously we don't have Thanksgiving in Europe. 

New Year I will be off as always, and I will be very drunk. That is a celebration I like. OK yes, in reality nothing changes from one day to the next, but I do like this idea of taking stock and reflecting on what you've done this past year, and what you hope for personally and for the world in the year to come. And I love the countdown and the popping of champagne corks at midnight. The New Year's Eve dinner here in France is a lovely long affair with several courses: oysters, smoked salmon, snails (yes, snails in garlic butter - delicious!) foie gras, either fish or a stuffed bird like capon or guinea fowl, cheese and the bûche de Noêl (log) which can either be cake or ice cream. Of course, the right wine to accompany each course.

An old wives' tale in the UK where I grew up says that you spend the year mostly doing  what you did at New Year, so why would you want to be working?!! 

Happy holidays whatever your beliefs and preferences. 

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Specializes in Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life).

I'm a professed pagan, my husband a Reorganized latter day Saint, and my son is Muslim. After we all recognize that we are all heretics we get on with a day of food and togetherness. I actually got canceled today and plan to cook some meat on fire and roasts some sun chokes and wild picked asparagus. Happy holidays.

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

THanksgiving is my favorite holiday as it is when everyone in our family gets together. Christmas is reserved for church and just our immediate family in the morning and then we make the rounds to other family members

Happy Holidays

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