How did your employer recognize Nurse's Day?

Nurses Relations

Published

After having nurse's day come and go without our employer even acknowledging the fact that it was nurse's day, am just curious as to how other employers honor their nurses on that day? Look forward to your responses!!

Specializes in LTC.

My employer didnt even recognize any nurses on nurses day. Same as every other day.

At Christmas we got nothing, not even a card or a candy cane.

They took away our raises, yet find time and money to have parties for management staff. Even go bowling on the clock & go to concerts.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Orthopaedic Nursing; Geriatrics.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: No mention at all!

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Does any other professional group such as doctors, lawyers or other such types have a "day" set aside where they are honored?

L

There is actually a Doctors Day, Volunteer Week and/or Day, Nurses Day, Nursing Assistants day and more locally a Hospital week to celebrate every employee (this depends on the place you're working)

Up Vote Up Vote ×

Most places I know celebrate it.

In my workplace they don't because I'm not even employed haha.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in School Nursing.

I hope I don't offend any one here but what is the point of a nurses day? Or a secretaries day, office assistant day, or what whatever. Weren't these 'holidays' created to sell greetings cards?

Further- why do you need any token of appreciation for doing your job. You're paid to do it. Employers need to forget special 'days' and do more for their staff everyday.

Up Vote Up Vote ×

Our hospital has a weeklong celebration...yogurt parfaits for breakfast on Monday, Ice cream social on Thursday, unit pizza parties on Wednesday, unit potlucks on Tuesday, Photo booth in the lobby on Friday, free popcorn cart all weeklong, and our unit MDs are having a full breakfast brought in for us on Friday....we get baskets of goodies from our Ortho docs and PAs....there are educational/CE presentations....it's a full week long celebration and appreciation!

Up Vote Up Vote ×

Nurses Week was not to sell greeting cards. Obviously you are not a nurse and have no idea of how hard the work is and how much abuse we take all year long from patients and family members. Nurses week is celebrated in conjunction with the birthday of Florence Nightingale. We celebrate our dedication, our hard work, and take the time to show each other how much we appreciate our team members. Our employers take this opportunity to show appreciation for the backbone of their organization. Without excellence in nursing, they wouldn't have a business. Next time you have a loved one hospitalized or are a patient yourself, take a good hard look at what the care team is doing for you and yours 24 hours a day. Better yet, shadow an acute care hospital nurse for back to back 12 hour shifts, or a Long term care RN for her 12 hour shift.....then get back to us on how we should just do our jobs without recognition.....

Up Vote Up Vote ×

If you can get a job as an ADN, go for it, work and get experience while going for your BSN. Most hospitals will hire an ADN as long as you sign agreement to get your BSN within 5 years. Even higher chance of getting hired if you are already accepted and enrolled into a BSN completion program. And the. Get your MSN! Never stop educating yourself or trying to become a better nurse ?

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Emergency.

The OP may not be a nurse but I am and I agree with the statement about doing more for employees on a daily basis.

We received box lunches for nurses day. That worked out well because it allowed me to eat something on a shift where I didn't get a break.

Appropriate staffing would demonstrate a hellava lot more appreciation toward nurses than a "hallmark holiday" gratuitous gesture once a year.

And another thing, I'm a 2nd career RN. I spent my 1st career in telecom management and one thing I learned both as the manager and the employee is that nothing says "thank you" like a fistful of cash. And that quite simply does not happen in nursing.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Medical/surgical.

The managers put together a nice breakfast for us!

Up Vote Up Vote ×

How did my employer recognize Nurse's Day? By cutting my pay by 30%. I work home health care, and my employer went from a pay-per-visit model to hourly. On paper it sounds good but for example last Saturday I made almost $400.00 for the day. This Sunday when this new model takes effect I will be paid $230.00 for the same tasks.

This new hourly wage is predicated on years of licensure and I am relatively new to the field :down: . Sorry for the rant, but I'm still reeling over this.

Up Vote Up Vote ×

Ugh, our hospital plans week long events that in all honestly "working" nurses don't get to attend. It's pretty much all for the office/management types. We have an awards ceremony, dinner, poster presentation all of which I won't be able to attend. They cut out gifts and donated money in our name to the hospital. I guess we get a box lunch tomorrow but honestly it's not very good. We also have a basket giveaway but all the RN's donate money for the baskets so I don't really think that counts. We got bracelets last year that were really cute and thoughtful. This year it's kinda just a slap in the face.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
+ Add a Comment