How did your employer recognize Nurse's Day?

[allevi]

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!!

[kungpoopanda]

The best thing I ever got was a free pass to the drag car racing. It made a nice difference from the usual drug compay logo mug that we sometimes got.

Other days of note are:

Doctor's day Mar 30

Be kind to a Lawyer Apr 8

Dentists Feb 9

Accountant Nov 10

Teachers Oct 5

Fire fighters May 4

Police Sep 28

Admin Professionals Last week of April

Psychologists Oct 10

Chefs Oct 20

Engineers varies around the world

AND...

Bosses Day Oct 16

[scottaprn]

A 5 dollar target gift card with a reminder to "Keep your eye on the target of compassionate care".

This is is a huge step up for me as last year I got a 5 dollar gift certificate for administrative assistant day (nurse practitioner/administrative assistant- all the same right???)

[esipbisn]

Easy one: there's none here in France

[NurseJamie8]

I got ice cream, pen/pen light , and a badge clip with the hospital name on it.

[AxOxCrazy]

I probably gained 10 lbs from the free breakfast lunch and dinner along with sweets we received all week!

[Not_A_Hat_Person, RN]

I got a card. Skills Day is next week, so there will probably be food and bags.

[softrbreeze]

Our nurse manager took the nurses (all 4 of us!) out to lunch on her tab. Officially speaking, my company frowns on management "fraternizing" with employees but there have been a few managers who have overstepped the line. Personally speaking, I think that "line" was created by a certain someone in admin who is not well-liked. I remember a time when we would get some goodies though- lunch boxes, umbrellas, etc.

[taggart84]

We got a bottle of Mountain Dew with a mounds bar attached. A card read "Mounds of thanks for all you Dew". A personal thank you card with $25 gift card. We had breakfast and a poem. Last year was bath and body works gift bags with gift card.

[WordWrangler]

My friend works in an office where the nurses were given gift cards and treated to a group lunch outside the facility at a restaurant just down the block. She said it was fun and relaxing and she felt special.

Where I work? I didn't realize it was Nurses' Day until I met my friend for dinner the next evening. Not a word, not a mention. So, that's making me feel like I bust my behind every day for good reason, right? It's not like I do my job in order to be acknowledged, but what's the harm, exactly in acknowledging jobs well done? It's not like they hold back if they need to criticize for pieces of a job that are NOT well done. Generally speaking, I'm not a complainer (not by any means) but this slap in the face (really? Not even a privately emailed letter of thanks from all the docs or the nurse manager? nothing at all?) makes me sad to continue in a place with the potential to do so much better.

[Pangea Reunited, ASN, RN]

We got chair massages and one of the docs bought us all a single rose. It was hard to take a break for the massage, but I did it anyway and just gave some meds a little late! There's is a whole "schedule" of other things for the week, but I haven't looked at it. I've been off most of the week, and there's nothing I want bad enough to go in on my day off.

[Anna S, RN]

It was not mentioned at all by my employer.

[Animal House R.N., ADN, CNA, LVN]

There are things during the day but nothing at nite.