How did your employer recognize Nurse's Day?

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 Specializes in L/D, newborn, GYN, LTC, Dialysis.

nothing at all.

Up Vote Up Vote ×

I got an email saying Happy Nurses Week.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Rehabilitation,Critical Care.

Free food

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Management, Med/Surg, Clinical Trainer.

First off let me say it was not Nurse's Day it was Nurse's Week. Some facilities may try to dwindle it down to a day, but it is the whole week.

From my experiences it has been fairly lame. For the most part it was the nurses putting forth the effort, such as Crazy Hat Day. The nurses were supposed to wear a crazy hat in to work, and get their picture taken. The pictures were then posted on a board for all to see.

Or wear your Silliest Scrubs Day...again so pictures can be taken and posted. Then to cap it off was a generic letter from the CEO stating how much we are appreciated.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Management, Med/Surg, Clinical Trainer.
There are things during the day but nothing at nite.

Ha, I had this happen when I worked nights at a previous job during nurses week. The day shift received a pick of training sessions and a catered buffet. The night shift was sent an email saying thanks and was given the day shifts left over brownies......and the brownies were brought around on paper plates!

Take notes managers out there...this is why night staff leave you.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in psych/dementia.

Each shift got food every day. Everything from free breakfast for night shift, to pizza, desserts, wraps, etc.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Certified Med/Surg tele, and other stuff.

a poster in the breakroom and a shopping cart in the lobby, so we could pay it forward to the food bank.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Med nurse in med-surg., float, HH, and PDN.

A piece of red construction paper hastily taped to the door of our office, upon which someone had scrawled with a marker: "Happy Nurse's Week!"

Goes right along with the pay cut, eliminating shift differentials and 'personal time' accrual.

Very classy. I feel so appreciated!

Up Vote Up Vote ×

I worked at a doctor's office , was not a nurse but got a small gift card. The thought was nice but honestly it would have meant a lot more to me to be treated better.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.

A free luncheon on a single day that was mostly attended by management. The majority of those of us working on the patient care units weren't able to attend because, well, we don't have enough staff to pull that off. I'd rather have Nurses Year with reasonable staffing, ability to take breaks, etc.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in nursing education.

We got a purple-frostinged sheet cake at our nurse faculty meeting. I tried not to have a piece but it was somehow irresistible.

Up Vote Up Vote ×

Absolutely nothing so far this year, apart from a forwarded email from the CEO which maily blows the trumpet of the organisation rather than those who make it so awesome.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
+ Join the Discussion