National Nurse's Week vs. National Hospital Week

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Specializes in Mother-Baby, Rehab, Hospice, Memory Care.

My hospital has failed to even acknowledge National Nurse's Week. Instead, starting tomorrow they are celebrating, "National Hospital Week". WTH? I've never even heard of this until now. This really rubs some of us nurses the wrong way. Why are we not allowed to have at least our own special day to honor nursing? :confused:

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Specializes in tele, oncology.

My hospital also doesn't really celebrate anything that singles out nurses b/c "it's not right to leave the ancillary staff out". Which I do agree with to a point...but last year the radiology dept, RT, and secretaries all had their own days, while the nursing staff did not. Either do it or don't do it, but please at least be consistent!

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Specializes in Pediatrics.

Yeah, my nursing home is doing the same thing with National Nursing home week, posters up all over, and the nurses got a 8X10 printed paper in the break room.

The hosptal I worked at as a tech gave the nurses and CNA's small little gifts for National Nurses, and allowed each unit to figure out how they would like to celebrate, like ours was Italian soda supplies for our break room and some other little goodies and they took a couple of full page adds out in the newspapers to thank their nurses. I also remeber them putting up posters for national janitorial day last year

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Wow its a big deal at my hospital they celebrated the whole week they plan everything months in advance they did something different everyday

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Mine celebrates both. The nurses get a little something extra on top of what is received for hospital week.

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Specializes in RN, BSN, CHDN.

My company is not recognising Nurses Week anymore, instead it is "Employee Recognision Week' later on in the yr

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Specializes in RN CRRN.

Nothing like making the nurse feel even LESS important in the greater scheme of things...

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Specializes in cardiology/oncology/MICU.

We had a Nurse's week celebration. For us night shift workers, they treated us to a lovely breakfast burrito at 0800 yummy1

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Specializes in RN CRRN.

We usually get a Nurses Week gift, have speakers all week long, and some nurse managers dress like Flo and walk around with a fake lantern and candy. That kind of sounds like a nursing school nightmare I once had....but it is in fact a true story. Heck its free candy!

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Specializes in cardiology/oncology/MICU.

I have gotten a pin every year for the past seven years that I have worked here.

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For Doctor's Day, everyone baked treats. Have yet to see anything recognizing Nurses' Week. Personally, I think all of these "Days" are silly. There is a day or a week to recognize every little booger-pickin' thing. Some things just don't need an entire week to be celebrated. I know I am annoyed if I am made to feel like I am not a team player because I didn't bake cookies. Some groups are going to feel left out if their profession isn't celebrated as highly as others'.

I don't need games on my lunch hour, I don't need free candy or baked goods (Yes, I will take them and eat them but that usually means an extra hour on the treadmill).

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My homcare agency did NOTHING!!

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