Nurses week Cheap gifts from admin.

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So, with nurses week coming up, I was fondly remembering all the neat swag my employer has offered me as a token of their appreciation.

Over the last four years as a nurse I have received -

A calculator that broke in one week,

A fanny pack that was made out of sheet plastic,

A coupon for a free cookie from the cafeteria,

Shoelaces with the hospital logo,

A lunch bag made out of the same sheet plastic as the fanny pack,

And the only gift that was ever usefull, a badge holder like the drug reps give out where your badge is on a string with a spring.

so what kind of gifts does your institution pony up for?

There have to be some worse ones than mine.

We all know that a cheap trinket from our employer will ensure our future longevity with said institution. So what made you stay working where you are.

Specializes in floor to ICU.

The hospital where I work refuses to 'single' nurses out- we have to have "Happy Hospital Week" instead. I understand everyone's job at the hospital is important but still I was hoping for.....something!!! A thank you would have been nice. Shoot, I would have like a chezzy mug. :rolleyes:

well, jennyp, where do i begin? This is not a us vs them issue. Recall, I complimented our MN and place the blame on upper mngnt. NM is a leadership role and requires some class and wisdom. If klare wants her staff to stop whining she might try being a role model and stop whining herself. leadership is less about being right and more about doing right. All the initials in the world behind your name doesn't make one a leader. There is a lot of integrity and wisdom involved in the evolvment of a leader . Condescending to your staff will never bring success. That's just common sense. I still maintain, I wouldn't work for klare.

Specializes in Community, Renal, OR.

OK, it's time to tell you what happens in Australia. Generally we are relaxed, happy-go-lucky with a dry, humorous nature.

Now, I suppose lots of you have worked with Australian's who were from Hell. Well we all have those people.

I work in a dialysis unit. For nurses week we have decorated the unit with streamers and coloured balloons. We have all donated a small item and have made up a "basket" which we are going to raffle. Over the years doing raffles we have raised enough money to buy a video machine and have it hooked up to patient tv's. We will be running video's of nurse movies. Such as "The English Patient", some of the "Carry on" Movies, and other movies with a nurse theme. We have all chipped in a small amount of money and are having a lunch catered for by. We are wearing tiara's because we will never wear caps again, and our badges (including our girl guide badges if we have them). We have a board with photo's of us in our training days. Looking younger, thinner and with different coloured hair. The patients have a competition to guess who is who. With a couple of prizes for the patients who guess well. Many of our patients bring us in plates of home made slices or cakes. We get lots of boxes of chocolates, and quite a few bunches of flowers.

I guess we are thinking of it as a fun time, a time to let our hair down and do a few mad things.

Specializes in LDRP; Education.

My facility (on Tuesday, well after I emailed our IS department asking for A LITTLE recongition on our intranet) handed out a long stem beautiful rose to each nurse and provided bagels and juice. This was very nice, until we learned that they gave these same things to the Medical Assistants.

Kinda took the significance of "Nurse's Day" away.....

Joannep, I think you folks have the right idea...love the tiaras!

We have so much fun with our monthly birthday celebrations on our night shift...we have our own appreciation parties! We do potlucks, have cultural night where we bring in ethnic foods, omelet night and do secret pals. We planed a trip to Mexico for a group from our shift who wanted to go, we go out after work and have house parties.

We gave up a long time ago waiting for administration to perk us up...so we perk ourselves up! :) Silly maybe but fun.

Specializes in Assisted Living.

Last year the nurses got a catered luncheon from the Olive Garden. Sounds great, huh? Yeah, if you work 1st shift! I worked 3rd shift and we got two large containers of salad (it had been unrefrigerated since noon) & breadsticks. The DON had worked 2nd shift, so she left when we came on & a couple of us noticed she walked out with several containers of leftover pasta's, seafood & soup. I guess position has its perks!

Nance

Specializes in ER, PACU, OR.

just a thought?

shouldn't this thread be under practical jokes? :chuckle

me :)

Specializes in Med-Surg Nursing.

Well, I was right. We got nothing! Not even a thing from our District Nurses Assoc. Oh, the hospital is having a "tea" on Friday at noon--benefits the day shift people as usual. And the tea is being sponsored by Life Flight out of Cleveland. I am sorry but I just think that the whole thing is despicable!

Specializes in ER, PACU, OR.

despicable?????????

kelly please tell me you are not really daffy duck in disguise?

me :)

Specializes in Pediatric Rehabilitation.

My hospital ran a full page 'ad' in Sunday's paper recognizing 'Nurse Appreciation Week' and thanking all it's nurses by listing each of our names. We also got a nice big bag filled with goodies (real nice calculator, nice drinking cup, pens, penlight)..of course all the "goodies' were logo'd, but still very nice (they actually sell these same items in a catalogue and they are pretty pricey). They served each shift pizza, had an "appreciation dinner/breakfast" on another day, have offered us "mini-topics" all week to help satisfy CEU requirements, had a "nurse of the year" for each unit & then a reception party for all those nominated..winners got nice prizes...

they've been great! They didn't include the MA's, but of course we did cuz we luv 'em!

i am sure that others will disagree where i am at.......

and where i am at, they didn't like take us all out for steak dinners or anything......

but there was a lot of hoopla........and a nice pat on the back.......

and

a great speaker............

Jo Manion, RN, Phd©, CNAA, FAAN...........

down to earth about the realities of today's corporate health care system, but that there is still SO MUCH AND SO MUCH THAT WE AS NURSES SHOULD NEVER LET GO OF..........

made me rethink..........as i had let myself get down in the dumps lately.....................

microin out'

We got a lovely red vinyl folder with some BLAH BLAH nursing statement on the front of it, inside was a legal pad...how great is that???? No pen, no money and a computer generated card signed by the administrator and DON....

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