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 NICU, PICU, PCVICU and peds oncology.
I'm a peds nurse. I just watched part of the Children's Miracle Network telethon and I'm absolutely steaming. :angryfire Who am I mad at? The television personalities. Every single family they profiled was asked the same question... "So, how were the doctors while you were here in the Stollery Hospital? Did they treat you well?" :angryfire Nurses were more or less only mentioned in passing. Numerous physicians were profiled and interviewed. The only nurses they talked to were the educators. Not a single front-line nurse was deemed important enough to even put on camera, unless they were in the family's own photos. Our CV surgeon sort of included us when he said that the first 24 hours post-op were the most crucial and that the kids were in good hands in the PICU. Interpret that how you may. I feel a letter coming on.
that is one terrific man you have there ... tell him so from me please ... what a lovely thing to do!!!!! I can see all those happy nurses :) :chuckle :kiss of course you deserve no less!!
Originally posted by mother/babyRN
Well, although I feel it shouldn't take either a rocket scientist or cheapo administration to figure out that to keep us appreciative might just mean treating us accordingly, my husband did send me a dozen roses at work,much to my delight and surprise, and a single rose to each nurse working that night as well...
At one hospital I worked at years ago, we got a set of (supposedly nice) glassware with the hospital's logo on it. They lasted about as long as a snowball in hell, for when I brought them home and put them in the dishwaher, every last one of them shattered. You should have seen me picking the glass out of that machine.........#*%$!!
P.S.---By the way, we were all given a dinky little pedometer by the higher-ups today following a meeting. I clipped it on my purse, and after I had ridden the train 20 miles and drove the remaining 35 miles home, it said I had burned 40 calories and had walked 4 miles (that'll be the day!).
Last year, the hospital I was doing my practicum at didn't get the staff anything, but the doctors brought loads of candy and goodies for the nurses and left it in a drawer for "snacking on". I thought that was a terribly nice gesture. It's not often that I've heard of doctors really thanking their nursing counterparts!
Specializes in Gerontology, Med surg, Home Health.
One year we all got tote bags, water bottles, and beach towels with the company logo. I held mine up and told my boss, "the next time I call out to go to the beach...I'll hold up my towel and you can consider it marketing."
Every single family they profiled was asked the same question... "So, how were the doctors while you were here in the Stollery Hospital? Did they treat you well?" :angryfire Nurses were more or less only mentioned in passing. Numerous physicians were profiled and interviewed. The only nurses they talked to were the educators. Not a single front-line nurse was deemed important enough to even put on camera, unless they were in the family's own photos. 
Our CV surgeon sort of included us when he said that the first 24 hours post-op were the most crucial and that the kids were in good hands in the PICU. Interpret that how you may. I feel a letter coming on.
:chuckle :kiss of course you deserve no less!!
NotReady4PrimeTime, RN
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Hey, Mother/Baby RN... you better keep that man!!