Nurses Week 2015 Freebies

[NurseyPoo7]

I've seen a lot of my nurse friends on Facebook sharing a link from mysavings.com saying Dunkin Donuts is giving nurses free coffee starting this week.

I decided to go to their official Facebook page and saw this:

I guess finding out now is better than a lot of us waltzing into DD and asking for our free coffee.

[RNsRWe, ASN, RN]

DD is a franchise business. It may have been just that location offering it. There is nothing national going on

I'd bet money that this is the cause for the confusion/problem: people think of it as a national chain, all owned by one entity, so one policy!

Hard to know which stores are franchises.....a friend of mine used to own/operate an Annie's Pretzels (Aunt Annie's? don't recall). Anyway, he was frustrated because he had to adhere to tons of policies in order to keep the franchise, but was encouraged to 'make it his own'. How?

[That Guy, BSN, RN, EMT-B]

They just dropped a huge PR potential right there. They could have taken the opportunity to be "You know it started as a rumor and we fully support it so yes we plan to honor it"

How awesome would that have been.

[Morainey, BSN, RN]

I knew it was too good to be true!

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

Don't miss out on these

Nurses Week 2015 Freebies: 7 Places Offering Free Food, Discounted Merchandise

Cool Beans

The North Carolina-based coffee shop Cool Beans - Coffee, Custard And More is giving nurses and teachers a free cup of coffee this week. They're also selling discounted lattes, frappes, smoothies, milkshakes and sundaes for $2.99

Larkburger

The West Coast burger chain Larkburger is giving away a small free burger to teachers on Tuesday, May 5, and nurses on Wednesday, May 6. There is only one free burger allowed per order. The offer is valid for dine-in orders only and cannot be combined with any other promotions. A valid nursing badge and a district issued” teacher ID is required to redeem this offer.

Cinnabon

Some nationwide Cinnabon locations will be giving away one free Cinnabon Classic Roll or MiniBon roll to nurses who present their healthcare ID badge. The promotion runs from May 6 through May 12 and is valid only while supplies last. Contact the Cinnabon nearest to you to find out if they're participating in the Nurses Week promotion....

Johnson & Johnson Discover Nursing – Free Nurses Save Lives & Thank a Nurse magnets, plus coloring books and other materials by mail. Perfect for Nurses Appreciation Week 2015!

WLEVradio.com (Allentown) – Wednesday, May 6th is Nurses Day (and the start of Nurses Week!) and we're celebrating by giving away $50 gift cards to Clothes Mentor and Gourmet coffee gift baskets courtesy of DeSales University Master of Science in Nursing Program. We'll be calling out names every hour from 8-5 on Wednesday. If we call your name, you win…it's that easy! (Enter your name through Tuesday, 5/5 at 11:59 pm.)

ANA FREE WEBINAR:

My Patient, My Code, My Practice: Ethical Decision-making and Action.

[h=3]Thursday, May 7th, 2015, 1:00 p.m. EDT, Noon CDT, 11:00 a.m. MDT, 10:00 a.m. PDT[/h]

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

Chick-fil-A Seven Corners Falls Church , VA

We are celebrating all our local nurses tomorrow in honor of Nurse's Appreciation Week! Any nurse who comes in tomorrow and shows his/her hospital ID will receive a FREE Chick-fil-A Sandwich. Spread the word!

*Seven Corners location only. 5/7 only.

Starbucks 5/1 to 5/10, 3-5PM Starbucks Happy Hour with Half Price Fraps!

Red Hot and Blue

To celebrate National Nurses Week and Teacher Appreciation Week several Red Hot & Blue Restaurants in Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina will be offering a 20% discount to nurses, nurses aides or nurse administrators and teachers or educational administrators from May 4-12, 2015 with valid ID of career employment.

[Farawyn]

That's all very nice but I'd rather have the cawffee.

[sjalv]

A local pizzeria is offering discounts on large pizzas for Nurse's Week. We don't have Dunkin' Donuts here though.. as far as I know.

[nursey2345]

Here are a few more freebies and contests I found that haven't been mentioned yet.

Nurses of Tomorrow is giving away three $2000 scholarships for nursing students.

Medical Solutions is running an Instagram photo contest to win a $100 Amazon gift card, $50 Amazon gift card, or $25 Tafford Uniforms gift card

Nurses Cafe is running a contest to win an Asus MeMO Android tablet for posting to the forum

Amazon is doing a free eBook giveaway of "The White Linen Nurse"

[imintrouble, BSN, RN]

They just dropped a huge PR potential right there. They could have taken the opportunity to be "You know it started as a rumor and we fully support it so yes we plan to honor it"

How awesome would that have been.

It's also a good marketing idea. How many people are going into a DD, get a free coffee, and not buy a doughnut? I know I would.

[Flower10]

This is nice to learn that Dunkin Donuts are free to nurses this week! Woah!