Nurse's Week Gifts from Employers

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With nurse's week being kicked off today, I'm seeing posts on social media about things people are getting from employers. Everything from a tote bag with the employer's logo to a bottle of wine (can I work there?!). I'm not working til Tuesday so I won't know what, if anything, my employer has going. I know this topic has been done in the past and some people have mixed feelings-- ie they'd rather their employer spend the money on better staffing. But it could be a fun topic too, so what'd ya get?

Nothing. Nada. Not even a "Happy Nurses' Day" or "thank you". Not a potluck. Nothing. They do have celebrations for lab and for radiology. Guess I picked the wrong profession.

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Specializes in ICU.

While it wasn't from an employer, I got a free meal at Culver's today. That was nice.

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Specializes in Pediatric.
My employer is having a breakfast party one day, a lunch party another, and manicures another. They are being held in the administrative buildings, so no staff nurses will have time to leave the floor and get over there and back since its a pretty good walk to get there. And they seem to have forgotten we are not allowed to wear NAIL POLISH. So like last year, we will see all the pictures on the intranet of the management enjoying the parties without us.

Lol yup! Managers always get everything.

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Company logo shirts (free clothes? Heck yeah!), breakfast (made to order omelettes this year), and something else but I forget what.

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Specializes in LTC,Hospice/palliative care,acute care.

I got the gift that keeps giving.The gift of the job....

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A few years all of us nurses got a letter from our employer saying how bad the economy was, how they have had to close branch offices and cut branch employee hours...and that "Hey, Happy Nurse's Week". We appreciate everything that you do for our clients, now can you please sign and return the form below checking if 'yes' you will continue to work for us for $1/hr less, or 'no', please don't schedule me after such and such date.....HAPPY NURSES WEEK!

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Specializes in ICU.

I haven't worked during nurses' week yet but last year we received a reusable bad like you use at the grocery store. The gift was fine but we had to sign that it was received to ensure that every nurse received one and only one of these was embarrassing.

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Bwahahahahahaha

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Same as last year. An unstable cardiac in the hallway & shortstaffed.

Bwahhahahaha

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My job gave us corsages and our Nurse Manager gave us a jar of candy...Chill Out pills

Corsages LOL -- bet the men looked good with them :)

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We received a sectioned 'tote' basket-you can put it in your trunk for groceries. Pretty nice-especially since I just found a run away avocado in my trunk!

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Specializes in Oncology; medical specialty website.

Nurses Week at many of my jobs had turned into "All Allied Health Professionals And Volunteers Week." We wouldn't want anyone to feel left out now, would we? (Even though some of the groups who felt entitled to participate in "Nurses Week" had their own special week.)

Usually we got gewgaws with the corporate logo on it and junk food. Sometimes there were ice cream sundae bars!

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