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I have a dear friend who went to work for an HCA hospital, despite my warnings. The hospital we were working at was doing a lot of cancelling and she needed not to be cancelled a lot. Anywayyyssss...she just emailed me about their Nurses Week Treat!

It seems that at some point during her night shift, a call went out for the nurses to come to the lobby and get some snacks...a show of appreciation for all of their nurses hard work. When she and a co-worker got to the desnigated area, the management (or whoever) had opened the vending machines and were letting the nurses take their pick of the vending items! She almost choaked! What a hoot! She has now coined a new hosital motto.."Saving lives...and saving money" How cheesy is this?

Specializes in Psych.

How did the vending machine company/guy who restocks it feel about that? We got pins, and a catered lunch from the drug reps.

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My aunt said one Christmas years ago, the gift all the nurses received was a plastic bag to roast their turkeys in...no turkey, just the bag. Guess this is the same manager?

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How did the vending machine company/guy who restocks it feel about that? We got pins, and a catered lunch from the drug reps.

He's now campaigning for Vending Machine Company Guys Week.

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Specializes in ED.

Wow, that is so horribly tacky...

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i would rather get nothing and think that they forgot about it than be insulted like that!! but i did get a good laugh reading it! wow.

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i would rather get nothing and think that they forgot about it than be insulted like that!! but i did get a good laugh reading it! wow.

The night shift CNAs were so angry at one facility one time, that I couldn't get any of them to go to the front door to accept the pizza that administration had ordered for us in a morale boosting attempt. They refused to eat it. The boxes of cold pizza were still sitting there in the break room in the morning. I threw them away myself because I didn't want any fall out to come down on me because of my shift's actions (nonactions). I also found the vending machine ploy to be insulting. I would have turned around and walked back to my assignment.

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Specializes in AA&I, research,peds, radiation oncology.

Well, I got a piece of copier paper with Happy Nurse Week written on it-not even folded in half like a card! It was signed by the rad techs, CT tech, business manager and the radiation oncologist. But at least she wrote that she appreciated all I do everyday, soooooo-I'm cool with it.:rolleyes:

The front ofc staff bought me flowers and some muffins-but then they are my buddies!! I did the same for them for admin assistant day!! And NOBODY did anything for them!:(

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Specializes in ICU, M/S,Nurse Supervisor, CNS.

Tacky, but hilarious!

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Specializes in PACU, CARDIAC ICU, TRAUMA, SICU, LTC.

The vending machine "caper" wins the award for the most original gift of appreciation, ever!

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Classless but hysterial. I prob would have been a wise guy and ask if they could open the bevergae machine too so we could wash it all down. lol

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Specializes in LTC, Memory loss, PDN.

I'd fashion me a name tag saying:" I'm all that and a bag of chips" :D

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Specializes in med surge.

Next year, all of the nurses in each unit should get together and show your appreciation for each other. Have a pitch in or something. Maybe management will catch on and catch up!

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