"Nurse Appreciation Week" gifts from employer

pickledpepperRN · May 11, 2003

Laura Gasparis Vonfrolio told of working a night in the ER on Staten Island. In the morning they were given "Love a Nurse" shoelaces tied around a lollipop.

She took hers to the office of the CEO and said, "Last night I sent a man for angioplasty. He died in the ICU later. Then a GI bleeder, father of four bled to death. I had to tell a mother her son was run over by a truck and is brain dead, do you want to donate his organs?"

One disaster after the other with just me and one doctor who refuses to even look at the family."

"So I am letting you know we are professional adults. Please do not insult me with a lollipop!"

He told me I have a bad attitude.

happystudent, RN · May 11, 2003

Originally posted by TNcanNURSE
Sort of ironic banner, eh?

For nurses week we were given the honor of wearing our pajamas to work on Friday. Too bad I didn't have to work Friday, I missed it.

Our gifts: one free nursing home meal. Yum Yum eat 'em up! ; a lunch bag with "together we make a difference" on it, a bookmark with same logo, a pin with same logo, and finally a key chain with the same logo.

As far as the differences between doctor gifts and nurses gifts: when I worked at a certain hospital all nurses and doctors were invited to a free "Surf and Turf" dinner. Before us was a huge buffet of steaks and lobsters. Just when we thought they were going to give us the steak and lobster too all nurses were coralled into a seperate line just for us where we got a choice between fish sandwiches or hamburgers. The doctors got a buffet of steak and lobster. We got one sandwich surf or turf.

that is so pathetic! I cannot believe they treated the rns like that!! :(

funnygirl_rn · May 11, 2003

Originally posted by kcwintn
Well, I have to say my employer goes all out for their nurses once/year at our yearly meeting which is usually around the time of Nurse Appreciation Week.
Last year we were taken by limosine to a broadway show, with champagne on the way; this year we were taken to a day spa after hours and drew for either a pedicure or a massage; I got the massage! Plus, we had a wine/daquiri bar and a chef who cooked us our own choice of 3 entrees.
I am lucky!
Kim

Wow....you & a few others actually got items that weren't recycled, nor received the typical pens, pads,magnets, & lunch bags with company logo on it.

However, it would be nice to have the respect, sufficient staffing & safe ratios..and a simple "Thank You" would be nice too,...but since that isn't happening right now....I really enjoyed this thread reading what everyone received or didn't receive! It truly made me smile & giggle!!! Thanks all! :-)

funnygirl_rn · May 11, 2003

Originally posted by Kristi2377 [ Soem bags had hand lotion, some had body gel, mine had neither (I was told that "someone" raided the bags and stole stuff out of them...gee, thanks, people...).

Good Lord Kristi2377...so the staff was pilfering through the nurses' goodies bags?! Sheeeeeesh!

Last year we got dinky cheap alarm clocks that broke right away, so this was a huge improvement, I admit. [/b]

Why is it that management continues to give cheap tacky throw away junk?? I guess because they get it free..

ktwlpn, LPN · May 11, 2003

Originally posted by tigger2sassy
i guess that people tend to forget what it means to be sick and needing someone to take care of them-- i became a nurse to take care of people-- i appreciate the gift that i have been given-- nothing from the facility i work at-- the gift that i am talking about is the pride and dignity that i have gained through sharing the experiences of life with my fellow human beings-- god gave me a great gift and i pray everyday that i can fulfill the trust that people put in me with their lives-- they depend on me to shoulder their burdens in life-- for a little person i seem to have big shoulders to carry those burdens-- nurses, i salute each and every one of you-- may we all be united in our strength, compassion and love of life so that we can give back to those who have so generously given to us happy nurses week

Let's try not to take ourselves TOO seriously,ok? I ,too believe that many of us are "called" to nursing and that often a higher power is working through us but we also deserve decent pay,working conditions,benefits and a pat on the back every now and then for doing a job that can suck the life right out of us if we let it....:kiss

funnygirl_rn · May 11, 2003

Originally posted by ktwlpn
Let's try not to take ourselves TOO seriously,ok? I ,too believe that many of us are "called" to nursing and that often a higher power is working through us but we also deserve decent pay,working conditions,benefits and a pat on the back every now and then for doing a job that can suck the life right out of us if we let it....:kiss

Amen!

lynnintn · May 12, 2003

I admire all of yout that work in a hospital; I quit ICU in 1993 and have never worked in a hospital since. They (hospitals) don't really appreciate nurses, as nursing salaries are the bulk of their expense. I am thankful I am no longer a hospital-based nurse; they treat you like a #.

I feel so blessed to be out and really do admire those of you that do it; I would go back to being a waitress (which I did all through college) before working in a hospital again.

Kim

Christian Nurse · May 12, 2003

My unit celebrated Nurses Week. We did a different theme everyday. Most of it was food. However, seeing as I work the night shift we got the spoiled, half picked over, gnats surrounding, leftovers. But I was glad to hear about the march in DC. Even though I'm a new nurse I want to be active in making changes for the nursing profession.

cokie · May 12, 2003

ok, we got food everyday, plus a plastic first aid box (small), a cool calculator, a pen, and a nestles crunch bar. the food was like a picnic....hamburgers, hotdogs, beans, potatoe salad.....nice, but i would have prefered sushi......too expensive i guess. we also could have gone to a live play about flo's life and gotten a free ceu....that's nice....

funnygirl_rn · May 12, 2003

Originally posted by kcwintn
I admire all of yout that work in a hospital; I quit ICU in 1993 and have never worked in a hospital since. They (hospitals) don't really appreciate nurses, as nursing salaries are the bulk of their expense. I am thankful I am no longer a hospital-based nurse; they treat you like a #.
I feel so blessed to be out and really do admire those of you that do it; I would go back to being a waitress (which I did all through college) before working in a hospital again.
Kim

Hi Kim. What kind of nursing do you do?

sassynurse78 · May 12, 2003

We got a notepad and a roach clip....Yes a roach clip!! Actully it was a small square with a roach clip like thing on the end of a wire for sitting on your desk to clip notes in. But we all got a good laugh out of the roach clip thing.

RN-PA, RN · May 12, 2003

Originally posted by sassynurse78
We got a notepad and a roach clip....Yes a roach clip!! Actully it was a small square with a roach clip like thing on the end of a wire for sitting on your desk to clip notes in. But we all got a good laugh out of the roach clip thing.

:chuckle :chuckle :chuckle Too funny!