"Nurse Appreciation Week" gifts from employer

nightingale, RN · May 6, 2003

ratchit: Our Hospital is donating our allotment for Nurses Week "To The Community" and having a large picnic tomorrow. :eek: I am NOT going. I am working a travel contract so am sure glad I am NOT dedicated or obligated to this type of mindset of a "business tactic" who does not acknowledge their employees".

My Dad always said, "it was the thought that counted"; it appears they do not think much of us nurses (as evidenced by 3% annual raises etc.)

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Texagain · May 6, 2003

Yesterday we got a gift bag (scissors, hemostat, pen and socks) and entered in a drawing. They also set up a cool display that included old nursing caps, graduation pictures of some of our (ahem) older employees and administrators, old texts and instruction booklets- interesting stuff. Someone set up a mock L&D card that included a bottle of vodka instead of a bottle of NS and some other silliness. On the way out we got a piece of cake.

Last night they served hot dogs and pie.

Today they are continuing the above listed display and giving ice cream and wafflecones (I think). Tomorrow is vendor day - oh, shoot, I forgot what all there was planned. There was at least one thing every day and often covering all shifts.

night owl · May 6, 2003

Haven't gotten any gifts yet, I think that's Thursday from the UMs. We're having a catered breakfast, lunch or dinner depending on your shift, and prizes for a nurse from each unit nominated for the best nursey- nurse or something like that tomorrow. Today a Chinese auction, and on Friday, a guest speaker, Spillane from that "other nursing website." She'll be speaking on, "Writing for Publication." I want to work on Brian for next year's guest speaker..."How to be Computer Savvy....... Without the Headaches!" hehehe! Hey Brian!

redshiloh · May 6, 2003

Yeah, I kinda think giving overworked/stressed/underpaid nurses knives is a strange idea. My nurse manager(at her own expense) gave us each a mug, some tea and a plant. There is a celebration upstairs on Thursday. Guess which staff usually can't get away to go to this!

psychonurse · May 6, 2003

Since I am a correctional nurse and this week is National Correctional Employees Week we are kind of not really anything special. Yesterday they had popcorn and pop. Today we are having hot dogs and hamburgers, Wednesday it is cake and pop, Thursday is chili and Friday it is Nachos. But it is for everyone in the facility.

The bosses brought in candy, doughnuts and pins that they got from drug reps that didn't cost them a dime. Tomorrow we are going to get pizza for ourselves to tell each other that we appreciate each other. I have a great team that I work with and I really appreciate everyone in the place. But I should say that my bosses come up and tell me many times that they appreciate me and what I do....I don't really need a special day for them to tell me that I am doing a good job although I was giving them a bad time yesterday about what they were going to bring us tomorrow.

Happy Nurses Week or day to all and have fun at what ever yo may be doing. psychonurse :D :roll

oceanblue · May 6, 2003

NOT A WORD HAS BEEN MENTIONED ABOUT NURSE'S WEEK HERE, BUT I HOPE ALL OF YOU HAVE A HAPPY ONE!

ktwlpn, LPN · May 7, 2003

Originally posted by ratchit
We are not only getting nothing, we are GIVING stuff. I am shocked.

We are having a dinner party, at which the nurses are donating money to the hospital.

We are also having a breakfast. The nurses are "welcoming the rest of the hospital" to stop by and eat food served up by nurses.

I'm disgusted. The pen and pencil sets and lunch bags don't mean much to me. But I can't believe that the nurses at my hospital are starting the precedent of nurses week being about what more WE can do instead of about the hospital appreciating us.

ROFLMAO!!! What a crock of chit......THey sure got it bassackwards. I got a plastic travel cup in the facilities colors and logo-and a cookie reception in the am.The DON and the administrators gave us a little speech about how much we are appreciated...My hormones are flucuating wildly this week-I was almost in tears.

night owl · May 7, 2003

Oh and when it snowed so badly the weekend of presidents day in Feb and I had the chance to work all that OT with holiday pay, our facility was nice enough gave us all a $100 bonus for appreciation. I think our place is finally getting it. It's called "show me the money!"

healingtouchRN · May 7, 2003

our hospital gave us a CE day with fun stuff to listen to from our chaplains & a humorist. Another day we had free meals, another day we had snacks in the dept. I bought my staff cards & baked them a cake. Another day the reps brought us stuff & did inservices if we chose to take advantage of this. all optional...I thought it was nice. next week, hospital week, there are contests, & more free food, & some sort of competition (administration must be in this, since we have no time for stuff like that). happy days to all the nurses out there in NurseLand!:kiss

moonchild20002000 · May 7, 2003

Our facility has something planned for each day this week.

Monday breakfast

Tuesday a gift basket for each nurse,a certificate for a facial and massage,coffee cup,pens,penlights,candy,cookies

Wednesday pizza

Thursday more gift bags

Friday ice cream social

There are posters all around proclamig us "everyday heros"

We recieved a letter of appreciation from administration

We have heard all week from administration and the Docs how much they appreciate us.

nurs4kids · May 7, 2003

cool moonchild!! Great to feel appreciated, eh?

They've done a good job for us too..

vendor fair with neat gifts

a day of entertainment with various singers, etc.

seminars offering ceu's..

several things..

something different every day.

RN-PA, RN · May 7, 2003

I guess our official celebration was today. We got hoagies, chips, and soda for each shift, and a bunch of nurses were randomly chosen throughout the hospital to get some sort of gift-- I'm curious to know what they receive. Our hospital is having pretty bad financial difficulties for the first time ever over the past year, so I didn't expect much.