Sept 15th National Neonatal Nurses Day!

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Specializes in NICU level III.

I was wondering if your unit does anything fun for Sept 15th National Neonatal Nurses Day! I'm trying to come up with idea of something fun or a theme for a potluck or something of that sort to do for our unit. Would somebody like to help me with some ideas?!

Thanks!

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Specializes in NICU, Nursery.

Wow! I've never heard such day! :)

But I agree we should celebrate. Maybe decorate the unit in a more special way- balloons, streamers and distribute flyers to the hospital announcing the the significance of the day. Potluck sounds fun. ;) Maybe I'll tell my colleagues that we should definitely come up with something on that day.

Have fun! :)

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Specializes in NICU level III.

neonatal_nurse

Thanks for your help. I hope your unit will also participate in our 'marked' day of the year!

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Specializes in NICU.

I worked in a Level IV NICU for 30 years; just had to transfer off my job this May to a sedentary position due to health issues. We NEVER celebrated national Neonatal Nurses day. I wish we did something big.

Being around for 30 years, and being an active part of the phenomenal advances in Neonatal Nursing and care of the neonate, has been a blessing for me. It's something that few people have been able to be a part of. I'm happy that I was there the whole time, and would love every neonatal unit in this country to honor their NICU nurses on this special day.:bow: :hug:

I don't think we get enough recognition for the job we do. It wasn't just a job to me; it was a calling.:redpinkhe:heartbeat

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Happy Neonatal Nurses Day to all!! The Neos provided lunch for everyone from a local restaurant that was really yummy. They've done this for at least 4 years, now. We also got small gifts (bookmarks,etc) from unit management. In the past, we've had large banners over the entrances proclaiming the day. It's really nice to feel "special."

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Nothing happened here to my knowledge anyway...........I didn't even know we had a day??!! :)

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Specializes in CDI Supervisor; Formerly NICU.

I didn't know about it. Neither did my hospital, I assume, since no mention of it was made by them.

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