What Did You Get For Nurses Week?

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I have been MIA from allnurses for a long time so I decided to start a topic...I just received my "nurses week" gift from my management team at the hospital were I work. Last year we got a pen and this year we got one of those tall aluminum bottles that keeps your drinks cold/hot, with the hospital logo on it!! Yay! *sacrasm over* At least we got a useable gift.

Curious on what other facilities have done or currently doing for their staff for nurses week. Please share.

We got a phone charger/adapter last year and they do a week of food i.e. - cupcake day, candy bar day, meal day, etc. This year nothing that I know of but the food.

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My hospital seems to really love Nurses Week. I got a bag of candy, a thank you note from my manager, thank you emails from the CEO and CNO (sent out to all the nurses), an insulated thermos (with the hospital logo, of course), a new pen, a jacket (with the hospital logo), and free breakfast ;) All week, there were activities, free food, and prizes (gift cards, bonuses!!). An amazing nurse from my unit won the nurse of the year award. I work at a pretty nice hospital, not without its problems, but I think they really do appreciate their nurses.

Also there is a big sign in the front of the hospital that says "HAPPY NURSES WEEK! THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO!" :)

They also celebrate healthcare week (CNAs thrown in there, personally I think they deserve their own week), laboratory week, physician appreciation week, and some others. Nurses week is the biggest one.

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My job didn't do anything for us. For myself, I took my NCLEX-RN and went from LPN to Regitstered! #forFlo lol

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I've been retired for several years, but we used to get a beautiful geranium plant - was a lovely gift that I looked forward to ever year!

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I guess I am sorta bent cause they went out of their way to gift our secretaries with flowers and gift cards yet the nurses did not even get a cookie. It really makes one feel a bit unappreciated. I know if I ever make it to management, I will remember this and do better, because like Maya Angelou said, "If you know better, you do better". I may do something as simple as cater in good, hot, fresh food for each shift (NOCs deserves better than dayshift's leftovers). I would rather have that than another water bottle anyhow. And give them time to eat it even if it means I have to cover the floor for each nurse to make it happen.

Furthermore, Nurses deserve a week of their own. I really dislike the trend whereby Nurses' Week is be blended into "Associates' Week" (what are we, Walmart?), or "Healthcare Providers' week" or "Hospital Week" or whatever. We already have Lab Technicians' Week, Social Workers' Week, Administrative Professionals' Week, Doctors' Day, etc. I don't begrudge those, but when Nurses' Week rolls around, keep it just that. NURSES' WEEK---- and celebrate those who make the hospital or clinic run smoothly and pull it all together.

After all, nurses get to do a lot of other people's work when no one else will. We get to be lab technicians when blood needs drawing. When tv's don't work, the patients expect us to fix them. When toilets are clogged, we get to go get the plunger and unclog them (yuck). When family members want coffee, in order to get good satisfaction scores, we run and get the dang coffee for them. When we don't have a unit secretary, we do that work, too. And on and on it goes. So yep, I want our week back. Keep it NURSES' WEEK and make it mean something.

Give nurses the appreciation they deserve, not necessarily with kitschy gifts, but with adequate staffing and honest respect; back us up with doctors and administrators and give us a pat on the back and an earnest thank you for a job well done. And when raises are due, give us our raises; I don't care if the lobby looks like the Hilton. I work hard for my pay and I deserve a raise each year.

It is NURSES' week. Thank you, Nurses, for all you do.

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Well it is so good that I can give myself recognition because as of today Saturday.. the six of us that work at a company that I fear I best not name, gave us NOTHING

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Bag with hospital logo

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We got a nice tote bag (with company logo), and inside the bag were hand lotion, lip balm, water bottle, and Chex mix. It was really nice, considering that for many years we got nothing.

Even worse, one year we got one of those Pinterest things: a paper bag with matches ("for when you need to light your fire") , a button ( "for when you need to button your lip" ) , a safety pin ("for when you need to keep it together")...and so on. That was just straight-up annoying !

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I guess I am sorta bent cause they went out of their way to gift our secretaries with flowers and gift cards yet the nurses did not even get a cookie. It really makes one feel a bit unappreciated. I know if I ever make it to management, I will remember this and do better, because like Maya Angelou said, "If you know better, you do better". I may do something as simple as cater in good, hot, fresh food for each shift (NOCs deserves better than dayshift's leftovers). I would rather have that than another water bottle anyhow. And give them time to eat it even if it means I have to cover the floor for each nurse to make it happen.

Furthermore, Nurses deserve a week of their own. I really dislike the trend whereby Nurses' Week is be blended into "Associates' Week" (what are we, Walmart?), or "Healthcare Providers' week" or "Hospital Week" or whatever. We already have Lab Technicians' Week, Social Workers' Week, Administrative Professionals' Week, Doctors' Day, etc. I don't begrudge those, but when Nurses' Week rolls around, keep it just that. NURSES' WEEK---- and celebrate those who make the hospital or clinic run smoothly and pull it all together.

After all, nurses get to do a lot of other people's work when no one else will. We get to be lab technicians when blood needs drawing. When tv's don't work, the patients expect us to fix them. When toilets are clogged, we get to go get the plunger and unclog them (yuck). When family members want coffee, in order to get good satisfaction scores, we run and get the dang coffee for them. When we don't have a unit secretary, we do that work, too. And on and on it goes. So yep, I want our week back. Keep it NURSES' WEEK and make it mean something.

Give nurses the appreciation they deserve, not necessarily with kitschy gifts, but with adequate staffing and honest respect; back us up with doctors and administrators and give us a pat on the back and an earnest thank you for a job well done. And when raises are due, give us our raises; I don't care if the lobby looks like the Hilton. I work hard for my pay and I deserve a raise each year.

It is NURSES' week. Thank you, Nurses, for all you do.

Thank YOU for saying it for all of us.

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Got my retirement orders. Got a new job already and a new house. Ready to go back to being a private citizen. Wearing the uniform has been a great run but it is time to tripple dip :)

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Specializes in Med-Surg, NICU.

A cute purse and tote bag. And free donuts.

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Specializes in Med-Surg, NICU.

A nursing assistant who often works as a unit clerk had the nerve to get pissy that she didn't get anything for nurses' week.

Some people are so entitled.

I guess I am sorta bent cause they went out of their way to gift our secretaries with flowers and gift cards yet the nurses did not even get a cookie. It really makes one feel a bit unappreciated. I know if I ever make it to management, I will remember this and do better, because like Maya Angelou said, "If you know better, you do better". I may do something as simple as cater in good, hot, fresh food for each shift (NOCs deserves better than dayshift's leftovers). I would rather have that than another water bottle anyhow. And give them time to eat it even if it means I have to cover the floor for each nurse to make it happen.

Furthermore, Nurses deserve a week of their own. I really dislike the trend whereby Nurses' Week is be blended into "Associates' Week" (what are we, Walmart?), or "Healthcare Providers' week" or "Hospital Week" or whatever. We already have Lab Technicians' Week, Social Workers' Week, Administrative Professionals' Week, Doctors' Day, etc. I don't begrudge those, but when Nurses' Week rolls around, keep it just that. NURSES' WEEK---- and celebrate those who make the hospital or clinic run smoothly and pull it all together.

After all, nurses get to do a lot of other people's work when no one else will. We get to be lab technicians when blood needs drawing. When tv's don't work, the patients expect us to fix them. When toilets are clogged, we get to go get the plunger and unclog them (yuck). When family members want coffee, in order to get good satisfaction scores, we run and get the dang coffee for them. When we don't have a unit secretary, we do that work, too. And on and on it goes. So yep, I want our week back. Keep it NURSES' WEEK and make it mean something.

Give nurses the appreciation they deserve, not necessarily with kitschy gifts, but with adequate staffing and honest respect; back us up with doctors and administrators and give us a pat on the back and an earnest thank you for a job well done. And when raises are due, give us our raises; I don't care if the lobby looks like the Hilton. I work hard for my pay and I deserve a raise each year.

It is NURSES' week. Thank you, Nurses, for all you do.

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