What you get for nurses week

LuvaNurse04 · May 13, 2008

Another lunch bag. :yawn:

Kerrie_Mo · May 13, 2008

Yesterday the nurses and cnas( which I am ) got a 1000 calorie snack pack, if you walked to the cafeteria. :bugeyes:

I went to Hyvee and bought as cake. It was appreciated.:redbeathe

The hospital I came from gave very nice gifts. Oh well, better pay and benefits work for me :yeah:

psalm, RN · May 13, 2008

I have no idea what possessed them to do it, but this year, we got pocket knives. I'm hoping no one who is armed has a mental meltdown.

New hospital personal protection equipment, PPE?

aeauooo · May 13, 2008

I got a cheap plastic cup - the kind that are thrown from floats on Mardi gras - with the hospital logo on it - oh yeah, and a green lollipop - sucker.

How apropos that I RESIGNED the same day!

...and James Brown says, "YEAH! I feel good..."

madmominavan · May 13, 2008

Justrissy,

Thanks, but I am not a mad momper se... it is a joke from my adopted and foster children. I am the main chaperone, bus driver and many other things in the course of my day, including being a P.I., Homeroom Mom, Health representative to the H.S. health teacher and outside community resource people, volunteer for art goes to school and assist the nurse practitioner from the college I attend for my MSN in a free clinic to name a few. Not in the least superwoman and use the word "No" frequently.

Had a car that did not accomodate the gang and thier friends... it was 11 years old and on it's last leg. A local radio station ws sponsoring a contest and I called in as "madmominavan"... and won a new honda odessy!

I am well beyond years and have been in nursing since the "ice age" when nurse's were handmaids.( the '70's) Have alot of experience good and bad under the belt. I learned in nursing school and later in a psychology class that one's ego gets in the way of things and our feeling are hurt when not recognized, especially when one works short staffed, underpaid and long hours with the sick and infirm... and those who feel entitled. I learned that one can recognize themselves with and open-mind and good judgement. :bugeyes:

KMULL002, BSN · May 13, 2008

Each day of the week I got something new. In our hospital the other nurses from the other shifts all did something for everyone else. My employer gave us a bag. From my coworkers we got a luau with food and a nice key chain, a goodie bag, and finally all the night shift nurses got a beautiful bouquet of flowers from day shift. I also got a t-shirt that says "sleep is for sissies, work the night shift rn." My coworkers and some patients make me feel appreciated.:redpinkhe

beachgirl26r · May 13, 2008

our administrator scrambled some eggs and fried some bacon! by the time i got to the break room it was already eaten by the business staff and the doctors. go figure.

cabin5 · May 14, 2008

Our hosptial has a week long celebration--includes large cool-hot bags with mug for gift day, 2 days for days and nights of grilled chicken breast sandwiches and all of the trimmings--with games and competitions of all sorts--and the traditional blessing of the hands, competitions with prizes for decorated doors and poster projects that can help the hospital and community with nice prizes, a golof tourney and to top it off--this year, we received a bonus check--(not usually typical--but the rest is). We also have an awards and recognition formal dinner for milestone anniversaries for length worked at the hospital

Go Wichita Falls, Texas

aloevera · May 15, 2008

we got one free lunch in the cafeteria......( usual cost 3.00 )

WHOOPEEEEEEE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WASN'T THAT THOUGHTFUL ?????

rachelpach · May 15, 2008

I got fired during nurses week. I was only there for 2 weeks and consider it a blessing. Right after that meeting I went straight to another hospital I use to work and ran into a nurse I use to work with who told me what a great nurse I was and how I should come back to work there. She had no idea I just got fired and was told I wasn't a good nurse by a nurse manager who was using me as a scapegoat. Long story and not worth getting into. Learned from it, moving on, while understanding the punishment did not fit the crime. Ive been in nursing long enough to know and take responsibility for my mistakes but would never treat a fellow nurse the way I was treated that day.

God is sovereign and orders our steps if we put our trust in Him and do the right thing. I think I may be getting a better job at a better facility by next week! And that's a great gift for nurses week!

madmominavan · May 15, 2008

Thanks for your note! I know that administrators have to do something and some do nothing, but if we can treat each other with respect and appreciation all the better. those wo accept and appreciate feel good and those who don't... well some live in pessimism and have learned those behaviors or are unhappy not just about work or recognition. My opiniopn and observations. I work with some of the poorwest and under served people and communities, who are so appreciative of any gesture of kindness and resepct. It means more to me than anything these days. I find other rewards in life. I teach this to my adopted and foster children. I have one child.. well she is 18 who hs little care and appreciation. She is not me biologically and I can expect nothing from her because she has harbored anger and resentment for the last 17 years. I put myslef in the place of other peopel first bdofe judging or concluding when I really don;t know them.

I oncew asked a patient "do you live like a pig at home and wallow in your grief?" I then did a follow up visit since I am a case manager and found she was nothing like the person ( by way she was our hospital's ADON) we hd as a patinet nor was she the stoic unapproachable person we knew as an ADON. Life is a journey in progress.

country mom · May 15, 2008

At our place, it is tradition that the department that has the recognition week puts on a potluck for the rest of the place (We're a small rural hospital, very family-like). The nurses put on a great spread for everyone. Last fall, the OR crew threw a potluck that was nicer than my wedding reception! All the departments take their turn, though, not just nursing. People bring in an extra containers and pack it up for the night shift too. Basically, the employees recognize EACH OTHER. That's what I like best at my place, we value each other. Although the nurses also got a $20 gift certificate to a uniform shop,which was nice too.