What kind of holiday bonus do you get?

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Just curious what different hospitals, clinics, organizations etc are giving their staff over the holidays this year. As a nurse I've never gotten more than a couple hundred bucks as a Christmas bonus but it's always appreciated when employers give a little extra. What are you getting this year? Cash? Coffee mug? Please share!

Well, for a couple of years we got $20 WalMart gift cards. I always gave mine to one of the NA's who has 3 little kids. Last year it was a lovely note from the administrator reminding us how valuable we are to the hospital. The Big Wigs brought ice cream with red and green sprinkles to each department. Night shift got those little cups of vanilla ice cream like you get at school with the mini tongue depressor spoons to enjoy it with. No sprinkles. They always have a wonderful Christmas luncheon every employee is welcome to attend if they're working. If not they give you a rain check for a meal in the cafeteria which the cashiers refuse to accept because they have no expiration date on them!! Merry Christmas yall! I personally can't wait for Nurses Day when we get back packs or lunch bags or coffee mugs. There's always apparently a surplus of those because the following week everybody in housekeeping and Xray has one too.

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They invited the night shift (yes you heard that right) to stay after our shift until 1130 am for a brunch. Riiiggghhht. Id love to hang around hours after my shift ends for cafeteria food. Bet there will be long lines. lol.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, L&D.

Genius me, I volunteered to work 5 of 6 (night before, night of) holidays if I could have Christmas Eve off. What did I get for a bonus? A bonus night of work that I don't want- thats right, working Christmas Eve, too. And I got to work short staffed on TD as they floated two of the nurses to floors that didn't bother to cover their holidays. We are free to have our own party, though. And to come in at noon on a random Tuesday for a buffet (I work night shift, so not really so great for me). Last year we got a card that said I was a valued member of the team and an orange.

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Glad to know we in corrections are not alone. I thought it was just us that only gets a dinner plate.

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Specializes in FNP, ONP.

We are giving each staff member $100, and I am personally giving my MA another $250.

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Nada!! I'm off Christmas Eve and Christmas Day though, so I'm happy!

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I'm a CNA in a LTCF and we got $25 Walmart gift cards. We also get double time and a half for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

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Specializes in Pediatric Cardiology.

We had a dessert buffet a couple days ago, does that count? I guess they gave a nice cash bonus to all the employees a couple of years ago and then immediately had a hiring freeze, haha.

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What my place does is they dig a little on each of us and find a reason to write us up. Then all of us get a nice little sumthin sumthin in our personel file for the holidays.

I find it really puts us all in the spirit and motivates us to be nice cheery employees.

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any chance of getting rid of the MA and hiring a nurse? :)

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Specializes in Pediatric/Adolescent, Med-Surg.

Previous places I have worked have never given any sort of bonus. THe hospital I am at now gives every staff member a $75 gift card to a local grocery store.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho, ASC.

Fifteen dollars "Turkey" money added to our check.

Taxable income, of course.

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