What do you do at your workplace to still feel the spirit of Christmas?

[NurseEnvision]

We all know nurses barely get the holidays off. What do you do at your workplace to still feel the spirit of Christmas? What are the simple or big things that you do for your patients during this season? Share your experience and make this year's holiday a memorable one!

[ponymom]

My now retired coworker and I, along with most of the CNAs, decorated for Christmas. We wrapped room doorways up like presents, hung special Christmas themed artwork, helped residents decorate rooms, had carolers and Christmas dinner. It was nice and I miss it.

[NotMyProblem MSN, ASN, BSN, MSN, LPN, RN]

Yesteryear, I would wear sneakers with bells on the laces. Heaven forbid I'd risk waking up the drug-seekers now and ruin the holiday spirit for everyone! Now, I do my level best to stay as far away as possible from the employment scene during the holiday season...I sit at home and rejoice in the fact that many of my dues have been paid and I no longer have to wish I was home for the holidays. :singing:I'll be home for the hol-i-days:singing:

[BabyFood26]

When I worked in the hospital, we had a tree that I decorated with a long rhythm strip (we hooked up one of my coworkers to one of the in room telemetry machines and just let a strip run) wrapped around it like garland. My boss saw it and just rolled her eyes.

Lol that's priceless, what a fun memory!

[FolksBtrippin, BSN, RN]

You are lucky to work for such an agency.

My agency gives out Christmas presents to families and nurses,even if the families and nurses are not Christian.

Those animals. How dare they give presents.

[Spidey's mom, ADN, BSN, RN]

Those animals. How dare they give presents.

Good point!

[smartnurse1982]

Those animals. How dare they give presents.

Well,if it says "Merry Christmas" it is implying something.

[applewhitern, BSN, RN]

Nothing at all, except a Christmas tree in the lobby, and not a very nice one at that. You can pay to have a "memorial" placed on the tree, if you want. Here in the deep south, most of our clientele are Christian, though. They have a party for the doctors, one for the supervisors, and if the regular staff want to, they can bring a covered dish to the cafeteria for a staff "party." This is the only place I've worked where the doctors and other staff are segregated!

[applewhitern, BSN, RN]

@Spidey'sMom: NSR does mean normal sinus rhythm. However, that is considered redundant in many circles. "Sinus" is a normal rhythm, so saying NORMAL sinus rhythm is redundant. That's how I was taught, anyway! We just say "sinus rhythm."

[Davey Do]

We decorated the clinic nicely for Christmas. Even made stockings

One holiday season, there were stockings hanging on the wall in the dayroom on the geriatric psych unit. One of the patients diagnosed with dementia took a couple down, put them on his feet, and wore them around the unit.

Form and function!

[FolksBtrippin, BSN, RN]

Well,if it says "Merry Christmas" it is implying something.

What does it imply?

[Davey Do]

Christmas- Old English: Critesmaesse, meaning "Christ's Mass".

[Wuzzie]

Well,if it says "Merry Christmas" it is implying something.

Oh for heaven's sake! Can we no longer just appreciate somebody's good wishes for us anymore?? "Blessed Eid"-thank you very much! "Habari Gani?"-thank you very much! (actually saying thank you isn't the right response but I'm sure it will be well-received all the same)"Happy Hanukkah"-thank you very much! "Merry Christmas"-thank you very much!

It really isn't all that hard people. Assume good intent and you will find good intent and we all will live much better lives.

Nollaig chridheil!!!!