Would you "adopt" a nurse or allow yourself to be "adopted" (For Nurses' Week)?

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"By adopting a nurse you are sending a care package. You can reach out to who you are adopting asking for their amazon wishlist or address whichever they are comfortable with in order to send them something."

I keep seeing these "adopt me" profiles pop up on facebook, and it makes me cringe a little bit. I would feel so uncomfortable soliciting gifts from the public, but apparently a lot of people are okay with it.

Discuss. Are you up for adoption? Have you adopted a nurse? Would you do either one?

Specializes in Advanced Practice Critical Care and Family Nursing.
1 hour ago, LovingLife123 said:

Lawyers getting involved in my free meal from McDonalds or a celebrity buy OMG the whole hospital lunch?

It’s one thing if somebody is giving you a gift for personally treating them or enticing you to give them specialized care over others, but this is different. Don’t confuse the two.

Making an existential experience out of every discussion seems to be a real reoccurring trend here. My comment was directed to provoke some legal-ethical thoughts beyond the surface ideas of charity gifting or free lunch. Truly, it was not intended to make you feel guilty about your free McChicken and fries, so for that I apologize. However, have you ever known anyone who took a little too much of anything?

While a major overdose may be the first witness account we acquire, the perilous journey to those disasters begin with very minute, insidious, what we convince ourselves to be "gifts" along the way. I'm going to show my age here, but there's an old 1930's business adage, "there is no free lunch", I'd be interested to hear your take on that in relation to this thread. Cheers.

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Specializes in Dialysis.
3 hours ago, Uroboros said:

What state do you work in? Does your BON say anything about nurse gifting?

I'm not the poster you were responding to, but I work in Indiana. I just did a basic search, could find nothing specific on gifts, etc. But every employer that I've worked for in 4 states over 25+ years has had very specific policies

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3 hours ago, Uroboros said:

Making an existential experience out of every discussion seems to be a real reoccurring trend here. My comment was directed to provoke some legal-ethical thoughts beyond the surface ideas of charity gifting or free lunch. Truly, it was not intended to make you feel guilty about your free McChicken and fries, so for that I apologize. However, have you ever known anyone who took a little too much of anything?

While a major overdose may be the first witness account we acquire, the perilous journey to those disasters begin with very minute, insidious, what we convince ourselves to be "gifts" along the way. I'm going to show my age here, but there's an old 1930's business adage, "there is no free lunch", I'd be interested to hear your take on that in relation to this thread. Cheers.

The last thing I feel guilty about is my free McDonald’s hamburger, believe me. Your comment is taking things a little far in my opinion. You are comparing apples to oranges. While many people abhor the idea of the whole adopt a nurse thing, which is what this thread is about, it’s not lawyer worthy.

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8 hours ago, Uroboros said:

That's a great point, as does nearly every alphabet soup of business associations, because they are all founded on loose ethics? Why don't you share specifically with us which code you are referring to? Although, quoting even the ANA won't save anyone in front of their respective BON if there is conflict with practice wording in that state. What state do you work in? Does your BON say anything about nurse gifting?

The ANA Nurses' Code of Ethics can be found on the internet. The section is titled "Professional Boundaries."

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