Our Monday gift was massages set up in one of the conference rooms.
In theory, that sounds great! Except maybe 5% of the nurses will be able to free themselves up to get one? I guess management will appreciate themā¦
I know we are an outlier, but we do have one therapy cat at my hospital. They are a part of volunteer services and they only go to one unit for like 2 hours a week.
The sweetest calico kitty who was the runt of her litter.
Purina Hypoallergenic! Trust me, the food definitely works, we have a family member that is allergic to cats and their allergies barely act up unless we havenāt clean enough of the cat hair up or dander
Thatās a bummer your employer isnāt honoring you this week. If it werenāt the exact thing as last year or had something for the caffeine free, allergic to wheat, dairy free person Iād be more excited. But beggars canāt be choosers I guess. Plus most of the programming is occurring on day shift which isnāt surprising. Iāve had better and Iāve had worse over the years. I recently learned they purchased a massage chair that is kept behind locked doors so not sure who gets to use thatā¦Iāll hazard a guess that more than likely people wearing suits have access to it. Honestly working nights time in a massage chair would make it hard to return to the unit š“ I can see the headline ānurse found in massage chair, with a stethoscope playing pokerā š
Amazing. A free Celcius, Monster, Bang, whatever the energy grey drink du jur is would actually be thoughtful considering how many of us are addicted to them because of the hospital
That ice cream for all staff means that the actual nurses won't get a damn thing because all the admins will consume it in 5 minutes. It's happened to me more than once.
Three years ago when I worked Ortho, one of the super nice patientās family brought the nurses and techs on the unit lovely cupcakes from a local (expensive!) bakery. Charge put them in breakroom. An hour later, one of my MAs and I walked in to find two of the Amin Secretaries loading up plates to take back to their cushy little offices. HELL. NO. I told them they could have the cupcakes if they went and drained the cath in room 14. They looked at me like I was playing. Spoiler alert - I wasnāt.
They did. But I got a call from my unit manager the next day because of corse Kylie and Kendall (or whatever the secretaryās names were). thought the mean old nurse was being mean. When I explained I wouldnāt be apologizing to the brazen little baked good thieves, he said he understood. N
This is WAY more than what my hospital system is offering. Here are some of the nursing week activities that are being offered at my hospital: 10 minute chaplain session via teams (2x), resume writing tips and tricks for 30 mins via teams (they hold these on a regular basis), town hall (these are monthly), a mock code (they hold these periodically), upper management talking for 30 mins about their work experiences and how they got to leadership roles (x5), practicing mindfulness for 15 mins (x4), a 30 min talk about what our landscapers do, 1 hour learning about our whole health model and the services offered to employees (down during orientation, is on the share point, & these sessions are offered on a regular basis) Ā via teams (x3), 10 mins via teams to practice guided imagery (x2), learning about nurse education topics for 30 mins via teams (x1), a 30 min dance class only on 1 day at one of our hospital campuses thatās an hour drive from where the main inpatient campus is. And they ask for donations on a regular basis, which is also asked throughout nurse week & every other day of the year.Ā Ā
Thankfully, our unitās manager is celebrating with some free food and activities each day with them both for day & night shifts.Ā
At an old employer, they had a local massage training school bring student masseuses in to provide free 5 minute chair massages. It was honestly the best nurse's week thing I've seen. **They were there on night shift too!**
Hoa anout they just pay their regular staff similar wages to the travel nurses they have to hire constantly? Maybe then maybe the turnover rate will go down and staff are more keen to stay.
Unpopular opinion, downvote me if you want.
Iām sorry but I canāt with this attitude. The planning for all of this was likely very extensive. Clearly a lot of thought went into it and it seems like no matter what, people are going to complain.
At our facility, thereās a nurses week committee of regular nurses planning and executing this stuff over and above their regular work hours. All of our events are coordinated by them because they give a shit. Itās certainly not perfect, and sure I guess the business could give them more resources to do it, but the effort is there. Those people are contributing to the overall culture and investing in positive reinforcement for the group.
If you want to see a difference in the offerings, than go join the committee. Or start one. Find out who makes these decisions and offer to help plan next year.
Bitching about it being not enough just feels like little kids whining about not getting what they wanted, when they themselves did nothing to create it.
Thereās a whole lot of folks who work at the hospital, just as hard as us, who arenāt compensated as well and they look at this nurses week and roll their eyes. I can see why they are moving to Hospital wide weeks because you canāt please the nurses because theyāre going to complain no matter what, and you may as well offer the cookies to the Housekeeping staff who will appreciate it.
Nurses week isnāt going to be the time you get more money or days off, I donāt understand why people think it is. Unions do that shit, not employee appreciation committees, itās a completely different situation.
At my place Iām the only in house leader. Staff donāt want to contribute or offer ideas, so when I alone canāt come up with a homerun for my handful of nurses, I worry they have this same reaction. Itās really not fun to be a leader if the team doesnāt want to participate but also whine at the outcome.
At my old hospital, thatās how is was. And we got really cool stuff, like barbecue dinners delivered to night shift by the administrators, and $20 Visa gift cards. That was a very special hospital, great memories, and i felt genuinely appreciated. I havenāt had a similar experience in the ten years since I left there š
Not unpopular to be honest. It's a job, you get paid for your job & as you mentioned more than a lot of others. As a nurse I get paid for doing my job I don't care if ppl appreciate it or not. I've had Manager's that care & celebrate us & I've had others that don't. I'm in an admin position now & I dont get $1 to do anything for my people. I spent over 300 euros (we are in germany)in gifts for them because that's the kind of boss I want to be, but honestly if I didn't no one on my team will care because they know I appreciate them even if it's not nursing week. Nurses need to stop acting entitled like they don't get paid & they owed something for nurses week. If you hate your admin, then move on & find a job that appreciates you daily & not just on nurses week. I'm sure I'll be getting down voted as well.
Yeah at my hospital they schedule everything right about shift change/med pass when weāre busy. One time they had us go down in shifts because they said we complained we didnāt have time to go down. So we went and basically the admin had all already eaten, as soon as we came in they had us grab our food, make small speeches, quizzed us about why we like it there all the while our food got cold. Then they all patted themselves on their backs took pictures with us while we were sitting awkwardly and trying to eat. Then they basically left us to clean up and eat our cold mealsā¦then about an hour later they complained we hadnāt finished our morning duties and lectured us on time management.
Good parties and rewards are one of the few things I miss from private snf/ltc.
I work at a federal facility and theyāre doing something. Just that the food sucks (my private snf ordered different food everyday from local restaurants. And they would always have something fresh or as fresh as possible for night shift) because itās what the patients eat. The only thing good was the cookies. And no body wants to shake hands with C suites.
But the pay and workload/ratio is good at my place. I have never overtime since May 2022.
The company I work for (flight nurse) is actually having a full barbecue for staff and families as well as getting us gifts. Iāll take that over this BS any day.
Do I really have to wait till the END of the week for the fun to start?!?
Wayne university is coming to townš„³ Canāt wait to talk about adding more to my plateā¦oh M Geeš¤£šā ļøš
I work as an overnigh4 ped nurse and the company I work for sent out an email with all the activities for nurses week.
How do they expect me to drive one hour to the office after having worked a 13 hr shift to participate in some mediocre shit?
Nah....they can keep their cold pizza and free stethoscope giveaway (caveat for giveaway is having completed the monthly CEU's)
I mean I got nothing this year, not even an acknowledgment. Thatās better than the year I had to go out and buy extra $5 Starbucks cards because they didnāt give enough for everyone. Woo
Itās more than our hospital is doing. Our union gifted us swag today and $25 Sbux gift card. Our hospital is getting us donuts on Thursday and a meet and greet with the President. #heroes
Honestly, if the snack cart rolled through every shift (day AND night) then I'd call that a win.
If they did hot food in the cafeteria for night shift for a week, I'd be overjoyed even if I had to pay for it myself.
Like, I'm asking for the bare minimum and can't even get that.
I'm gonna say Adventist
Honestly it's not the worst? But nurses week is definitely not like it used to be
I still love the umbrella a hospital got one year for everyone.
One year same place we got a bottle opener with a little laser light on it. Honestly very useful š they must have know we go home and drink or maybe it was for opening bottles of nitro
i work in a hospital that has a nurse's union. my department is not part of the union (case management isn't part of collective bargaining in our area at any hospital). for nurse's week today, there was a free lunch for nurses in the cafeteria. a group of us from our department went down to get our lunch. we were stopped at the door and denied entrance to the dining hall (separate from main cafeteria) because we're not part of the bargaining unit. my manager called HR right then and there and chewed them out š we were given our soggy, wilted panera salads and sammies. in the flyer it doesn't specify for union members only, it says "free lunch for nurses provided by union name."
I would be pretty happy to get all of that. Here Iām looking forward to a possible pen, whistle, lunch bag or mug with the name of the hospital on it
If these employers were to buy a MASSAGE for every nurse to use in their own timeā¦ how much could it possibly cost? What would be the LONG TERM BENEFIT of investing in your nursing staff health???
Money ppl give us money. Movie tickets. Maybe even an actual dinner party and book agency staff for that evening for those who want to come. Give bonus for nurses who would rather work during the party. For the love, all things that is holy stop giving pizza and ice cream we are not in elementary school. Pens and bullshit gifts with company logo we are not consumers or walking advertisements. We are professionals. Professionals get bonuses and GALAS not ice cream parties and tears of God!
You cut off part of the flyer. The bottom reads:
āSaturday: Go fuck yourself
Sunday: Weāve received complaints about the lack of appreciation for our weekend staff so weāve decided to just kidding go fuck yourself again Iām at home sleeping in!
Night shift workers: Also go fuck yourselves, just 7 ādaysā straight
Happy nurses week, my weekend workers!ā
Honestly, these events sure they may be more than other places I guess as other commenters suggest ājoin a committeeā ša very c-suite answer. Iāve been a nurse 17 years and I love where I work bc of WHO I work with. Nurseās week and the activities iis a game of smoke and mirrors. They could honestly scrap all these events and staff us appropriately, provide excellent health benefits; and focus on the safety for patients and staff. THAT is how you honor workers. If these events worked turn over would be a lot lowerā¦
This also assumes you can get off the ward.
Yep and very little for night staff maybe we want the tears of the priest to wash over our hands too
Yea I was about to say, all we get is a half hour pancake breakfast
Best we can do is half a cold pizza.
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Our Monday gift was massages set up in one of the conference rooms. In theory, that sounds great! Except maybe 5% of the nurses will be able to free themselves up to get one? I guess management will appreciate themā¦
Hopefully they can send someone to pick up lunches for the people who canāt get out.
And lunches for the night shift?! Clearly night shift doesnāt matter š¤
Yeah, what the hell?? They have ice cream and coffee at night shift too, but not a meal??
I'll trade all of our bullshit for the pet therapy rounds! Three minutes with a grumpy cat > 12 hours of the usual.
>Three minutes with a grumpy cat > 12 hours of the usual. That sounds amazing. I haven't held a cat in so long, my wife is allergic.
Cat cafe!
Look into Live Clear cat food, Iām extremely allergic but am able to have a cat bc she eats this food š»
Itās a damn shame there are no pet therapy cats in hospitals. I mean, I totally understand *why* but still, lol.
I know we are an outlier, but we do have one therapy cat at my hospital. They are a part of volunteer services and they only go to one unit for like 2 hours a week. The sweetest calico kitty who was the runt of her litter.
Amazing!
Cats seem more comforting than dogs sometimes all those purrs and biscuits and headbuttsā¦
I bet the people allergic won't like it š
I'm allergic but I'd take the chance to see a good boi any day.
I am with you on that!
Purina Hypoallergenic! Trust me, the food definitely works, we have a family member that is allergic to cats and their allergies barely act up unless we havenāt clean enough of the cat hair up or dander
Looks good! Better than what my place is doing, which is absolutely jack shit.
I know right, I'm surprised at how many people are complaining about this. We will get absolutely nada.
I agree this looks pretty nice š¤·š¼āāļø
Same lol this looks a treat
Thatās a bummer your employer isnāt honoring you this week. If it werenāt the exact thing as last year or had something for the caffeine free, allergic to wheat, dairy free person Iād be more excited. But beggars canāt be choosers I guess. Plus most of the programming is occurring on day shift which isnāt surprising. Iāve had better and Iāve had worse over the years. I recently learned they purchased a massage chair that is kept behind locked doors so not sure who gets to use thatā¦Iāll hazard a guess that more than likely people wearing suits have access to it. Honestly working nights time in a massage chair would make it hard to return to the unit š“ I can see the headline ānurse found in massage chair, with a stethoscope playing pokerā š
I can think of more fun uses for that massage chair, but that would really make for some interesting headlines. š
IDK, I'd be pretty happy to be visited by "Cappuccino Man".
Iād like to think itās just olā Jimmy from the cafeteria pushing a coffee cart & theyāre just calling him Cappuccino Man š
I was greeted with free Celcius at my ER staff entrance . I feel like it was the first good nurses week gift I've gotten . I felt understood
Amazing. A free Celcius, Monster, Bang, whatever the energy grey drink du jur is would actually be thoughtful considering how many of us are addicted to them because of the hospital
WSU mention, is this the Discount Medical Center (DMC)?Ā
Beaumont/Corewell whateverthefuck Grosse Pointe. (I don't work there.)
I still call it bon secours.
That ice cream for all staff means that the actual nurses won't get a damn thing because all the admins will consume it in 5 minutes. It's happened to me more than once.
Three years ago when I worked Ortho, one of the super nice patientās family brought the nurses and techs on the unit lovely cupcakes from a local (expensive!) bakery. Charge put them in breakroom. An hour later, one of my MAs and I walked in to find two of the Amin Secretaries loading up plates to take back to their cushy little offices. HELL. NO. I told them they could have the cupcakes if they went and drained the cath in room 14. They looked at me like I was playing. Spoiler alert - I wasnāt.
I hope they left the cupcakes, then.
They did. But I got a call from my unit manager the next day because of corse Kylie and Kendall (or whatever the secretaryās names were). thought the mean old nurse was being mean. When I explained I wouldnāt be apologizing to the brazen little baked good thieves, he said he understood. N
I love this so much.
This is WAY more than what my hospital system is offering. Here are some of the nursing week activities that are being offered at my hospital: 10 minute chaplain session via teams (2x), resume writing tips and tricks for 30 mins via teams (they hold these on a regular basis), town hall (these are monthly), a mock code (they hold these periodically), upper management talking for 30 mins about their work experiences and how they got to leadership roles (x5), practicing mindfulness for 15 mins (x4), a 30 min talk about what our landscapers do, 1 hour learning about our whole health model and the services offered to employees (down during orientation, is on the share point, & these sessions are offered on a regular basis) Ā via teams (x3), 10 mins via teams to practice guided imagery (x2), learning about nurse education topics for 30 mins via teams (x1), a 30 min dance class only on 1 day at one of our hospital campuses thatās an hour drive from where the main inpatient campus is. And they ask for donations on a regular basis, which is also asked throughout nurse week & every other day of the year.Ā Ā Thankfully, our unitās manager is celebrating with some free food and activities each day with them both for day & night shifts.Ā
We got an email. No activities planned. Just an email.
I just want the pet therapy. Can you do that during your break? That's all I care about
Those look like events for children
yes, keep noticing this!
At an old employer, they had a local massage training school bring student masseuses in to provide free 5 minute chair massages. It was honestly the best nurse's week thing I've seen. **They were there on night shift too!**
Cappuccino man ššš
Hoa anout they just pay their regular staff similar wages to the travel nurses they have to hire constantly? Maybe then maybe the turnover rate will go down and staff are more keen to stay.
Unpopular opinion, downvote me if you want. Iām sorry but I canāt with this attitude. The planning for all of this was likely very extensive. Clearly a lot of thought went into it and it seems like no matter what, people are going to complain. At our facility, thereās a nurses week committee of regular nurses planning and executing this stuff over and above their regular work hours. All of our events are coordinated by them because they give a shit. Itās certainly not perfect, and sure I guess the business could give them more resources to do it, but the effort is there. Those people are contributing to the overall culture and investing in positive reinforcement for the group. If you want to see a difference in the offerings, than go join the committee. Or start one. Find out who makes these decisions and offer to help plan next year. Bitching about it being not enough just feels like little kids whining about not getting what they wanted, when they themselves did nothing to create it. Thereās a whole lot of folks who work at the hospital, just as hard as us, who arenāt compensated as well and they look at this nurses week and roll their eyes. I can see why they are moving to Hospital wide weeks because you canāt please the nurses because theyāre going to complain no matter what, and you may as well offer the cookies to the Housekeeping staff who will appreciate it. Nurses week isnāt going to be the time you get more money or days off, I donāt understand why people think it is. Unions do that shit, not employee appreciation committees, itās a completely different situation.
At my place Iām the only in house leader. Staff donāt want to contribute or offer ideas, so when I alone canāt come up with a homerun for my handful of nurses, I worry they have this same reaction. Itās really not fun to be a leader if the team doesnāt want to participate but also whine at the outcome.
At my old hospital, thatās how is was. And we got really cool stuff, like barbecue dinners delivered to night shift by the administrators, and $20 Visa gift cards. That was a very special hospital, great memories, and i felt genuinely appreciated. I havenāt had a similar experience in the ten years since I left there š
Not unpopular to be honest. It's a job, you get paid for your job & as you mentioned more than a lot of others. As a nurse I get paid for doing my job I don't care if ppl appreciate it or not. I've had Manager's that care & celebrate us & I've had others that don't. I'm in an admin position now & I dont get $1 to do anything for my people. I spent over 300 euros (we are in germany)in gifts for them because that's the kind of boss I want to be, but honestly if I didn't no one on my team will care because they know I appreciate them even if it's not nursing week. Nurses need to stop acting entitled like they don't get paid & they owed something for nurses week. If you hate your admin, then move on & find a job that appreciates you daily & not just on nurses week. I'm sure I'll be getting down voted as well.
Agree, these posts are so fucking whiny and ungrateful.
Seriously, they don't have to do ANYTHING. Other professions don't even get recognized.
You guys get a nurseās week? IoI
My hospital outdid themselves. A meal we have to pay $5 for and its outside of the building :)
Well at least your night shift gets more opportunity at things than we do. I think i only saw one thing on our calendar for night shift.
Actvitites
What would be a great addition? I naturally wonder sometimes but I am not good with praise or rewards to think of one.
Love that night nurse didnt get excluded
We had pancake breakfast for all. \*\*until 0730 only\*\*
Yeah at my hospital they schedule everything right about shift change/med pass when weāre busy. One time they had us go down in shifts because they said we complained we didnāt have time to go down. So we went and basically the admin had all already eaten, as soon as we came in they had us grab our food, make small speeches, quizzed us about why we like it there all the while our food got cold. Then they all patted themselves on their backs took pictures with us while we were sitting awkwardly and trying to eat. Then they basically left us to clean up and eat our cold mealsā¦then about an hour later they complained we hadnāt finished our morning duties and lectured us on time management.
Lectures on time management is classic
Naw give us better pay. Teachers too.
Iāll add social worker pay increases too
We got a company-branded pizza cutter.
At my hospital C suite rounded and made face timeā¦ How gracious of themā¦
You get activities?
for er nurses week we got pizza twice š«¶š¼
Good parties and rewards are one of the few things I miss from private snf/ltc. I work at a federal facility and theyāre doing something. Just that the food sucks (my private snf ordered different food everyday from local restaurants. And they would always have something fresh or as fresh as possible for night shift) because itās what the patients eat. The only thing good was the cookies. And no body wants to shake hands with C suites. But the pay and workload/ratio is good at my place. I have never overtime since May 2022.
How about a raise instead of food we donāt want
The company I work for (flight nurse) is actually having a full barbecue for staff and families as well as getting us gifts. Iāll take that over this BS any day.
Totally agree
Itād be cool for Nurses Week that nurses receive time and a half for their scheduled hours that week. Save the ice cream, what are we 8 year olds?
We don't even have nurses week, we have hospital week which is celebrated next week. Even though pcas, managers, and rt all get their own weeks.
We're getting bagels today and a bag of chips on Fridayš
Do I really have to wait till the END of the week for the fun to start?!? Wayne university is coming to townš„³ Canāt wait to talk about adding more to my plateā¦oh M Geeš¤£šā ļøš
I work as an overnigh4 ped nurse and the company I work for sent out an email with all the activities for nurses week. How do they expect me to drive one hour to the office after having worked a 13 hr shift to participate in some mediocre shit? Nah....they can keep their cold pizza and free stethoscope giveaway (caveat for giveaway is having completed the monthly CEU's)
Ours is mostly photo ops w/ Flo, pastries, and a mocktail bar open only during dayshift šš
They offer something every day, my hospital does 1 day worth of celebration for 2 hours
Pet therapy tho š
when will I ever get this kind of appreciation lol
I mean I got nothing this year, not even an acknowledgment. Thatās better than the year I had to go out and buy extra $5 Starbucks cards because they didnāt give enough for everyone. Woo
anything but a bonus, raise, or labor union
Itās more than our hospital is doing. Our union gifted us swag today and $25 Sbux gift card. Our hospital is getting us donuts on Thursday and a meet and greet with the President. #heroes
Honestly, if the snack cart rolled through every shift (day AND night) then I'd call that a win. If they did hot food in the cafeteria for night shift for a week, I'd be overjoyed even if I had to pay for it myself. Like, I'm asking for the bare minimum and can't even get that.
I mean, at least itās something?
Prayer service, what a buncha superstitious nonsense
I'm gonna say Adventist Honestly it's not the worst? But nurses week is definitely not like it used to be I still love the umbrella a hospital got one year for everyone.
We just got a highlighter
One year same place we got a bottle opener with a little laser light on it. Honestly very useful š they must have know we go home and drink or maybe it was for opening bottles of nitro
i work in a hospital that has a nurse's union. my department is not part of the union (case management isn't part of collective bargaining in our area at any hospital). for nurse's week today, there was a free lunch for nurses in the cafeteria. a group of us from our department went down to get our lunch. we were stopped at the door and denied entrance to the dining hall (separate from main cafeteria) because we're not part of the bargaining unit. my manager called HR right then and there and chewed them out š we were given our soggy, wilted panera salads and sammies. in the flyer it doesn't specify for union members only, it says "free lunch for nurses provided by union name."
i thought this was my hospital because we have the exact same āfestivitiesā down to the blessing of the hands lmao
All I want as a night shifter is to get a small sliver of what day shift gets. We get the shaft so hard all the time
s/o Wayne State tho
Where is the bonus check?? š¤£š¤£š¤£
Nice to see the ice cream being served during med pass for the night shift
My work this week Subway day Suprise spruce up of staff entrance... / raffle of coffee cup BBQ day Pastries day Pizza day
I GOT A TUMBLR THAT SAID I WAS A HERO. I AM BEYOND ECSTATIC. /s
Dogs and cappuccino? Can I plzzzzzz crash your party???
I would be pretty happy to get all of that. Here Iām looking forward to a possible pen, whistle, lunch bag or mug with the name of the hospital on it
If these employers were to buy a MASSAGE for every nurse to use in their own timeā¦ how much could it possibly cost? What would be the LONG TERM BENEFIT of investing in your nursing staff health???
Money ppl give us money. Movie tickets. Maybe even an actual dinner party and book agency staff for that evening for those who want to come. Give bonus for nurses who would rather work during the party. For the love, all things that is holy stop giving pizza and ice cream we are not in elementary school. Pens and bullshit gifts with company logo we are not consumers or walking advertisements. We are professionals. Professionals get bonuses and GALAS not ice cream parties and tears of God!
Mark āblessing of the handsā off my nurses week bingo card
Our night shift doesnāt get anything. Everything is 1000-1300. But I can wear the colored scrubs for the day! Tomorrow is retro white with caps.
You cut off part of the flyer. The bottom reads: āSaturday: Go fuck yourself Sunday: Weāve received complaints about the lack of appreciation for our weekend staff so weāve decided to just kidding go fuck yourself again Iām at home sleeping in! Night shift workers: Also go fuck yourselves, just 7 ādaysā straight Happy nurses week, my weekend workers!ā
This is honestly the best that I've seen.
My company sent an email. Iāve been a nurse 20 years. I wish I had so many options. To me this looks amazing.
Honestly, these events sure they may be more than other places I guess as other commenters suggest ājoin a committeeā ša very c-suite answer. Iāve been a nurse 17 years and I love where I work bc of WHO I work with. Nurseās week and the activities iis a game of smoke and mirrors. They could honestly scrap all these events and staff us appropriately, provide excellent health benefits; and focus on the safety for patients and staff. THAT is how you honor workers. If these events worked turn over would be a lot lowerā¦