Nurses... is this corny?

[kdibattista]

Kim---while your chocolates sound yummy.....my real question for you is.....

ARE YOU NESTING???????????????????????

I've been nesting like crazy... I don't think my house was every this clean

Thanks guys!!!

I'm still torn. I know they can accept stuff (not sure about money though). I think the homemade choc is out... I don't want to take a chance. I'm debating between the godiva basket although that's a great point about them having a ton of sweets since it's around the holidays. The bagels are a great idea so that's a possibility. I may also do a mini muffin basket or something different.

Thanks again!!!

 

[kaw1218]

I vote for the mini muffin basket! Easy to eat on the go!!!

 

[Obi-Wan Pinobi]

Hmm, interesting to see this. Every year DW Lauri dips a wide assortment of treats in Ghiradelli chocolate - Oreos, Nutterbutters, Pretzels, etc. This year she was going to bring a tray to her Rhuematologists office for the doctor and staff to have a treat, since they have been so great this year. So I guess this isn't a good idea afterall?

 

[taximomfor4]

I know that at least 2 of our area hospitals have this rule:

They can only accept a gift that has NO monetary value (which is why edibles are good), and that must be shareable. It stays at the desk and is Open Season for everyone.

Once, I patient wanted me to have a GetWell card she'd received. She'd seen my youngest dd stop in, and heard us call her "Rosie." One of her Get Well cards had a bear holding roses on it. She insisted I take it, "For your little Rosie."

Food items sound best, because there is no "value" attached to them. And pp were correct that healthier choices sound ideal, this time of year. Perhaps your area has a place that does fruit baskets? Bagels sound great, too, though.

Good luck!
Beth

 

[KariC]

I've been nesting like crazy... I don't think my house was every this clean

Thanks guys!!!

I'm still torn. I know they can accept stuff (not sure about money though). I think the homemade choc is out... I don't want to take a chance. I'm debating between the godiva basket although that's a great point about them having a ton of sweets since it's around the holidays. The bagels are a great idea so that's a possibility. I may also do a mini muffin basket or something different.

Thanks again!!!

Woohoo!!!!!! how exciting! any day now.....

 

[RUDisney]

I figure anyone clever enough to make something for me, especially something as unique as what you are talking, is probably a pretty efficient person and probably does not live in squalor.

I had an employee several years ago who used to bake every night for fun and she'd bring in her cookies every day for her coworkers. She had cats. Lots of them. There was never a day when there wasn't cat hair in those cookies. She was clean and well kept, but with so many cats, she couldn't help but to get some hair into her food. And, that's why I don't eat things that others make unless I know them well and know that I won't find any surprises in the food.

That's how it is at our company. There used to be a rule however that we could accept up to 25 dollars in money/giftcards from clients on the Holidays, however some unscrupulous ppl ruined it for everyone by REQUESTING $$ from each one of their clients...

The nurse sister that I mentioned in my PP is now a drug rep. Before the law changed, one of her doctors (not a well-respected one, mind you) would request a $100 GC to Sharper Image, etc., from each of his drug reps. That was the year he wanted the $4000 massage chair. Other years, he'd request GC from the store or catalog of his choice.

 

[PrincessKitty1]

I think a breakfasty thing like bagels or muffins would be very appreciated. Nothing homemade.

We are not permitted to accept any money whatsoever. In fact, we could lose our licenses if we did (besides getting fired). Same with accepting gifts of monetary value--fired, lose license.

I will tell you that the absolutely NICEST thing you could do for a particular staff member who really helped you or was very special in some way is to write a note to the employee's supervisor. My hospital makes a huge, big deal about this. There are even special forms and boxes posted all over the hospital so that people can take a moment to recognize (in writing) the staff members who went above and beyond for them. Obviously you would only do this if there was truly somebody special who helped you.

 

[wilderness01]

That is my concern... I know some people are funny about homemade edible gifts. I was just looking online and found a gift basket from Godiva with a bunch of different items in it. I think I might just get that for them to keep at the nurses station and do the homemade chocolates for my family and friends.

Great idea.

 

[Cantw8]

I sent a wine and cheese basket to the nurses who took care of my dad several years ago. They did such a good job and were so sweet to him and the rest of my family that I just had to do something for them

 

[goofygirl]

Nurses and other medical staff are very touched when patients bring gifts where I work.

If there's rules against it, I don't think anyone is aware of them.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

The hospital I work in has no rules to my knowledge about gifts. We get them all the time.

But honestly, the fact that someone cared enough to want to say thanks is what really means the most.

On my unit, just about anything brought in - homemade or not, probably even cat hairs or not, LOL - gets eaten eventually. Very rarely is there even anything left over for the night shift.

It's not just nurses, it's housekeepers, transporters, doctors (including interns, many of whom will eat just about anything in the middle of the night ), chaplains - basically anyone who happens to walk by helps themselves.

One Thanksgiving day a family cooked us an entire Thanksgiving dinner. We gobbled it up.

Aprilgail, I have to concur about (disclaimer: some) teachers. I have teacher friends that dump homemade food. I tell them to send it to the hospital, we'll eat it.

Matthew, tell Laurie not to stop, that sounds like a really great gesture for her doctor's office and I'm sure it's appreciated.

 

[Rozzie]

On my unit, just about anything brought in - homemade or not, probably even cat hairs or not, LOL - gets eaten eventually. Very rarely is there even anything left over for the night shift. .

Yep, our unit too. There are some nurses that won't eat anything homemade, but most will on our unit. We have had some amazing gestures over the years, and every single one of them, from a hand written note, to just a hug and thank you is all appreciated. It is a very thankless job sometimes, and we appreciate every effort, large and small.

 

[Disney Doll]

I think it would be lovely, but sounds like an awful lot of work for you!!!! At my hospital, we have no problem accepting and eating any kind of gift...homemade or storebought.

Money is a different story. We cannot accept money from patients. If they insist, we are told to accept it (you do not want to hurt someone's feelings) and give it to our supervisor. She holds it & uses it to do a pizza party or something like that.

Often, if people are really insistent about giving me money, I will ask them to donate to our hospital's charitable foundation in my honor and send a nice note to my boss.

 

[Malificient Tater]

I know at my hospital it was very appreciated. We have people make homemade things, buy things, we even had someone that had a restaurant bring us all lunch. I would check on if they can have homemade stuff. I know in the NICU lots of parents fix things and we have had all kinds of good stuff.

I can tell you there are only maybe 3 people that if they brought something we would dispose of it, but then again they were also not the kind of people that would bring in anything

I would also say to make sure no matter what if you has good service and nurses write a note to the manager or someone. And send a note with the stuff so that everyone knows who it came from.

 

[HelenePA]

I got my nurses Pizza, it came late so there was some for the late shift.. they all loved me!

 

[MareQ]

My aunt is a L&D RN - while they appreciate everything - they do get a lot of donuts and sweets. They love it when somebody buys pizza or a sandwich tray etc because it's "different" from the usual things they get