Nurses Gift

[wirtlehm]

Alright all,

It's gettin' down to the wire here! Feb 1 is FAST approaching and our list of "Birth Announcements" is growing ever quickly!!!

I had never heard of a nurses gift before TD and I thought, "what a freakin' awesome idea..." I know we've discussed this on that other site before but I feel like we should bring it up again with these babies coming so soon!

All that being said:

Are you doing a nurses gift? If so, what are you packing?

[wirtlehm]

I am doing a nurses gift...

I went to the dollar tree and picked up a cheap-o basket for 50 cents... then I went to the grocery and got Starbucks Frappuccino's in mocha and in vanilla for the nurses (figured this was cheaper than buying Starbuck's GCs)... I also bought mini: Kit Kats, Hershey's Bars, Cookies n Crème Hershey's Bars, Heart Suckers & Starburst... Hopefully I've got enough to make everyone happy! (Including DH who is pissed that I've told him he can't drink a Frappuccino until we are at least in the hospital...)

[mom2xover2002]

My DD filled a gift bag with rice crispy treats and mints for them, & my MIL picked up lunch/drinks for them when she went to get us food after the delivery.

[FlutterOfYoshis]

I figured we'd keep a communal snack/gift basket in our room for any hospital staff coming in and out at any point. I shopped the dollar-section first at Target and got a cheap basket, airheads, lollipops, and chocolate hearts. Then I added a few red/pink themed value packs (since we're having a girl due right around Valentine's Day) of Nutri-grain bars, goldfish individual packs, Reeses cups, and Starburst reds. I tried to have some sweet, some savory; some chocolate, some non-chocolate to account for different tastes.

At the very least, if the hospital staff don't want any I'm sure DH or our inevitable visitors would be happy to eat the extras!

[michelle142]

We didn't do a nurses gift with DS and won't this time either.

I honestly had never heard of this trend until joining The Dump while PG with DS. I asked a nurse if people get them gifts a lot when I was in with DS, she looked at me like I was crazy and said "no, why would they? We're just doing our jobs like everyone else!"

[janedean77]

I didn't plan on gifts because I firmly believe a heartfelt thank you means as much (and most of the nurses I know agree). However, I was in the hospital for 7 days and all the women that cared for me were awesome. I had hubby deliver 2 dozen cookies to each of the 3 units where we spent our time.

[JEMandtheHolograms]

In lieu of a gift I sent a letter to the hospital adminsistration detailing all the ways in which my labor and delivery nurse went above and beyond to make my birth experience special. My delivering midwife and the L&D unit receptionist helped me locate the name and work address for my nurse's boss and her boss's boss.

[thejollyrancher]

Jan 29, 2015 15:10:19 GMT -5 JEMandtheHolograms said:

In lieu of a gift I sent a letter to the hospital adminsistration detailing all the ways in which my labor and delivery nurse went above and beyond to make my birth experience special. My delivering midwife and the L&D unit receptionist helped me locate the name and work address for my nurse's boss and her boss's boss.

This:) I think it is the best thing to do (if you had a positive experience). I work in the service industry and I value positive letters to my boss like gold. Nothing (work-wise for me) can compare to the feeling you get when you made such an impact on someone that they felt the need to write your boss and say how amazing you are. I will be doing this and maybe bringing doughnuts or lunch or something for the staff after labour.

[kerrigrooves]

I bought some pre-made cookie dough and plan on throwing that in the oven if Im laboring at home for awhile. Otherwise, I plan on filling out the evals and recognizing the nurses who were extra friendly and concerned

[stephanie]

I have a ton of snacks (chocolate covered pretzels,nuts,etc) left over from XMas baskets. Everything is from Dan•D•Pack (client of MH). I think I might just wrap it all up and give it to them as we'll never eat it

[hernsy]

I hadn't heard of this until just recently. A friend of mine suggested getting a basket of muffins for the ladies. I'm not sure yet what we will do. I do really like the idea of writing a letter detailing how specific people made an impact. We'll see...

[wendy46001]

We'll most likely bring bagels for the nursing staff on am. Mostly I'm going to want a bagel and we'll have my mother just pick up and extra dozen as a thanks

[angeldcf]

We'll have a candy/snack basket in the room. Like pp said, I'll keep track of names of great nurses & write a TY note to their manager. The letters always help at review time.

[valentino2013]

I'm planning on doing something, but not sure what yet.

[mands1125]

No, I wasn't planning on it. You girls are very sweet!

[tammynixx]

I am a RCS so I know when I'll be there, I think I'm baking cookies in the shape of hearts. We go in feb 13th so we will be spending our valentines day there, figure I might as well spread the love lol

[gator26]

I like the idea of bringing bagels or donuts or something along those lines while we are staying there. Doesn't require me to plan anything in advance, and easy for DH to pick up when he's out getting food for us anyway.

[rmsteele]

MIL is a L&D nurse and I keep meaning to ask her what she would want or if we should do anything at all. We didn't do anything when DS is born; I didn't know it was even a thing until seeing it on TB this time around. I'll likely do whatever MIL thinks is a good idea.

[trin42]

I hadn't known this was a thing until discussed on that other website.

DD is only 1.5 days old and we have another 18 hrs until being discharged.

I had 2 nurses and a student during delivery and at discharge I will have had 6 nurses post-delivery.

Due to all the shift changes, I don't see how you could get them all a gift.

[wirtlehm]

Jan 30, 2015 12:37:35 GMT -5 badw0lf said:

Jan 30, 2015 3:50:34 GMT -5 trin42 said:

I hadn't known this was a thing until discussed on that other website.

DD is only 1.5 days old and we have another 18 hrs until being discharged.

I had 2 nurses and a student during delivery and at discharge I will have had 6 nurses post-delivery.

Due to all the shift changes, I don't see how you could get them all a gift.

I was just gonna make up little gift bags with like candy and coffee and chockeys in them.

Yeah, I'm with badw0lf... I'm just making the candy basket for them... I couldn't imagine having enough time to make every single nurse a gift! I think I'd be way too stressed out if I did that!

[Irishcurls]

I'm still so baffled by this. Maybe if I had an extended stay, and a nurse was above and beyond I'd do something after the fact? But I'm only focused on myself and birthing a child right now.