Reply #63: Merry Christmas, Thanks to the Spungens. [View All]

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That was a great thing they did and thanks to the other posters here for similar stories. I think the only bonus I have ever received was a $50 one from a hospital or nursing home I worked for. Now I will only work for union shops and there are no bonuses in those. I just would rather have guaranteed benefits per contract than the hope the hospital's CFO and Board of Directors will decide to give out bonuses.

I've been offered gifts and cash from patients and their families but that goes against my ethics unless the gift is very small and sentimental like a picture or pushpin that helps me think about the person. Unfortunately, other people in my profession are not as, say professional. I watched in gaped jaw amazement a nurse take a ordered in lunch from a patient because he was happy she placed an IV quickly. I totally lost respect for her (a self-described Christian who would give you attitude if you didn't trade and work her Sundays for her).