Present for nurses

Edinburghlass_2

When I was having my daughter and in and out of the day ward for several weeks I gave them £20 towards their Xmas do and popped £5 each into cards for the 4 midwifes and slipped them to them quietly.

tori.k

how about a cream tea, i did a small basket for the school staff room one yr, clotted cream, jam and plain scones cheap and cheerful it came to about £4 it went down really well with the staff as they all got to have one and was a lot cheaper then just buying flowers for the TA's and Teachers that had been wonderful help to my son

Edinburghlass_2

tori.k wrote: »

how about a cream tea, i did a small basket for the school staff room one yr, clotted cream, jam and plain scones cheap and cheerful it came to about £4 it went down really well with the staff as they all got to have one and was a lot cheaper then just buying flowers for the TA's and Teachers that had been wonderful help to my son

What a lovely idea, I was sent one once via an online order, tres expensive but great to receive.

cazziebo

Thank you everyone for your lovely and thoughtful ideas. I love the idea of cream cakes but because of shift work I don't know if the nurses who were there when we were would get them while they were fresh... I do like the idea of a special treat like that. If I had the money I would send them all on a weekend away - they certainly deserve it. This wasn't a case of people just doing a job- every one of them went way above and beyond that.

I think a card from both me and my daughter, a box of the best biscuits I can find, and a Boots voucher for the dedicated nurse over the first few days.

(Tori - I love your idea but they have a rule that only packaged food can be taken in so don't think I'd be allowed)

Thanks again.

mrsa

My ds2 was extreamly premature, we spent 3 months in hosptal and wanted to thank all the staff individually. We got some cello red bags and packed each one wth a photo and poem of how thankful we were, a pen, calculator, note pad and few sweets. We then tied them with curling ribbon.
We did about 60 of them and the total cost was about £50 (most items brought bulk from Ebay)
The staff were so overwhelmed.
Also on hs 1st brthday we asked for a donation instead of presents and used the money to buy a Playstaton, plus extras and 5 games, 10 kids dvds and huge box of bricks for the 'famly room' where we spent hours with ds1.

oystercatcher

I'm a midwife and we love being given chocolates, biscuits, packaged cake. tea, coffee , anything nice we can have in the staff room to keep us going when it's busy. Not too keen on home made stuff for health and safety reasons , you know your kitchen is Ok but we don't !!
Cards and good wishes are lovely too and a mention of anyone 'special'.

There are rules about accepting money or vouchers and we're not supposed to. Occaisionally someone has accepted money and bought something edible for us all to share out.

Horace

I always take in big tins of chocs or other sweets - I am wondering if I am the only person who also takes a gift for the theatre staff as well? My Dad was an ODA until he retired and he told me that if I was ever operated upon then I should also provide a gift for the theatre staff - I get them nice biscuits so that they can eat them in their staff room. They're always surprised when I ring the bell and someone has to come out and I give them the gift.

tiamai_d

Depending on how much or little you want to spend, how about a few cheap mugs (I know they always go missing in any workplace!) with some sweets in each one and hot choc sachets or such. Could also pop in fancy pens, a note telling them how great they are, little notebook, stuff like that. Then get some cello from a florist or tough clear bags, wrap up the mug with a bit of ribbon and there you go, a little gift for as many as you want.

I admit I have a fixation on mugs filled with stuff as gifts, I stuff socks in em at Christmas.

weeclick

I know you said no chocolates but it is the "done" thing I guess. My mum has had a few health problems over the years which has seen her in hospital more times than shes been out! Everytime she is discharged she used to get my dad to buy a box of sweets on the way down with a thank you card.

In recent years Ive been in and out of hospital myself and I admit on a few occassions I didnt get the nurses anything purely because I couldnt think of anything other than chocolates lol!

Sometimes just a thank you card is enough? after all its the thought that counts! Maybe when your child is feeling stronger she could write them a little thank you letter - I bet they would enjoy that more than anything, let them know how shes getting on and how pleased she was to have them there - obviously you will need to help her write it but I think a personal touch like that is far better than any chocs!

Kaz2904

Mugs, pens, post it notes are good ideas for non edible gifts.
Biscuits and cheese are nice to pop in the staff fridge for people who have only got a few minutes for break. Once we were given a huge fruit basket which was fabulous. It is possible to get fed up of chocolates but we still eat them and get excited by them! Biscuits are nice but tea and coffee always goes down very well (so long as they are branded ones).

The best gift you can be given is to have your name mentioned in a letter because it gives you a lovely warm glow!