christmas gift for clinic nurse?

[theone]

should I or shouldn't I?

What will be the amount to spend and any suggestion as I am really bad in giving gifts.

Thanks

[hoinlexm]

As A nurse I always enjoy and appreciate when patients give a small christmas tree ornament. It is something that makes me think about that person year after year. Definately not necssary, but always appreciated. Happy Holidays!
Lexie

[Jean]

I think that is a lovely idea. Why not get her a good box of chocolates. Maybe she will turn her head and share it with you. 

[galvo]

I'm giving  Christmas cakes to the in-patient ward, the renal outpatients, and to the dialysis ward. That should cover all bases.

[billybags]

My husband has given a large box of Maltesers and a card to the nurses post for all to share. He has had different nurses and techs seeing to him for the past 3 months. I do like the xmas tree ornament idea, that sounds good.

[del]

We always gave the nurses and other patients that were on the same time as hubby a Christmas card and a little something to the nurses. Sometimes it was a little ornament for each of the nurses. Other times I made a cake or we took in a can of biscuits. They always appreciated it. At the clinic hubby was at the nurses always did a Christmas party for the dialysis patients.  There was finger foods, gifts for everybody, music and just a chance for everyone to get together outside the dialysis unit.  We have to take a Christmas card to the unit the next time we go there!!  The nurses and other patients always knew they were welcome to visit our house anytime they wanted and a lot of them did. We became really good friends with a lot of people at the unit.

[jbeany]

I do homemade fudge or cinnamon rolls.  If you make any kind of crafts, that can be good, too.  Last year, I gave my doc, dietitian, social worker and home hemo nurse small sculpted santas that I made out of oven bake clay.

I like giving homemade gifts when I can.  They cost more in time than they do in money, which I don't have much of anyhow.  If the other person got me a gift in return, I can feel good that I put time and effort into their gift, even if they spent more.  If they didn't reciprocate, then they don't have to feel guilty that I spent too much on them.

[dwcrawford]

Wish somebody would bring me homemade cinnamon rolls.  Haven't had them since I worked in the Casper office a hundred or so years ago.... mmmm Betty, where are you?

I give nurse and techs good chocolate every few days.  How can I make it different?  Thanh likes white chocolate with fruit or nuts in it... candy store here I come.  (gotta get some pecan brittle for someone special anyway (me)).

[monrein]

Last year I made up my own gift basket for the staff at the clinic.  I set a budget based an an amount per person, then went to a good supermarket and bought goodies...candy, cookies, hot sauces, good mustard, etc (they bring and eat lunch every day so they liked the pickles and condiments as a change from all sweets).  I put it all in a pretty reusable grocery bag that they could use when shopping for the whole group.  This bag thing may be a bit cultural but here we have to pay 5 cents per plastic shopping bag if we don't bring our own bags or baskets to take things home in.  I got way more for my money than if I'd bought a pre-made gift basket.

[jbeany]

Wish somebody would bring me homemade cinnamon rolls.  Haven't had them since I worked in the Casper office a hundred or so years ago.... mmmm Betty, where are you?

I'm in Michigan, covered in snow!

[fc2821]

My wife is going to bake some homemade cookies for the staff at my clinic.  Sounds great, huh?  You've not eaten her homemade cookies. 

[Savemeimdtba]

I gave my nurse a bag of bad phosphorus foods, a hemo dialysis looking chair candle that she could sit on her desk - just random, cute gifts are always nice!