happy nurses day/ week or is it health care workers week?

1 I have always found nurses week to be interesting and now it has morphed in to health care worker week. In the past I have been invivted to numerous teas, speakers and chair massages that the average staff nurse can;t fit into her 8 or 12 hr shift. What I would really like, is for someone just to acknowledge that I am a valued employee and that i do a good job. Today at my work place, we had a clown come around to meet and greet the staff, while the nurses where trying to pass meds. Please, give me a break. I realize that I don;t have a great sense of humor, but really a clown.But then maybe this is what it has come down to. Anybody else have any special celebration for nsg week? I did see a sign on the door at my mom's LTC thanking all the nurses for their hard work and the jobs they do and I did appreciate it even if I don't work there. Just my 2 cents!
I would appreciate being appreciated with a raise.

This week is full of celebrations at our hospital - snacks, catered BBQ (this is Texas after all), small gifts, all sorts of things. But everyone deserves to be recognized. Money is nice, but I also like to be appreciated.

When you said "clown" I didnt think you meant an actual clown. LoL! Clowns are for children parties, not nurses - thats ridiculous. Makes it seem like they think nurses week is a joke.

Maybe........treat me better than Bessie the cow.

Quote from MekBlizzWhen you said "clown" I didnt think you meant an actual clown. LoL! Clowns are for children parties, not nurses - thats ridiculous. Makes it seem like they think nurses week is a joke.

when I said clown, I meant clown like with red hair and a costume and a red ball nose.

I think the best appreciation for a nurse is to provide a job to a nurse. Second best appreciation is a pay raise for the nurse who does have a job.

Did this clown also ride a unicycle and double as a chaplain?

At our facility, they called it "Nursing Services Week". They "celebrated" nurses, CNAs, volunteers, CRNAs, Scrub Techs, Transporters, etc. I know that the CNA brought a bag of candy to our unit one of the days. It was leftover Easter Candy. <-----sarcastic smile.

I have no idea what the facility has planned for nurses. I know the chaplain blessed our hands which was so touching. Another thing would have touched me more would have been a raise. I'm tired of working like a mule with little appreciation.

Quote from I<3H2OAt our facility, they called it "Nursing Services Week". They "celebrated" nurses, CNAs, volunteers, CRNAs, Scrub Techs, Transporters, etc. I know that the CNA brought a bag of candy to our unit one of the days. It was leftover Easter Candy. <-----sarcastic smile.