NEW "NURSE" discount offered at the Swan and Dolphin!

[Antonia]

Hey, anyone that thinks this nurse discount is unfair has no idea how many other breaks nurses get. We have Nurses Week when we get gifts and floral arrangements. LOL I have been stopped 3 times over 18 years for minor traffic violations and every time the officer said upon learning that I'm a nurse "I never ticket nurses." I never received a ticket - ever. It's funny to hear how many people want to whine about nurses getting a discount and trying to lump them in with all other persons associated with healthcare- when is the last time you ever heard a sick person say "I don't feel good. Get me an x-ray tech!"?? LOL LOL Never! No, they all want a nurse. Nurses are and always will be favored among healthcare workers. Up with nurses! Of course, we couldn't do it without the support from x-ray techs, etc, but I still contend nurses are SPECIAL!

 

[SunniB]

to figment8: Teachers are also certified by the state- we have state certifications that are renewed every 5 years. - I did look it up and apparently this would also work -unfortunately the downtown office keeps it in their files and we don't get it!!!LOL

Sunni

 

[nancycels]

First, I'm not a nurse,just a research tech in a neonatal intensive care unit. I just wanted to say these professionals deserve this BIG TIME! I've never seen people who work such long hours and under such tough conditions. Of course, like everyone else who works in a hospital, I'd love a discount, but THREE CHEERS! THE NURSES DESERVE THIS ONE! CONGRATS ALL!

 

[jvw]

Antonia, We the the x-ray teach's find the pt's problem ( and it's now always easy) by taking good x-rays. We save lives every day by taking good x-rays then doctors and nurse will know how to treat the pt.We too have national x-ray tech week. But I've never had a traffic violation. I wouldn't want to get in a acc. and have to have a x-ray tech push that 2 ton protable x-ray machine to the e.r. justTO x-ray me. I've had lots of pt's call me NURSE and I always tell them with pride I'm not a NURSE I'm a x-ray tech. WE ALL WORK HARD IN HEALTHCARE AND THE PT'S NEED ALL OF US.lol

jvw

 

[Antonia]

JVW - I bet you are a great x-ray tech and if I were sick, or maybe right after my traffic accident (LOL) I would probably say "Get me an x-ray tech!" I agree with you that it takes all of us to make a team. Hey, nurses can get up to 3 rooms I think. If you'll go in June, I'll get one for you, too. LOL

 

[glo]

Bumping up for others to see!

Link toSwan and Dolphin FAQ!
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Dolphin July 2001
Swan Dec. 2001

 

[jvw]

Antonia, Thanks for the offer for the room in June but I'm going in Dec. I'll just keep calling the hotel to see when they will give us other healthcare workers the discount. And watch that driving I don't want to see you in my x-ray dept.But maybe I'll get you for a mammogram. jvw

jvw

 

[classicpooh]

I have been keeping quiet on this one, but here are my humble thoughts...
All healthcare workers are invaluable to the patient, from the secretaries who answer the phones to the personnel who clean the rooms and empty the trash. Without everyone involved a hospital could not deliver excellent patient care.

But it is the nurse, rather than any other healthcare worker who assumes responsibility for the patient for an 8, 12 or 16 hour shift. It is the nurse who cleans the patient, changes the dressings and gets emotionally invested for the good and the bad. If a patient is unpleasant, or difficut, there is no leaving for the nurse. And no guarentee that the same situation won't reoccur the next day, or the next...

For those overworked and underpaid for the responsibilty and emotional toll that this job takes - a little discount is well deserved! JMHO

 

[cdrn1]

I'm just home from a 4-day stretch, all four days involving 2-3 hours of overtime, and I'm tired and my back hurts and I had no time for lunch (or breakfast either, now that I think about it!)
It was a hard week, and I saw some bad things and held some hands and gave some hugs and cried some.
Sometimes I feel discouraged because no one knows what it's like except other nurses. It was so great to see all the nice things written here about nurses; thank you all.
Healthcare is a team, none of us could do it without the rest of the team. I love the folks I work with.
I hope someday all the team gets a discount but for now I am just happy that nurses do because I am GOING TO DISNEY in December and now maybe I will get to stay someplace really nice that I have never been able to afford on a nurse's pay!

 

[jensosa]

i also work in nursing i'm a cna and i work my butt off get mandated to stay if their are call outs but am compensated very well. I work at our local hospital and most of the time do most of all the grunt work. i am not complaining and sorry if i am and it is all team work and wouldnt trade it for all the world ,well may be some days.

 

[glo]

For all the wonderful nurses out there!
Another bump!

Link toSwan and Dolphin FAQ!
<font size=3><font color=green><marquee>Co-Captain & Charter Member of the Swan/Dolphin Cheerleading Team!!</marquee></font></font>
<font color=green>16 times to WDW 13 off 3 on
Next trips!
Dolphin July 2001
Swan Dec. 2001

 

[mar915]

I work in a hospital for 10 years as a physical therapist. Like many nurses I work 10-12 hour shifts to get both inpatients and outpatients there therapy. I also work 8-10 hour days at least 2 weekends a month. I am paid for 8 hours but stay till our patients are done. I also clean, dress and do many of the same things nurses do. The difference is that instead of 6-8 patients a day to take care of I have 16-20 a day. All requiring a lot of time, running in our department and going up at a phone call from the nurses to transfer patients back to bed. I respect nurses but if I need help they are busy and I do a lot of the work they do not have time for. If you have ever worked on an orthopedic floor ask them who they want to be there, and other than for the pain meds it is the PT/OT's who get them moving and home. So please everyone in a hospital is the number one person, not just the nurse. We work together to get the patient to the place they need to be. I just finished with JCAHO this week and it was amazing how much was put onto what the therapist did in order for the nurses to do there job. We are a team and should be treated as one.

I think we should just all give up on this topic because it causes great emotions.

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[cdrn1]

As I said, we are all a team. The patients need all of us. We have great PT/OT staff in our hospital. Wish THEY would come up at a phone call to help with the transfers back to bed!!!

 

[pedsrn]

Please do not begrudge a nurse a beneift... for all the mandatory overtime, nights, weekends and holdiays that we work - it is nice to be recognized for once. We are ALL a team and all work hard - we all deserve a break - Not to be rude, but other healthcare professionals are paid more and I don't see them @ night or on Christmas!

 

[kingdomqueen]

I would think a copy of a nursing license would be sufficient along with a driver's license or picture ID.

 

[mar915]

We do work till 9pm at night starting at 7 or 9am in the morning and do work all holidays including Christmas, so do lab people and the computer people, admission people, ect. Let give up this argument!!!!

 

[jensosa]

maybe if enough people complained in the healthcare industry something might get done being in nursing is totally different we are high risk for all kinds of infections. I work in mental health and have to do body surfice checks and sort through their belongs do you know how many junkies are out there??? We work with all kinds of body fluids every day do post mortum care hold families hands get beat up on a regular basis but we all have our role in healthcare to make it happen and eveyone deserves a break. Walk in a nurses shoes for a day and do what we do and you would be amazed we are anything from a secratary to a janitor everyday. Yeah to us nurses!!!!!!!

 

[pedsrn]

I agree with jenosa... I have had to undergo HIV testing because of a needle stick that was no fault of my own, I have been exposed to so many infections, and for 12 hours or more have had to undergo awful patient assignments with no other patiets to break it up! I wish that my shift could end @ 9 pm instead of 7 am and that I did not have to work all night. Actually, most days, I am not sure about my decision to become a nurse.
It is a unique profession and this discount is most appreciated. Most nurses are NOT well compensated for what we do and the risks of everything from needlesticks to lawsuits. We protect patients from so many things, MD errors included. We are all part of a healthcare team and all are important, it is just that we all do not do the same things. PT, OT, Patient Care assistants, secretaries, dietary, X-Ray and everyone else is essential to healthcare - but let's not begrudge a nurse a discount. Let's be happy for one member of out team!

 

[roliepolieoliefan]

Why do people have to be bitter when one person gets a discount and another does not? When I first came on the Dis, teachers got discounts and not nurses and I didn't write not so nice stuff about teachers to make myself feel better because I didn't get a discount. Yes, we all do work as a team. And good for you that you clean patients and work 12 hour shifts. And I do work on an Ortho floor, when one of my patients dirties themselves, I am called to pick them up change them and bring them back. I was told by a PT, thats not a PT's job. We are understaffed, underpaid and in the years to come it will become alot worse. Thank you so much Swan and Dolphin for recognizing us nurses.

 

[BethR]

Gosh! Hard to believe that a thread that started out in such a positive fashion could degenerate into a debate over who is deserving of a discount! <IMG WIDTH="15" HEIGHT="15" SRC="/infopop/emoticons/icon_redface.gif" alt="red face">
I am not privy to the decisions of the Swan/Dolphin, but it is up to them to offer group discounts to whom they please.
I am going to lock this thread to further comment but I will bump it up periodically so that others can be advised of this discount.
Thank you...

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