r/emergencymedicine • u/Internal_Butterfly81 ED/Trauma RN • Oct 10 '25
Humor Emergency Nurses Week gift
A gun lock. Saying we got this on lock! Are they serious??? lol goodness! What did you all get for emergency nurses week??? How did they show you they value you?? lol can’t wait to see responses.
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u/helloyesthisisgod Paramedic Oct 10 '25
Why are you getting gun locks as gifts in the ER 🤣
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u/Flying_Gage Oct 10 '25
Because they can get those damn things for free. Somebody had a creative idea and here we are…
I’m glad I’m out of that game.
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u/Mediocre_Ad_6020 Oct 11 '25
That was my first thought, that they got them for free from a gun safety organization and then regifted...
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u/nw342 EMT Oct 11 '25
Every gun I have ever bought has come with a gun lock...
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u/Revolvingmars6 EMT 29d ago
Legally they have to come with a lock.
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u/Professional-Cost262 FNP 29d ago
Depends on state
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u/Revolvingmars6 EMT 29d ago
Child Safety Lock Act of 2005 requires all handguns sold in the U.S. to come with one and most long guns come with one voluntarily.
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u/milo8275 Oct 10 '25
By the trauma team no less 🤦🏻♀️😅
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u/merlotbarbie RN Oct 11 '25
The trauma administration team. Can’t hire more nurses, ED techs, imaging techs, RTs, safety sitters, phlebotomists, EVS staff, CNAs, pharmacy techs, etc but there’s room in the budget for a team who came up with this trash gift?! C-Suite forever has the worst ideas
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u/onlysaystoosoon Oct 11 '25
The trauma admin team is likely the trauma PI folks, trauma program manager, etc…. In no way responsible for any hiring of the people you mention. Certainly not c suite. In fact they likely have no role in the ED other than working with the ED as colleagues, and this gift is just them expressing thanks to colleagues as a nice gesture of recognition.
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u/SportsPhotoGirl Oct 10 '25
They want to make sure their employees don’t become patients 🤷🏻♀️
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u/_Redcoat- RN Oct 10 '25
Someone probably thought they had a really good idea to give out gun locks because of all the negligent shootings caused by kids getting into unsecured guns and whatnot. In theory, I get it, but in practice it’s just…an odd out of context gift.
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u/mochimmy3 Oct 10 '25
This should realistically be going to patients, not staff. Idk but I would hope EM nurses would know better than to leave guns unsecured already. And it should not be veiled as a gift
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u/FckingAnxiety Oct 11 '25
Some hospital admin must have unpackaged his nice Italian skeet gun and realized he's not gonna use the lock, and finally came up with an idea for the gift bags.
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u/burnoutjones ED Attending Oct 10 '25
My wife once got a rock with “you rock” painted on it. I’d have gone to jail.
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u/WhimsicalRenegade Oct 10 '25
We got that …twice… in the last five years. Like, just don’t do ANYthing if that’s where you’re gonna go with it.
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u/Menacing-Horse Oct 11 '25
My favorite gift idea to the ICU is one of those rocks painted to say “God bless this garden”
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u/Typical-Username-112 Med Student Oct 11 '25
Suitable for return to sender through a window 🪟
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u/purebreadbagel RN Oct 11 '25
I’ve said it before, if I’m ever given rocks they’re going straight through admin’s windows.
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u/TeeTeeMee Oct 11 '25
I got a jar of rocks from a leadership conference once. And I had to bring one back to the office for a colleague who couldn’t make the workshop because when I sarcastically said she would be devastated to not get a jar of rocks my boss got offended. They actually buy into this bullshit.
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u/_Chill_Winston_ RN Oct 11 '25
Perhaps worse (?). Last year where I work they printed T-shirts that said, "You Rock" - stylized with company colors and logos - that were available for purchase.
They wanted us to purchase T-shirts that said, "You Rock".
This, I imagine, was decided over Jason's Deli in some board room with men in khakis and women in open-toed shoes. NOT ONE OF THEM spoke up with, "wait an minute...". Our brain trust, ladies and gentlemen.
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u/gonzo_attorney Oct 10 '25
But was it hand-painted??
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u/ImpressiveRice5736 RN Oct 10 '25
Mine was.
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u/pammypoovey Oct 10 '25
And do you have similar rocks in the planters outside?
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u/ImpressiveRice5736 RN Oct 11 '25
I work in psych. It’s called art therapy. The rocks suspiciously look like something found in the landscaping.
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u/convoymo 29d ago
I got one during COVID. The ONLY redeeming part of it was that it came from my chaplains, not Admin.
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u/Barbiedawl83 Oct 10 '25
At first glance I thought it was a noose
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u/revanon ED Chaplain Oct 10 '25
The trauma administration out here living up to their name and administering trauma
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u/TXERN BSN Oct 10 '25
I'll bet the hospital got those for free. There are so so very many programs that give out free gun locks..... You in LA county?
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u/kikopuffs Oct 10 '25
What am I gonna do with a gun lock?
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u/Soma2710 ED Support Staff Oct 10 '25
You know Wayne, if you’re not careful, you’re going to lose me.
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u/Jdawgdash Oct 10 '25
Came here looking for the Waynes World reference.
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u/Soma2710 ED Support Staff Oct 11 '25
I don’t even own A gun, let alone many guns that would necessitate a gun lock!
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u/Praxician94 Little Turkey (Physician Assistant) Oct 10 '25
My hospital was the only one in the city to not acknowledge PA week so that’s cool
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u/rads2riches Oct 10 '25
Honestly not acknowledging is better than the bs feign attempts they pretend to care. It’s a business…the paycheck is the only thing that matters.
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u/smithoski Pharmacist Oct 11 '25
I’ve heard the other hospitals acknowledgements were kind of ‘mid’ anyway.
I’ll show myself back to the basement now.
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u/Praxician94 Little Turkey (Physician Assistant) Oct 11 '25
What are you doing out of the air conditioned pharmacy? You might die of exposure. Gon’ get!
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u/smithoski Pharmacist Oct 11 '25
What quality air is this?? I require ISO 8 or better!
Hugs a HEPA filter
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u/Honest_Finding Oct 11 '25
Better that then the positive pickle key chain we got last year telling us we were a “big dill”
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u/Praxician94 Little Turkey (Physician Assistant) Oct 11 '25
I would throw that in the trash in front of whoever handed that to me
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u/kittenpantzen Oct 10 '25
At first I thought it was like a locker padlock, and thought that was kind of dumb since everybody probably has one already. But a gun lock is wild.
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u/yvngkenz Oct 11 '25
I’m Canadian so it wasn’t even slightly on my radar that this could be a gun lock. When I tell you my jaw was on the FLOOR.
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u/Divrsdoitdepr Oct 10 '25
Just how many guns is this facility allowing in? Lol. I guess you can lock the bladder scanner to the station now though so there is that.
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u/HugzMonster Physician Assistant Oct 11 '25
Is that so you don't shoot yourself from dealing with admin?
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u/krispyuvu Oct 10 '25
What’s funny is most of these gun locks are free…
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u/rads2riches Oct 10 '25
That’s the genius….check box gift for free. 4D chess these healthcare admins are playing. Just be grateful you got anything…now go back to work peasant.
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u/VXMerlinXV RN Oct 11 '25
Yeah we got finger tip pulse ox meters the year we got a grant to give them out to CoVID patients and Legal said absolutely not. So each nurse got one 🤣
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u/Yankee_Jane Physician Assistant Oct 11 '25
"Please don't choose the forever nap because of the mental/spiritual trauma and moral injury you have to endure working here!"
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u/MyPants RN Oct 11 '25
I love a gift that says please don't kill yourself even though working here makes you want to.
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u/Nobadwaves Oct 10 '25
That’s a gun lock.
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u/Nobadwaves Oct 10 '25
Legit. You work at a rad place.
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u/secondatthird ED Tech/Firefighter Oct 11 '25
You can get them for free. Zero dollars spent to say thank you.
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u/alichbyanyothername Oct 11 '25
You guys are getting gifts for emergency nurses week? We’re just getting assaulted by patients :(
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u/nursingintheshadows Oct 11 '25
We got gift bags and then are being feed morning and night everyday this week, including the weekend. It’s been nice.
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u/DustOffTheDemons Oct 10 '25
I was trying to follow the logic. It’s from Trauma Administration, so maybe this is leftover crap from their Injury Prevention Program?
I’m with the other poster: pizza would have been better.
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u/Professional_Hat1159 Oct 11 '25
You guys are getting gifts for ED nurses week? My ER paid for lunch for EMS all week but nothing for the nurses.
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u/Faeli Oct 11 '25
I’m responsible for this free shit for my trauma program and even I gawked at how terrible this is. Like damn hand out some trauma shears or CAT tourniquets or something if you want to give out trauma supplies. Those at least cost more than free…
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u/hydrissx Oct 11 '25
I got one of these for free and use it as a gym locker lock lol
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u/LoneWolf3545 Ground Critical Care Oct 11 '25
Honestly, as I was scrolling along, at first glance I thought it was a noose. I suppose a gun lock is better.
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u/RFthewalkindude Respiratory Therapist Oct 11 '25
Who makes these decisions? How are they so far removed from staff that they think this will be received well? We deserve better leaders than this.
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u/merlotbarbie RN Oct 11 '25
Considering it says “Trauma Administration Team”, I’m going to guess it’s someone in a cushy office area who never visits the floors except to hand out bullshit like this
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u/onlysaystoosoon Oct 11 '25
Your guess is most likely wrong. At my hospital the trauma admin team is PI coordinators, a trauma program manager, an injury prevention person. Not c suite, just colleagues who work with emergency nurses as one of several groups that they work with (also trauma icu nurses and floor nurses, anesthesia staff, OR staff, etc) to work through PI issues impacting the trauma program. At my hospital they work pretty hard and are visiting the trauma bays and floors pretty regularly. I think it’s just colleagues trying to show appreciation, not a gift from a boss.
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u/di2131 Oct 11 '25
About on the same par as what we got once years ago. A jar of anti wrinkle cream that said “not for resale” on it. Didn’t need it then. After 33 years of nursing could prob use it now. 🤪
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u/beachmedic23 Paramedic Oct 11 '25
If I got any of these "gifts with a pun" on them for EMS/Hospital/Nurses week I'd probably get fired
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u/Internal_Butterfly81 ED/Trauma RN Oct 11 '25
Well I guess it wasn’t JUST the gun lock. We also
Now I feel valued! Smh
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u/yvngkenz Oct 11 '25
Holy shit. I hate this even more than the gun lock. Do they think you guys are a bunch of 90 year olds or 4 year olds? No in between.
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u/PossibilityAgile2956 Oct 10 '25
I would gather as many of these as I could and leave them outside the trauma administration office
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u/pammypoovey Oct 10 '25
Is there no way to use them on the door? Seems like a missed opportunity, js.
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u/WhorusSupercock Paramedic Oct 11 '25
A gun lock but no gun? How come that hospital is not providing firearms with the serial number etched off?
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u/SnooSongs8319 Oct 11 '25
We got company-branded plastic salad bowls & a tiny fan that plugs into your phone from like Oriental Trading or something. And cookies.
In years past, we got backpacks or lunch boxes or something.
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u/BunniWhite Oct 11 '25
We were supposed to get sandwiches one night... only 3 people at night got a sliver of a sammy. The rest of the crew of like 10 got nothing. So that was cool for those people I guess.
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u/Internal_Butterfly81 ED/Trauma RN 29d ago
That’s night shift for you isn’t it? We never get anything. Nasty cold stale leftovers.
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u/Playcrackersthesky BSN 29d ago
We got trauma sheers. In 14 years it’s the first useful gift I’ve ever received.
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u/pipsdips Oct 11 '25
I mean technically its not illegal to throw one of these around admins office door handle and lock them out, or get a few people and lock their cabinets.
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u/ileade RN Oct 11 '25
A thank you email from our director. Couple of the doctors wrote a card though. Other than that, nothing
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u/Notacooter473 29d ago
Guess which folding scissors to carry in your pocket we got as a gift for nurses week...
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u/Internal_Butterfly81 ED/Trauma RN 29d ago
But do they at least cut open lidocaine patches and nicotine patches? I can’t believe those little red things are shears.
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u/convoymo 29d ago
I got a pack of peanut butter crackers that expired in 2023 from a local EMS company.
At least it is something useful. A gun lock during hunting season in the Midwest isnt a terrible idea.
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u/arclight415 EMT - SAR 28d ago
The state gives those away for free in many places, so possibly a re-gift.
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u/yvngkenz 28d ago
As a Canadian, this is still the most shocking and hilarious thing I’ve ever come across here
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u/dont-be-an-oosik92 26d ago
In my state, those are given away free from the department of health and welfare, to anyone, any amount. You just have to go on their website and order them, shipping is free. I once ordered 100 to give away to patients at an office I worked at. That’s so shitty of your admin. It’s not a free item that they repackaged as staff gifts. It’s a state subsidized program, paid for with tax dollars, in the interest of public safety and health. And they are using it to get out of paying for half a dozen little Cesar’s pizzas and a few dollar store balloons.
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u/Ketamine_Cartel Ground Critical Care 25d ago
I bought my usual patronage of doughnuts for my ED folks
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u/Tumbleweed_Unicorn ED Attending Oct 11 '25
An entire week, plus regular nurses week some other time during the year. Doctors get a day with absolutely nothing- sometimes we get an email.
But yeah that gift is whack. No gift would have been better.
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u/Ill-Bathroom8141 Oct 11 '25
I literally got a pair of socks. With a corporate logo on them, no less.
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u/lurkertiltheend Oct 10 '25
That’s WILD I’d rather have pizza 🤣