Labor & Delivery Nurse Basket Ideas

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  • Mini Hand sanitizers

  • Funny/Cute Socks

  • Cute Scrub Caps

  • Snacks

  • Hand cream

  • Gift Cards to Starbucks/Dunkin

  • Pens

  • Dry Erase Board Markers

  • Beauty Products

  • Small Sharpie Markers

  • Face Masks

  • Cookies, energy bars, good chocolate

  • Reuse-able water bottles

  • Fancy Pens

  • Chapstick

  • Gum

  • Scrunchies

  • Salt Scrubs

  • Cute Headbands with buttons to keep their masks on

  • Wine

  • Compression socks

  • Travel Tissuews

  • From a nurse: “we love hand cream, hair ties, pens, chapstick, face masks for skincare and all the snacks”

  • Candy

  • Mini Wine bottles

  • Starbucks double shot espressos

  • Verb Bars

  • Bath bombs

  • Another nurse: “we love new pens. Always losing them - like good pens. and food - always food”

  • Nurse: “selzters”

  • Nurse: “Mini hand sanitizers, gum, single packet face wipes, energy bar”

  • Nurse: “I brought specialty mini cupcakes and chocolate covered pretzels for two shifts and then pizza for the mother/baby nurses. Excessive, but I’m a nurse so wanted to treat them”

  • Spa sets

  • Waters

  • Mini Chip bags

  • “I’m an ER nurse… COFFEE, tea, candy (mints, gum, chocolate, emergency packets, protein bars, popcorn for night shift, lip balm - you will be a favorite if you give anything”

  • Crystal light or mios, kcups

  • Cute name tag holders

  • Box of coffee and premade individual boxes of pastries

  • Nurse: “that is so nice! We love goodies: pastries, chocolate, coffee, tea, pens”