We used to do an annual holiday party (in February) before covid times, and the docs paid and invited the nurses and techs. ED only thing. It was fun, and we were a tight knit group.
We did the first “after times” party last week, in the same vein. Local sports bar type place. Buffet of fried and Italian food, big space. We had about 75 people come, doc nurse pa tech uco and a few reg clerks and phlebo.
When we split the cost of the food and venue per doc it’ll be about $200 each, but we will take it pretax so… your donation gets a discount! We don’t pay for booze like that, but I might have funded the first round.
Anyway, even if you want to be Scrooge-hearted about such things, I PROMISE the return on investment regarding morale and productivity is very good for such an event.