• Give your favorite nurse candy cherry "blood bags" for Halloween.Nurse image by Hunta from Fotolia.com
  
  From its ancient origins, Halloween long has been associated with death. It is superheroes like nurses battling dark forces that keep the populace alive. So whether you choose to give the gift of a hero T-shirt so she can have a quick costume and show the world what she's made of, or you personalize a black coffee mug with the immortal words, "You're frightfully appreciated," give her a smile this late-October day.
  
  

Candy

• Since nurses are too busy saving lives to go trick or treating, give her candy. Candy body parts, chocolate eyeballs, gummy body parts, candy cherry blood bags, candy skeletons in plastic coffins, bone lollipops, apple-flavored oozing warts, gummy brains and chocolate body parts all make for solid choices.
  
  

Jewelry

• Take her back to her college days with an anatomy lesson channeled through jewelry. From dog-tag pendants embellished with skulls to earring and charm bracelets with dangling limbs, there is a myriad of choices. To illustrate how much you value her on this spooky holiday, visit a beading store to purchase glass beads and charms to make pieces she'll keep for years. Consider using alphabet beads to spell out a fun message.
  
  

Handmade

• Make a jar of LED "ghosties." Decorate the inside of a mason jar as a frightening forest with twigs, grass and fake spider webs. Cover battery-powered LED lights with muslin or other light fabric. Arrange covered lights in the jar as ghosts flitting through the forest. For ease of use and best effect, use lights with sensors. If you desire a larger gift, add a few nurse accessories to a clay pot to create a Halloween decoration.
  
  

Dinner

• Deliver a meal to still her beating heart. Pair a main course of Mummy Meatloaf with green beans garnished with skulls carved from mushrooms. Serve a spirited dessert of strawberry ghosts.
  
  

Risqué

• Depending on your level of closeness, buy your nurse a sexy, white hat and a set of fishnet stockings to help transform her work attire to evening attire. Red high heels or a pair of go-go boots can complete the look. For a more masculine feel, replace the scrub shirt with something a tad more snug and give him an oversized accessory such as a large stethoscope or syringe. The two of you will be ready to hit the local haunts.