This year we would like to recognize one of the many, many extraordinary nurses during Nurses Week 2017 with our second annual Spirit of Caring recognition.During the past few weeks we have received hundreds of nominations from around the country! Five finalists have been chosen and their stories are posted on nursesweekspirit.com. Please take a
Ontario’s nurses will celebrate their profession during Nursing Week 2017. Nursing Week will be held May 7 to 13, and the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) has chosen the theme: “We are Ontario’s Nurses. Nurses Know” as they mark the birthday of the world’s most famous nurse, Florence Nightingale and pause to celebrate the skills, education,
Annually, National Nurses Day and International Nurses Day (also Florence Nightingale’s birthday) on May 12th, National Nurses Week marks the time when we honor the significant contributions of nurses past and present, and look ahead to the challenges facing our profession. As nurses, we strive to strike a balance between providing quality care and maintaining
The United States will observe National Nurses Week in the coming week with festivities beginning on Saturday, May 6 through May 12, the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. Back in the 1980s, the celebration for nurses was only limited to a day on May 6, known as National Nurses Day. But
Rogers Ssembatya came to Montana from Uganda in 2014 with pressure sores and a bone infection that could have led to his death. Instead, months of treatment through St. Vincent Healthcare in Billings restored the paraplegic’s health. It allowed the now 18-year-old to lead a normal life, to smile again.
