Celebrating Our Nurses Everyday
In the month of May, we celebrate different kinds of celebration for our Nurses. It is within this month that our nurses celebrate their hard-earned achievements and work throughout their career. Being the month celebrating International Nurses Day held on the 12th of May, also being the birthdate of Florence Nightingale, we all need to ponder and appreciate what our nurses have done and helped all of us in our community.
Being a nurse is not an easy job, like some of us may think. Our nurses handle different cases in their work environment that may result in them being hotheaded, irritable and sometimes difficult to communicate with.
Being a nurse is not an easy job. They handle different kinds of patients, with different attitudes that may result for them carrying heavy burdens even after their assigned duties. They carry these burdens whenever their patients or their watchers have problems within their assigned duties. Some of us may forget that they handle several patients throughout their designated time of work that makes them irritable working and may cause them to be irate in their work environment. Especially nurses assigned in hospitals or healthcare facilities that are overcrowded.
That is why each year, during the 6th of May, we always celebrate National Nurses Day, and this marks the start of our National Nurses Week until the 12th of May. This celebration began in October 1954 that commemorates the 100th anniversary of Nightingale’s service during the Crimean War. The White House has officially designated these dates to recognize our nurses nationwide.
More than 4.3 million nurses have been serving our country and being the backbone of our healthcare system that provides expert and compassionate care for everyone in need of their service.
Here are some of the dates year-round that we celebrate the worth of our nurses:
January
National Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) Week- Jan. 19-25
National IV Nurse Day- Jan. 25
February
Ambulatory Care Nurses Week- Feb. 3-7
Peri Anesthesia Nurse Awareness Week- Feb. 3-9
Cardiovascular Professionals Week- Feb 9-15
Critical Care Transport Nurses Day- Feb. 18
March
GI Nurses & Associates Week- March 16-22
Certified Nurses Day- March 19
April
Occupational Health Nursing Week- April 6-12
Radiological and Imaging Nurses Day- April 11
WOC Nurse Week- April 13-19
Transplant Nurses Week- April 21-28
May-National Nurses Week
National Critical Care Awareness and Recognition Month
Oncology Nursing Month
National Nurses Month
National Nurses Day- May 6
National Student Nurses Day- May 8
National School Nurse Day- Celebrated the Wednesday of National Nurses Week
International Nurses Day- May 12
National Nurses Week- May 6-12
National Skilled Nursing Care Week- May 11-17
Neuroscience Nurses Week- May 11-17
June
National Healthcare Recruiter Recognition Day- June 3
Certified Nursing Assistants Week- June 12-18
August
Health Unit Coordinator Recognition Week- Sept. 1-7
Vascular Nurses Week- Sept. 7-13
National Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses Day- Sept. 8
Nephrology Nurses Week- Sept. 7-13
Nursing Professional Development Week- Sept. 14-20
National Neonatal Nurses Day- Sept. 15
October
National Midwifery Week- Oct. 5-11
Emergency Nurses Week- Oct. 5-11
Pediatric Nurses Week- Oct. 6-10
Emergency Nurses Day- Oct. 8
Perinatal Nurses Week- Oct. 9-15
International Infection Prevention Week- Oct. 12-18
Sterile Processing Week- Oct. 12-18
National Case Management Week- Oct. 13-19
National Respiratory Care Week- Oct. 19-25
Healthcare Quality Week- Oct. 19-25
National Orthopedic Nurses Week- Oct. 27-31
National Orthopedic Nurses day- Oct. 30
November
National Home Care and Hospice Month
National Hospice and Palliative Month
Med-Surge Nurses Week- Nov. 1-7
Urology Nurses And Associates Week- Nov. 1-7
National Medical Staff Services Awareness Week- Nov. 2-8
Forensic Nurses Week- Nov. 3-9
National Nurse Practitioner Week- Nov. 9-15
Perioperative Nurses Week- 9-15.
Our nurses have devoted their services for their patients, their co-workers and their organizations for all of us. It is important that we do not take them for granted and appreciate them even in the simplest form that we can and not forget the timeless effort and care that they give us not only this month but throughout the year. They have sacrificed their time and strength to give us proper healthcare needs and take care of us. Let us Honor them in the best way that we can.