This week (May 6th-12th) is National Nurses Week in honour of nursing’s founder Florence Nightingale. These dates have been set since 1998 to make planning easier and make National Nurses Week a well-known event. VP of Clinical Services and CNO at the Middlesex Hospital Alliance, Krista Shea says this years theme pays tribute to Nightingale.
In 1998, May 8th was marked as National Student Nurses Day. Then in 2003, National School Nurse Day was added, observed on the Wednesday during National Nurses Week every year.
Written by: K. Milhomens