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National Nurses Week is celebrated on May 6th through May 12th. It was officially designated by the American Nurse Association in 1993. It coincides with Florence Nightingale's birthday on May 12th. She is considered to be the founder of modern nursing.

History of National Nurses Week

Source:

American Nurses Association. (2021). National nurses week history. https://www.nursingworld.org/education-events/national-nurses-week/history/

'Don't Worry About Me': The World War II Experience of Adeline Simonson, Nurse Anesthetist with the 95th Evacuation Hospital.
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The article discusses the initiatives during the nurses week in U.S. It discusses the ethical standards of the nurse and their level of honesty. It discusses the relation between colleagues in the nursing profession and the level of medical care offered to the patients by the nurse. It also discusses the need for the nurse to remain healthy and hearty.
Cornerstone Documents, Milestones, and Policies: Shaping the Direction of Public Health Nursing 1950-2015.
Overview and Summary: Nursing in the Uniformed Services: Historical and Research Perspectives.
“The Hands That Might Save Them”: Gender, Race and the Politics of Nursing in the United States during the Second World War During the Second World War, critical nursing shortages led Congress, the US Army and even the president to support drafting female nurses for military service. This drastic step came as African American female and white male nurses continued to charge the US military and nurse corps with discrimination for their restrictive policies towards both groups. This article argues that ongoing discussions about who was defined as a nurse, and employed in the armed forces nurse corps, reveals how gender ideologies ultimately overshadowed race differences in the care of American soldiers. As a result, proposed draft legislation and nurse recruitment throughout the war exposed a gendered bias that refused to accept men as nurses. White male nurses and African American female nurses fought simultaneously to overcome restrictive barriers to their employment within the military, however, only African American female nurses succeeded by the end of the war.

Celebrating Nurses 2023

Florence Nightingale: Nursing Icon

To coincide with Florence Nightingale's birthday (12th of May), National Nurses Week begins on the 6th of May and finishes on the 12th of May each year.

Florence Nightingale founded a nursing school in 1860, providing the first type of professional nursing establishment in the world.

Florence Nightingale Museum

History of National Nurses Week