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The History of National Nurses Week – From Then to Now

May 7, 2020

The World Health Organization designated 2020 as International Year of the Nurse and Midwife, in honor of the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth. National Nurses Week begins each year on May 6 and runs through May 12, Florence Nightingale’s birthday. Now more than ever, nurses are being recognized as heroes as they fight alongside...

TeamHealth Wants You to Celebrate National Nurses Week!

May 8, 2018

National Nurses Day is held each year on May 6. It serves as the annual kick-off for National Nurses Week, which takes place May on May 6 and ends on May 12, Florence Nightingale’s birthday. While the first National Nurses Week was celebrated in 1954, held on the 100th anniversary of Nightingale’s famous mission to...