National Nurses Week begins yesterday, honoring the accomplishments and sacrifices of nurses and encouraging us to thank them for their dedication to their jobs.
Every year, between May 6, National Nurses Day, and May 12, the birthdate of the famed nurse Florence Nightingale, National Nurses Week is observed.
Nurses are the primary point of contact for most patients because they execute the most important healthcare activities.
Once Joe Biden said during first day of National Nurses Week in 2021, “I’ve often said if there are angels in heaven, they’re nurses,” “Nurses have given so much, and saved so many lives throughout the course of this pandemic.”
“Every day, nurses provide quality, compassionate, and critical care to patients during both routine medical visits and in times of great vulnerability, fear, and uncertainty,”
“Over the past weeks and months, as our nurses have worked heroically on the front lines of the coronavirus response, their contributions to the health and well-being of our citizenry have been exponentially magnified.”
In recognition of the 100th anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s trip to Crimea, National Nurses Week was originally observed from October 11 to 16, 1954. In 1974, President Richard Nixon declared “National Nurse Week.”
President Ronald Reagan signed a bill in 1982 recognizing May 6 as “National Recognition Day for Nurses,” currently known as National Nurses Day or National Registered Nurse Recognition Day. The American Nurses Association (ANA) expanded the holiday into what is now known as National Nurses Week in 1990.
The ANA proclaimed May 8 as National Student Nurses Day in 1997, at the request of the National Student Nurses’ Association. National School Nurse Day was established by the American Nurses Association (ANA) in 2003 as part of National Nurses Week.
Nurse.com will sponsor gifts for nursing professionals during National Nurses Week, as well as publish its 2022 Nursing Salary Report and participate in the 2022 National Nurses March on May 12 in Washington, D.C.
Throughout the week, Nurse.com will be giving out Starbucks, UberEats, and Amazon gift cards, as well as a variety of Nurse.com certification prep courses via social media. In addition to these offers, Nurse.com will release its 2022 Nursing Salary Report today, which will examine and analyze trends in U.S. nurses’ perceptions of pay.
The report, which is based on a survey of over 2,500 nursing professionals, reveals a number of disparities and concerns in need of attention as the nursing workforce faces a growing shortage and ongoing challenges in the wake of the pandemic, and nursing professionals increasingly express their dissatisfaction and desire to leave their current roles.
Felicia Sadler, MJ, BSN, RN, CPHQ, LSSBB, and Nurse.com ambassador said, “We’re proud to celebrate nurses across the country and recognize the sacrifices they make in order to provide remarkable care to their patients each and every day,”
“Nursing professionals are a crucial component of the healthcare workforce, and they should consistently feel recognized and appreciated, especially in light of the challenges they have endured in recent years.”
