In celebrating National Nurses Day and Nurses Week, we need to advocate for our profession and for our patients. A National Nurse would help us to promote the wellness model and move away from the sick care model of health care. This would bring about a healthier population and one focused on prevention and wellness. In turn this would help to reduce the costs of health care. One of the ways we can ALL help to make a National Nurse become a reality is to contact our legislators and ask them to sign on to support, and then help pass HR1119 through the House of Representatives. We also need to…
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Nurses Week is Approaching
Nurses Week and Nurses Day celebrations will begin taking place in early May. In the U.S. Nurses Week is May 6-12 and National Nurses Day is May 6. International Nurses Day is May 12, the anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale. Nurses Trusted to Care is the American Nurses Association official theme for Nurses Week 2011. Need some simple gifts, check out my Print Your Own Kits, or see the Cafe Press Stores. You can find the links to all of these here. Thanks in advance for your purchases which help support The Nursing Site and The Nursing Ste Blog.
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Things to Consider About a Nursing Career
It’s the time of the year when high schoolers begin to make some decisions about college and careers. We certainly hope nursing is something you have been thinking seriously about. Here’s a few things to consider in making your decision…. Before You Decide to Become a Nurse.
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One Nurse at a Time — Nurses Giving Back
One Nurse at a Time is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization which was created for nurses by nurses with a passion about giving back to the local as well as national and global communities through volunteer operations. “Although the majority of Americans have some understanding of what nurses do in the United States—working in clinics, hospitals, nursing homes, and the community—most of them have no idea what nurses and NPs do when they volunteer abroad.” Read more about this wonderful organization in Healing Beyond Borders — One Nurse at a Time at NurseTogether.com. .
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April 4-11th is National Public Health Week-Time to Take Action
It’s time for America to have a National Nurse . Nurses need to become strong leaders and involved in every aspect of health are decisions. This week we celebrate National Public Health Week (April 4-11) and recognize that this is a perfect time to support and endorse the National Nurse campaign. From the 3/30/11 National Nurse Newsletter…. “Prevention includes being free of injury and the theme for National Public Health Week is “Safety is NO Accident”. We urge our supporters to use this timeframe Apr 4 – 11 and commemorate National Public Health Week by contacting their elected Representatives to support HR 1119. Pass this message along to other nurses, and encourage…