• Happy Nurses Month 2025

    Happy Nurses Month 2025! Wishing you a very Happy Nurses Day today, Nurses Week May 6-12. and a grand celebration for the whole month! Whether or not your organization celebrates nurses at this time, be sure to do something for yourself and your colleagues. Recognizing the difference you make for the patients you serve, and the friends and family who always seek you out for advice, is vital to your self-care! You cannot pour from an empty cup. If you need suggestions for gifts, I have an Amazon storefront. Checkout some of the items and choose something nice for yourself and/or others. (Full disclosure, I am an Amazon affiliate and…

  • Nurses Make a Difference…

    Nurses make a difference… Happy Nurses Day and Nurses Month! I know I’m a day late, but I had minor surgery and slept the day away. Had wonderful nursing care!!! THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO!

  • Nurses Month is Rapidly Approaching

    Nurses Month is rapidly approaching! May 1st is next week. May 6 is Nurses Day in the US. May 12 is the anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale and International Nurses Day. The theme as designated by the American Nurses Association is You Make a Difference. The focus this year is on Self-care, Recognition, Professional Development, and Community Engagement. Although we can never count on employers to recognize us, the one thing that each and every nurse has control over is self-care. Taking even 10 to 15 minutes everyday to commit to self-care and self-recognition of all that you do is vital to your health and well-being as well…

  • Happy Nurses Week!

    Today is Nurses Day and it’s all about YOU! Whether or not you receive a gift or a meal or a token thank you from your employer, you need to take the time to reflect on YOU. Why you became a nurse. What motivates you to continue? And thank about ALL of the times you have made a difference for someone. This is what makes YOU a great nurse. Celebrate YOU!!!

  • 2018 National Nurses Week Give Aways: the Rules

    National Nurses Week begins tomorrow, May 6 and runs through May 12. May 6 is National Nurses Day and May 12 is Florence Nightingale’s birthday. Other days during the week have significance as well and it coincides with Teacher’s Week. So we happily celebrate people who make a difference in the lives of others. This year’s theme is Nurses Inspire Innovate Influence — indeed we do! TheNursingSiteBlog.com has a special Give Away contest annually and this year we have some really terrific prizes available. To celebrate nurses, we have invited nurses who have products, services and written books for nurses to donate and we’ll help support them through some publicity…