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- Each year on March 19th, certified nurses are honored with their own special day of recognition. The Pediatric Nursing Certification Board supports this important event and has joined the Certified Nurses Day Coalition.
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Welcome to the Nurse Support Program Website The second iteration of the program, currently the Nurse Support Program I (NSP I), was initiated in 2000 and focused on sustaining the number of beside RNs through educational opportunities, improved working environments, and retention initiatives.
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- It was later expanded by the ANA Board of Directors in 1990 to a week-long celebration (May 6-12) known as National Nurses Week. National Student Nurses Day is celebrated each year on May 8 th.
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- Download Logo. Woman’s Day is an indispensable resource to 20 million women. The brand speaks to readers’ values and focuses on what’s important. The pages empower women with smart solutions for core concerns—health, home, food, style and money, and celebrate the connections cherished with family, friends and community.
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Issues Affecting the Health of Older Citizens: Meeting the Challenge 1 The nursing profession is not just for women; there are over a hundred thousand registered male nurses working in the US.  People with chronic diseases, such as heart and lung disease, are living longer than ever, which equates to sicker patients living longer and requiring skilled medical services.
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National Nurses Week History 1990 The ANA Board of Directors expanded the recognition of nurses to a week-long celebration, declaring May 6 - 12, 1991, as National Nurses Week. 1993 The ANA Board of Directors designated May 6 - 12 as permanent dates to observe National Nurses Week in 1994 and in all subsequent years.
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What is The DAISY Award? We never imagined when we created this program in 1999 that today, there would be over 2,800 healthcare facilities in all 50 states and 17 other countries, committed to honoring nurses with The DAISY Award. The strategic impact of the program on nurses and their organizations is deep, affecting nurses' job satisfaction, retention, teamwork, pride, organizational culture, healthy work environment, and more.
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- It is predicted that there will be a shortage of nearly 1 million nurses in the United States by 2020 vi. This paper reviews research examining the consequences and financial costs of nursing turnover, the primary causes of nursing turnover, and methods to increase retention in these pivotal healthcare jobs.
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International Nurses Day International Nurses Day. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. International Nurses Day (IND) is an international day celebrated around the world on 12 May (the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth) of each year, to mark the contributions nurses make to society.
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- The International Council of Nurses has celebrated on May 12th since 1965. May 12th is an important date to all nurses, as it is the anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale, who is widely considered the founder of modern nursing. In January 1974, this day was finally officially made International Nurses Day. Each year since then, ICN prepares and distributes something called the International Nurses’ Day Kit which contains educational and public information materials, for use by nurses everywhere.
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American Nurses Association The ANA states nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations.nitial organizational plans were made for the Nurses Associated Alumnae of the United States of America in 1896 in Manhattan Beach. In February 1897, those plans were ratified in Baltimore at a meeting that coincided with the annual conference of the American Society of Superintendents of Training Schools for Nurses.
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- Nurse Innovator: Florence Nightengale. Considered by many to be the founder of the modern nursing profession, Florence Nightingale is celebrated for her profound impact in the nursing field each year on May 12 — the anniversary of her birth.
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- ANA History. Fewer than twenty nurses attended the first convention in 1896 of the Nurses Associated Alumnae of the United States and Canada which became in 1911 the American Nurses Association. Not one of the original attendees was a registered nurse, there were no laws licensing nurses at that time.
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International Nurses Day International Nurses Day (IND) is celebrated every year all around the world on 12th of May to commemorate the birth anniversary of the Florence Nightingale and to mark the nurses contributions towards people’s health.
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- The American Nurses Association (ANA) highly commends the IOM for its newly released report on the nursing profession and acknowledges the need for nurses to take a leadership role in all settings to meet the demands of our changing health care system.
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Nurse-to-nurse bullying more than just a sore point The reasons are complicated, but can be traced, in part, to the sense of powerlessness nurses feel in the command-and-control hospital hierarchy, says Kathleen Bartholomew, a Washington state-based registered nurse and author of books about nurse bullying.
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Celebrate National Nurses Week With a LIFE Cover Story on Nursing in the 1930s And the annual shout-out is more than warranted: A 2014 survey of more than 3,000 nurses found respondents to be stressed out, underslept and — at least in their own estimation — underpaid. When LIFE featured the profession on its cover in 1938, the career was in a moment of transition.
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- Nurses are important people. Not only are they often the first health care professional that a sick or injured person sees, but they do their job in all kinds of settings — from local hospitals to faraway military bases.
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- Free Conference Offers Strategies for Enhancing Diversity in the Nursing Workforce January 2, 2018 — The UW-Madison School of Nursing is hosting a free half-day conference on Wednesday, February 7, designed to transfer best practices and spark new ideas about the value of diversity and inclusion …
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What Nurses Stand For Paddy Connelly and Frances Kiel, two of the eleven nurses who work in the unit, sit at the nurses' station -- an island consisting of two long desks equipped with phones, which ring constantly, and computers.
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United States Navy Nurse Corps United States Navy Nurse Corps. Group photograph of the first twenty Navy Nurses, appointed in 1908. The United States Navy Nurse Corps was officially established by Congress in 1908; however, unofficially, women had been working as nurses aboard Navy ships and in Navy hospitals for nearly 100 years.
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Advocating for Nurses and Nursing In summary, every nurse can play a role in advocating for nurses and the profession. It is through day-to-day collective action that nurses work together to advocate for improvements in the work environment and for the advancement of the profession.
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International Women's Day Other holidays honoring women. 1  Susan B. Anthony Day (February 15) 2  Rosa Parks Day (February 4 / December 1) 3  National Girls and Women in Sports Day (one day first week of February) 4  Harriet Tubman Day (March 10) 5  Kartini Day (April 21 in Indonesia) 6  Helen Keller Day (June 27) 7  Women's Equality Day (August 26) 8  Mother's Day.
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- A New National Holiday: Stepparents Day. By Beth Bruno © 2001. There are millions of unsung heroes and heroines in our midst, men and women who deserve recognition but get a bum rap instead.
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- 11 tips for nurses’ self-care success! Tweet. You know the old cliche (tiresome but true!): as a nurse who spends your time taking care of other people for a living, you might often forget to look out for number one.
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American Journal of Nursing American Journal of Nursing. American Journal of Nursing is a monthly peer reviewed nursing journal. It was established in 1900. The editor-in-chief is Maureen Shawn Kennedy. It the a hybrid open access journal allowing authors to make their articles immediately open access for a fee and a delayed open access journal with a 7-year embargo.