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National Nurses' Week Celebrated May 6-12, 2005
May 2, 2005
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National Nurses' Week 2005 theme: Nurses: Many Roles, One Profession
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All across the United States, registered nurses are being
saluted.
"Nurses: Many Roles, One Profession" is the theme for 2005.
National Nurses Week opens on May 6, the traditional National
Nurses Day. This year the American Nurses Association (ANA), in
conjunction with its Constituent State Nurses Associations, will
be recognizing nurses by drawing special attending to safe
patient lifting and handling, which is being addressed through
ANA's Handle with Care Campaign. (see http://www.nursingworld.org/handlewithcare)
Annually, National Nurses Week begins on May 6, marked as RN
Recognition Day, and ends on May 12, the birthday of Florence
Nightingale, founder of nursing as a modern profession.
In honor of National Nurses Week and RN Recognition Day,
registered nurses around the country are encouraged to wear the
official "RN Pin." In addition to wearing the RN Pin, nurses will
be asked to dress in uniform on that day.
ANA, through its 54 constituent member associations, its
Associate Organizational Members (AOMs) and organizational
affiliates, advances the nursing profession by fostering high
standards of nursing practice, promoting economic and general
welfare, promoting a positive and realistic view of nursing, and
lobbying Congress and the regulatory agencies on health care
issues affecting nurses and the public.
Traditionally, National Nurses Week is devoted to highlighting
the diverse ways in which registered nurses, the largest health
care profession, are working to improve health care. From bedside
nursing in hospitals and long-term care facilities to the halls
of research institutions, state legislatures, and Congress, the
depth and breadth of the nursing profession is meeting the
expanding health care needs of American society.
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