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DANVILLE, Va. — Averett University added yet another meaningful tradition to its end-of-year roster of celebrations as it hosted its first-ever nurse practitioner white coat ceremony – an event following the annual Nurse Pinning Ceremony for the 2021 nursing graduates. During the 2021 National Nurses Week, the University’s School of Nursing held both ceremonies on May 7 at Averett’s Riverview Campus downtown. At 11 a.m., the pinning ceremony honored and celebrated 16 student...

Victoria Young CONCORD – For Atrium Health Cabarrus Nurse Renay Jones, the field of nursing is a skillset and passion that is ingrained in a person that comes with the highest responsibility but the biggest reward. This year the American Nurses Association with the help of the World Health Organization is having National Nurses Week take over the month of May. Usually a seven-day celebration, nurses will be recognized this year for four weeks. The theme for the month is “N...

WVU Medicine Nurses Earn Awards for Excellence May 8, 2021 WHEELING — Nurses from WVU Medicine members Wheeling Hospital, Harrison Community Hospital and the Continuous Care Center, as well as Wheeling Hospital’s Physician Practice Division, have received Nurse Excellence Awards as part of National Nurses Week. National Nurses Week, May 6-12, focuses attention on the diverse ways America’s nurses work to save lives and to improve the health of millions of individuals. The American Nurses ...

Celebrating nurses and health care workers The Monroe News The month of May is a time of celebration for the health care community. National Nurses Week begins May 6, with National Hospital Week starting May 9. The past year has brought new and unprecedented challenges to health care facilities and staff in our community and around the world. I want to personally say Thank You to our team; each and every one of you is a hero. I am so proud of your efforts and commitment to fight this pandemic s...

The Woman’s Hospital of Texas and Designer Kendra Scott Team Up to Celebrate National Nurses Week May 07, 2021 20:22 ET | Source: HCA Houston Healthcare HCA Houston Healthcare Houston, Texas, UNITED STATES Houston, Texas, May 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hundreds of nurses at The Womans Hospital of Texas were surprised with a special event this morning in honor of National Nurses Week. World-renowned jewelry and home accessories designer Kendra S...

NJ Ranks In Top 5 Worst States For Nurses Amid The Pandemic Let me start off by saying that I cant even imagine the amount of pressure nurses have been under these last 14 months. The pandemic took an already difficult job and increased that level of difficulty tenfold. Its probably safe to say that nursing may just be the most dangerous job you can have amid the COVID-19 pandemic. I have many friends that are nurses whove vented to me about how hard it is to do their jobs well when dealing wit...

ABC 10/CW5 This week belongs to the nurses. Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a proclamation making May 6th through 12th as Nurses Week in Michigan. “This week is important every year. This year it is even more important because as we all know the last year has been an emotional and physical toll on so many people, nurses in particular.  So being able to take a little time and being able to thank a nurse will make them feel a little bit better and make them feel the work they do, is good work...

Jeff Snyder LOCK HAVEN — Clinton County Commissioner Jeffrey Snyder got a surprise at Thursday’s county commissioners meeting. The commissioners had secretly invited Lisa Schaefer, executive director of the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania (CCAP), to the Zoom meeting to offer some pretty special congratulations to the three-term commissioner. It seems Gov. Tom Wolf and Department of Community and Economic Development Secretary Dennis Davin announced that Snyder is a recip...

National Nurses Week honors pandemic heroes National Nurses Week Hospitals on Long Island are paying tribute to the healthcare heroes who have been on the forefront of the pandemic. GLEN COVE, N.Y. - As the coronavirus pandemic drags further into 2021, nurses and other hospital workers on Long Island are being honored for their dedication. Theyve been working day and night on the front lines of the pandemic to protect others. "I look at the last year and I wonder how we made it through. There w...

From Staff Reports ELKINS — National Nurses Week, which honors all that nurses do for their communities, is prompting tributes from politicians as well as discounts and benefits from nationwide food chains. On Wednesday, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden visited University Medical Center in Las Vegas to thank nurses in honor of National Nurses Day, which is the first day of National Nurses Week, which runs through May 12. Dr. Biden, joined by Nevada senators and congressional representatives, as well...