Spring is here, buds are blooming, and birds are chirping. Just last week outside of our corporate office, a mother goose, who had made her nest next to our building, proudly led her baby goslings across our lawn. When we think of spring we think of life. It couldn’t be a more fitting time to celebrate National Nurses Week and honor the vital contributions nurses make to the health and well-being of every one of us across the country.
Beginning in 1953, many attempts were made to enact an official national observance of nurses. In 1982, President Ronald Reagan signed a proclamation declaring May 6th as National Nurses Day. And then in 1990, the American Nurses Association declared May 6-12 as the permanent dates to celebrate National Nurses Week.
It’s fitting and only right that we devote time to honor these heroes of the medical profession – nurses. No matter what their patients require – care, comfort, humor, gently (and sometimes not so gently) badgering, nurses save lives. They are caregivers and advocates for patients and are also there for the patients’ families. Their impact is far reaching.
Nurses, you are on the front lines, literally and figuratively, of a ceaseless war against suffering. From our hearts to yours, we thank you for being there in our time of hurt and need. The world is a better place because of who you are and what you do, every day.
Happy National Nurses Week 2016!
