Happy Nursing Week PANBC!!
Nursing Week marks the celebrated holiday that honors nurses and the integral care
they provide on a daily basis.
It is a day to raise the awareness of the importance of the nursing role as nursing
provide advocacy, leadership and care in all our communities.
May 12th is the International Nurses Day and is also the birthday of Florence
Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing.
Please challenge your units to Celebrate Your Profession during this week.
Have Fun!
Please visit: http://www.mightynurse.com/ There are amazing stories a quotes about
nursing week that you may enjoy.
Here is some interesting information I gathered for you:
“Florence Nightingale is the English nurse who has been credited with being the founder
of professional nursing. Her rise in nursing popularity is especially due to her innovative
work during the Crimean War in 1854.
“Before the advent of modern nursing, caregiver were trained primarily through oral
traditions. Hospital care often fell to the responsibility of religious orders. But nunstaffed facilities dwindled in Protestant Europe after the Reformation in the 16th and
17th century, leaving a gap in knowledge, structure and training for almost two
centuries.
It wasn’t until the mid-19th century that modern nursing began to emerge. After
Nightingale’s fame for treating wounded soldiers in the Crimean War, the Nightingale
fund was established to raise money for the training of nurses. With the donations,
Nightingale established the Nightingale Training School, the first formal nursing
training program, at St. Thomas’ Hospital in London, on July 9, 1860.
A year before the establishment of Nightingale’s training school, she published a book
titled, “Notes on Nursing: What it is and What it is Not.”
While the book is not a comprehensive guide to the profession, Nightingale gave a
number of recommendations that eventually were the basis for the curriculums of early
nursing schools through the late 19th century.
At the turn of 20th century nursing continued to grow as a profession, with some
countries, such as New Zealand, establishing the first regulations for nursing.
Organizations such as the American Nursing Association were born during that time as
well.
Following two world wars, nursing has continued to grow into the 21st century with
educational and technological advances, which have led to a number of nursing
specialties.
Nursing continues to be one of the most in-demand professions to this day. (keep
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The long standing tradition of National Nurses Week first begin in October of 1954, the
100th anniversary of Nightingale’s work in Crimea. National Nurses Day, was
introduced as the date for the observance in 1982. In celebration of this momentous day,
Latin Times has collected 12 inspirational quotes that remind nurses and others alike,
the importance of the work done by nurses and dedication found within the workers of
the nursing field.
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It would not be possible to praises nurses too highly. -- Stephen Ambrose
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Some people think that doctors and nurses can put scrambled eggs back into the
shell. -- Dorothy Canfield Fisher
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The nurses were all angels in my eyes. -- Randy Castillo
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It's a beautiful thing when career and passion come together. -- Anonymous
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Nursing is a work of heart. -- Scrubs Magazine
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As a nurse, you know that every day you will touch a life or a life will touch
yours. -- Metro Nursing Service
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Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly
satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great
work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't
settle. -- Steve Jobs
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Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a
listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which
have the potential to turn a life around. -- Leo Buscaglia
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Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but
manifestations of strength and resolution. -- Gibran Khalil Gibran
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Be the one who nurtures and builds. Be the one who has an understanding and a
forgiving heart one who looks for the best in people. Leave people better than
you found them. -- Marvin J. Ashton
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As a nurse, we have the opportunity to heal the heart, mind, soul and body of
our patients, their families and ourselves. They may not remember your name
but they will never forget the way you made them feel. -- Maya Angelou
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Nurses have come a long way in a few short decades. In the past our attention
focused on physical, mental and emotional healing. Now we talk of healing your
life, healing the environment, and healing the planet. -- Lynn Keegan
Still need more inspiration for Nurses Week? Check out our Nurses Day
Gift Guide to discover the top five gifts to buy the RN in your life!
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Fun Facts about Flo
Florence-born Florence Nightingale (May 12, 1820 - August 13, 1910) was an
accomplished nurse, writer, statistician and reformer. She came to prominence during
the Crimean War (1853-1856) for her pioneering work in nursing, and was dubbed
"The Lady with the Lamp" as a result of making rounds in the hospital wards after
eight p.m. to tend injured soldiers. Nightingale’s lasting contribution has been her role
in founding the modern nursing profession. She set an example of compassion,
commitment to patient care, and diligent and thoughtful hospital administration. The
annual International Nurses Day is celebrated world-wide on her birthday.
1. At 17 years of age, Florence asked her friend, the Prussian Ambassador to England,
Chevalier Bunsen, how she could “do something toward lifting the load of suffering from
the helpless and miserable.” He told her about the great work of Pastor Fliedner in
Germany’s prison reform movement, where he and his wife trained probationary nurses
to care for the imprisoned. Nightingale visited the pastor and his wife for a three month
period to learn more.
1. The pie chart was invented by William Playfair but Florence Nightingale
developed it in 1857 to disprove the medical assumptions during that time. She
became a pioneer in presenting information with statistical graphics and
developed a pie chart now called the polar area diagram that illustrates nursing
statistics.
2. One of the medicines Florence kept in her wooden medicine box was powdered
rhubarb, which helps the digestive system.
3. In 1860 she set up the Nightingale Training School (for nurses) at St Thomas’s
Hospital in London, England. The nurses who completed the training were
known as ‘Nightingale Nurses’.
4. Florence hated being famous. She called it “the fuzbuzz about my name”.
5. Her family was wealthy. Her mother was named Fanny and her father was named
William. Florence also had an older sister called Parthenope.
6. Helping her tend to the wounded, Florence’s own aunt, Mai Smith, worked under
Nightingale at the same hospital during the Crimean War in the fall of 1854.
7. As a girl, Florence had a pet owl named Athena.
8. Her early writings are considered major contributions to English
Feminism. While not published until after her death, essays like Nightingale's
"Cassandra" showcase her feelings about a woman's role in the world.
Nightingale believed that women were often unnecessarily thought of as helpless
when they were quite capable.
9. Florence Nightingale died in 1910 at the age of 90. She is buried in a Hampshire
churchyard in the southern coast of England. Her simple tombstone bears only
her initials and the years in which she was born and died.
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