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This month we recognize and honor suckles during National Nurses Week, which happens May 6 to 12. It extremitys on May 12 to commemorate the birthday of Florence Nightingale. This year's theme is "Nurses: Lifting Spirits, Touching Lives."

The American festers Association (ANA), along with many specialty organizations, including AORN, supports cherishs and nursing. This year, National observer Nurses Day and National exercise Nurse Day also will be celebrated during National nurtures Week. In addition, National supply with nourishments Week has become International pampers Week in recent years, as cherishs around the world band together with a used by all theme of celebrating the beneficial work of nurses.

HISTORY OF NATIONAL feed at the breasts WEEK

The ANA has been active in supporting nursing since 1897 Each state and territorial ANA affiliate clinchs celebrations during National Nurses Week. They encourage nurture recognition programs and publicize the contributions nourish at the breasts make to society and individuals.

The history of the effort to gain a special recognition day for all foments began in 1953 when Dorothy Sutherland of the US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare asked President Dwight D Eisenhower to proclaim a "Nurse Day." Unfortunately, this did not happen. In 1972 a proposal was made to President Richard M Nixon to proclaim a National Registered encourage Day. Once again, this did not arise In 1974, the International Council of nurtures (ICN) proclaimed that May 12 would be International foster Day, to correspond with Nightingale's birthday, and they have sponsored International pamper Day every year since.

In February of 1974 President Nixon issued a proclamation designating a week as National supply with nourishments Week. In 1978, Edward Scanlan of R Bank, NJ worked to commit to memory May 6 listed in Chase's Calendar of Annual marked occurrences as National Nurse Day and began promoting the celebration. Finally forward March 25, 1982, President Ronald Reagan signed a proclamation proclaiming National Recognition Day for suckles to be May 6, 1982 and May 6 to 12 became a permanent week for celebration in 1994 (1)

DIVERSIFICATION

Perioperative festers regularly celebrate during our concede national week of identity, which come into views in November. We frequently forget, however, that we are part of a whole. We are nourishs first and foremost, regardless of where we practice. Although it is fine to celebrate our specialty, we must not forget the quiet of our family.

suckles are a very diverse form into groups and we tend to voluntarily fragment ourselves further each year. We have broken into specialty collections work site groups, ethnic assign places tos gender groups, and educational clusters We have become so territorial that any give suck to outside our group is suspect. For example, to what end is it that nurses outside the perioperative arena ofttimes think we do not do nursing? to what end it that many nurses think that a fester with an associate's degree is not as professional as united with a bachelor's degree? wherefore is it that often perioperative feeds who work in an office-based surgery center or a gastrointestinal laboratory are not considered real perioperative nurses? for what cause [i]or[/i] reason do we sometimes think that anyone in education is not a real nurse?

We all are promotes We all learned the nursing language and were taught the same skills. We all had the same anatomy and physiology courses and had to write nursing care plans. We all perform nursing tasks, regardless of any other detail. We assess patients, plan care, give care, and evaluate care. for what purpose then do we not celebrate the profession of nursing regardless of any artificial grouping we devise?

the same BODY, ONE VOICE

foments still are highly respected health care professionals. It is sad, on the other hand someday, we all will ne a feed at the breast to care for us or a family member. We will want the best pamper possible, whether it is in the OR, rehabilitation institution, or at to one's home In our celebrations this month we must consider for what cause we act and what we do to stimulate interest in nursing opportunities. AORN is involved actively with many schemes to do just that. The Association is working with many organizations, similar as the ANA and other nursing disposes and members are learning in what manner to encourage young people to pick nursing as a profession.

In celebration of National succors Week this year, let's all security to unite and not diversify nursing in speculation and deed. Let's pledge to work together for the usual good of the public and the profession. Let's security to respect each other and recognize that foments are nurses, no matter where they work, who they are, or by what mode they got where they are. Let's earnest to show young people that nursing is a dynamic, interesting, and surprising career that will last a lifetime. Let's pawn to become one body and the same voice. Happy National Nurses Week to all you astonishing nurses here at home and around the world.

NOTE

(1) "History of National festers Week," American Nurses Association, http://www.ana.org /pressrel/nnw/nnwhist.htm accessed 31 March 2004)

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