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FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT WWW.QNS.COM MAY 4, 2017 • HEALTH THE QUEENS COURIER 31 health NURSES WEEK Celebrate those who care for you during National Nurses Week National Nurses Week begins each year on May 6 and ends on May 12, Florence Nightingale’s birthday. Th ese permanent dates enhance planning and position National Nurses Week as an established recognition event. As of 1998, May 8 was designated as National Student Nurses Day, to be celebrated annually. Beginning in 2003, National School Nurse Day is celebrated on the Wednesday within National Nurses Week each year. Th e nursing profession has been supported and promoted by the American Nurses Association (ANA) since 1896. Each of ANA’s state and territorial nurses associations promotes the nursing profession at the state and regional levels. Each conducts celebrations on these dates to recognize the contributions that nurses and nursing make to the community. Th e ANA supports and encourages National Nurses Week recognition programs through the state and district nurses associations, other specialty nursing organizations, educational facilities, and independent healthcare companies and institutions. Th is year’s National Nurse Week is themed “Nursing: the Balance of Mind, Body, and Spirit,” which is part of the ANA’s commemoration of 2017 as the “Year of the Healthy Nurse.” It’s off ering a free webinar focused on how nurses can continue performing at their highest level without succumbing to burnout or fatigue. To learn more, visit http:// unbouncepages.com/9f5e9b7c-0b64- 11e7-adba-double/. Nurses sacrifi ce a great deal of time every day to dedicate themselves to caring for their patients, and this is the perfect week to give back to them. One national chain, Cinnabon, is off ering free breakfast treats to any nursing professional each day of Nurses Week (limit one treat per professional). Cinnabon is also a proud supporter of the   DAISY (Diseases Attacking the Immune System) Foundation, which was created in part to say ‘thank you’ to nurses for the extraordinary compassionate care they provide. A host of other companies are off ering special promotions for Nurses Week; visit http://gimmiefreebies.com/nurses-appreciation week/ to learn more.


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