"Your Voice, Your Health, Your Life"
How Nurses Are Celebrating
National Nurses Week
Goodies Bags for Nurses in Mobile, Alabama
I am the manager of the University of South Alabama Federal Credit Union. The University owns three major hospitals here in Mobile, Alabama. We are honoring our nurses during Nurses Week, May 6-12, by giving goodie bags to our member nurses. We are stuffing the bags with ink pens that are shaped like syringes, coin purses, candy, etc. We are also giving away beach bags filled with sun protector and beach towels in a special drawing. This is our fourth year to participate in Nurses Week.We are glad to be a part of Nurses Week and will continue to support our nurses.
Sincerely,
Betty H. Gorham Manager
University of South Alabama Federal Credit Union
2004 Nursing Olympics, Charting the Course: Vision, Progress, Challenges, Rewards
As we chart our course through this Olympic Year of 2004, we must create our own opportunities to balance our future in nursing. We must stay focused and maintain the vision set before us, never losing sight of our mission and goals. Progress is good an inevitable, but with it will bring us new challenges and rewards. Nursing is to be celebrated for it's strengths and contributions it brings to our patients. Our future is bright, so keep the faith as we chart our course into the coming year.
We have obstacle course of nursing activities (like making a bed, emptying a foley) and have nursing teams with their own flags. The highest scoring teams will be awarded gold, silver, and bronze metals. Our closing ceremonies will include a "Nursing Rap" song performed by the nursing managers honoring Florence Nightingale and also we will present our Nightingale award to our top three nurses which exemplify the art of nursing for our hospital.
Kim Ann Rushing RNC, BSN, MBA
Director of Women's Center Baylor Medical Center @ Garland
Catered Lunch and Learn in Tallhassee
The Tallahassee VA Outpatient Clinic is celebrating Nurses Week with
a catered lunch n learn. We invited our Congressman to speak about Nursing
Legislative Issues.
Annual Nurses' Night at the University of North Carolina
The University of North Carolina at Wilmington School of Nursing and
District 22 NC Nurses Association will sponsor the annual Nurses' Night
on the UNCW campus. A banquet to honor the nurses in the district and
raise scholarship funds for student nurses is held. Four hundred (400)
nurses and supporters are expected to attend. Nurses' pictures are shown
on a theater size screen and each is given a certrificate and rose. Scholarship
recipients are announced along with UNCW and Cape Fear Community College
nurse educator and alumni of the year.
Virginia W. Adams, RN, PhD
Dean, UNCW School of Nursing
Happy International Nurses Day From Guangdong, China
As a nurse from Zhujiang Hospital, Guangdong, China, I would like to
share with you what our hospital is doing to celebrate 2004 International
Nurses Day. As usual, we recognized excellent nurses and nursing units
in our hospital for their commitments. We also selected three nurses to
attend the Critical Care Knowledge and Skill Contest sponsored by Guangdong
Nursing Association and won the second prize. Gifts for nurses this year
are special set of 16 stamps on nursing and nurses issued by Guangdong
Hospital Management Association and Guangdong Philatelic Company on May
12, 2004. By the way, three of the pictures for stamps were taken by our
hospital.
Best Wishes,
Lilly Li Li, MSN, RN
Guangzhou China
$1,500 Scholarship, Crepe Breakfast, and BBQ in Marie, Michigan
Our community hospital in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, celebrates with
these traditions:
Nancy Figel Recognition Award. This annual award, established in 1999
by the family of Nancy Figel and Administration of War Memorial Hospital,
recognizes the outstanding nurses that Nancy enjoyed working with while
serving as Patient Care Administrator. The selected nurse, nominated by
peers, is recognized at the Employee Service Awards dinner, receives a
$1,500 scholarship and the book Nursing, The Finest Art.
A Community Crepe Breakfast, several afternoon and night Social Hours,
and a BBQ are also held.
Alta Vista Healthcare Celebrates NNW with California Tradition
Our nurses are unique and wonderful in the fact that they provide wonderful,
quality care and make it a reality in our facility each and every day
throughout the year. Our residents, family members, staff, community,
and volunteers come together to honor what brings us all together. We
honor our nurses not only with a luncheon, but with a "look back" at their
contributions, sacrifices and celebrate their life-gifts, beliefs, similarities
and the memories that make their job 'rewarding", challenging, and wonderful.
Our residents and families share their stories of compassion, strength,
but most of all, heartwarming stories of our nurses humanity. Every one
of our Nurses has a gift, a talent, a personality, and a dedication to
the profession they proudly provide each and every day. We remember their
pledge before God to practice their profession faithfully in their devotion
to the welfare of those entrusted to their care. Our Nurses, our heroes,
everyday, all year long.
At Alta Vista Healthcare we will be celebrating all that encompasses The
Florence Nightingale Pledge. Residents and staff will give our Nurses
a time of reflection, a luncheon to show our thanks and appreciation.
Letters of encouragement, gifts, but most of all, we will show our love
for all they do. Thank-You for allowing us to share a bit of sunny California
celebrations at our facility with others in the nursing profession.
Warmest Regards,
Carey Van Boxtel, Administrator
Alta Vista Healthcare
"Best Scrub Tops" at St Francis Hospital
I am a nusre at St. Francis Hospital and Medical center. I work In the
NICU. For National Nurses Week, every unit is designing a scrub top for
our Nurse Manager to wear that depicts each units favorite charity. The
unit that wins "Best Scrub Top" will have $100 donated to their favorite
charity! Also we have a Dream Team Nursing Excellence Awards . Each unit
nominatees their peers based on 5 different criteria. Plus we also receive
a gift and get lots of goodies to eat!
Denise M. Rowtham RN
Exhibits and Dinner at Foundation of NYSNA
For the past ten years I have organized a Nurses Celebration during
the week of May 6-12. Two of our special guests each year, are Florence
Nightingale (aka Joan Fusco, PHN) and Lavinia Dock (aka Mary Beth Petracho,
PNP) . Both of these nurses are employed by Suffolk County Department
of Health Services and volunteer their time and enthusiasm for the Nursing
Professions. This year our celebration is scheduled for April 29, 2004
and our speaker is Barbara Zittel, PHD, RN, Secretary of the NYS Board
of Nursing. This Celebration is also a fundraiser for the Foundation of
NYSNA and we present a Nurse of the Year Award. We will have 37 senior
student nurses who will be graduating the following week, from Suffolk
County Community College and we have a special recognition & welcome for
them at this event. To date over 160 nurses and students have registered
for this Celebration. The media is invited to attend .
More information and a flyer can be downloaded from the Foundation web
site.
(www.foundationnysnurses.org).
Mary J. Finnin, MSN, RN
Foundation Secretary
Celebrating NNW with White Uniform and Cape
Think I will celebrate national nurses week by wearing a White uniform
and my cape I received when I graduated from nursing, also white shoes
and my cap- I, am working in The emergency room at Baptist Hospital, Oklahoma
City.
Thank you,
Betty Langston, RN
Fernbank is Honoring Nurses
Fernbank Museum of Natural History is joining the American Nurses Association
in celebrating National RN Recognition Day on May 6, 2004.
All registered nurses are eligible to receive ½ off the price of a combination
Museum/IMAX® admission with the purchase of a regularly-priced combination
admission. And, to show our appreciation, we're extending this special
offer through June 30, 2004 so that you can experience our newest special
exhibition, The Genomic Revolution opening June 12.
Shands Jacksonville Nurse Week 2004 Celebration
Here at Shands Jacksonville, located in Jacksonville, Florida, we will
kick the week off with corsages and boutonnières distributed to all RNs
& LPNs in the organization. The Senior Nurse Council is sponsoring a campus-wide
health fair for employees. Along with the health fair, there will be a
scavenger hunt amongst the vendors. Employees who participate will be
placed in a drawing for our version of an extreme makeover. The makeover
consists of a limousine ride to a local spa for pampering and makeover
along with a trip to the local mall for a shopping spree. We have planned
a nursing pride day where all nurses in the organization will wear white
along with their nursing school hats and pins. We are excited about our
"Stories from the Heart of Nurses" project in which all nursing units
will decorate story boards with stories written by nurses to tell why
they love being a Shands Nurse. These boards will be displayed throughout
the campus in honor of nurses week. In honor of the men & women serving
our country, we will have a military nurse mannequin displayed in our
front lobby along with a poster for staff to sign to send messages to
the military troops. Throughout the remainder of the week, nurses will
be treated to lunch served by nursing leadership, ice cream, chair massages
and other goodies.
Tracee Holzendorf
Nursing Special Projects Manager
Nursing Excellence Award and Tea in Whiteville, NC
Columbus County Hospital, Whiteville, N.C. always tries to make our nurses
feel appreciated for all their dedicated efforts to make patients feel
special. Each nursing unit is presenting a Nursing Excellence award that
is nominated by peers. A "Tea" will be given to all nursing staff, at
which time we will present the Nursing Excellence awards. We also will
have a special gift to give to all of the nursing team as a token for
the service that they provide for our patients. We also will have a recognition
breakfast one day during the week. We will have a bulletin board with
childhood photographs of nurses for people to guess. Also, Southeastern
Community College (our local college) is providing us certificates for
free facials, manicures, to be given away during the first two days of
our celebration.
Nurses Week After Work Extravaganza at Bricktown 54 Dance Club in Clearwater, FL
I work at Bricktown 54 in Clearwater, Florida. We are a 70's and 80's
music dance club. For nurses week this year we are hosting a Nurses Week
After Work Extravaganza on Friday, May 7th from 5-8pm. If anyone would
like to come in for our After Work Extravaganza all they need to do is
call for an invitation. The invitation gets you a free dinner buffet,
no cover charge and your first drink free. The best part is you can bring
as many people as you want, all they need is a copy of the invitation!
We will be giving away a ton of prizes. Including the ultimate prize of
$50 cash and a chance to win $10,000 for the host that brings in the most
guests that night!!!
"Going the Extra Mile for Nursing" in Michigan
Join with other nurses from across Michigan by "Going the Extra Mile
for Nursing" in creating greater awareness of nursing as a career, encouraging
future nurses, and helping to support the new Michigan Center for Nursing
in addressing the nursing shortage. We are asking nurses and the general
public to lace up their favorite pair of sneakers, grab a friend or future
nurse, and join us at one of these regional locations: Saturday, May 1
- Wayne State University, Detroit Sunday, May 16 - Riverwalk (near the
Lansing City Market), Lansing. To register for Nurse Walk or find more
information on additional sites please visit www.michigancenterfornursing.org.
Celebrating NNW -- Makeovers and Prize Drawings
I wanted to share with you one of our activities. We have week long activities
planned. One of which is about Professional Nurse Image. We will begin
the week with a random drawing for a make over. With several donations
of uniforms, hair cuts and styles etc. We have had a lot of fun putting
this together I hope you find it interesting as well.
Nurses Week at the University of Maryland Medical Center
Nurses Week at the University of Maryland Medical Center Baltimore, Maryland
- Advancing Careers Programs recognizing RN staff who: * hold certification, received local, regional or national awards, * are published or have given presentations, * served as faculty and preceptors, * been promoted, or graduated from a program, * Nurse of the Year award, * Outstanding Stars - outstanding new staff who have been here less than two years.
- Unit Poster Presentations at our May 11th Clinical Summit on the first floor of the Weinberg Building - highlighting unit-based PI & other outstanding unit-based projects other staff may not know about. Clara Middleton
- Send personalized Thank You cards (similar to current UMMC birthday cards) to nurses' homes. Bob Welton
- Thank You to UMMC Nurses Banner hanging across major street in front of hospital.
- Ice cream delivered to units by Directors and VPs with HR Managers support.
- A Day in the Life videotaped program, similar to the nursing recognition program sponsored by Johnson & Johnson last year on television, showcasing our staff talking about their work and commitment to it.
- Poster (with photos of UMMC nurses) for Units during Nurses Week.
- Thank You ad in the Baltimore Sun Sunday newspaper.
- Nurse Week Breakfast for 800 Nurses and ancillary nursing staff.
- Nurse Week Gift distribution
FYI
Bob Robert Welton, RN, MSN
Delegation of Nurses from Thailand to Celebrate in Southern Illinois
The Southern Illinois Collegiate Common Market is celebrating Nurse
Week by sponsoring a delegation of nurses from the Thailand Ministry of
Public Health to come to Southern Illinois and share in our consortium
approach to allied health. They will have the opportunity to interact
with nursing educators in Southern Illinois during their visit. They will
be in Southern Illinois May 8 - 11th. Please do not hesitate to contact
me if you need additional information.
Pamela Appleton, R.N., B.S., C.N.O.R.
Pre Nurses Week Luncheon Celebrations at Lienhard School of Nursing
To celebrate nurses week at the
Lienhard School of Nursing, we have a "Pre Nurses Week Luncheon." We celebrate
nurses week one week ahead because final exams occur during the nurses week
and we want as many students to participate.
This year at the Pre nurses Week Luncheon we will have a short presentation
about the history of the Lienhard School of Nursing, given by noted nurse
historian and professor emeritus, Dr. Wanda Hiestand. Following the presentation
and discussion, we will ask students, faculty and guests to speak about
what they love about nursing. Dr. Sandy Lewenson, Associate Dean for the
School of Nursing, "MCs" this event. She dresses in historical nursing
uniform and with a portable microphone mingles with the audience to hear
their response to this question. For each response from students, a prize
(eg. gift certificate, nursing books, or nursing photos) are given. She
also asks nursing trivia questions, like who is Lillian Wald or when was
the first nursing registration law passed, to increase students awareness
of nursing's illustrious past. Students win prizes for their response
to these questions.
Students, faculty and guests are treated to a fabulous lunch and a wonderful
cake donated by the Lienhard School of Nursing Center for Nursing Research,
Clinical Practice and International Affairs.
The joy of nursing is celebrated and passed on to our students.
Sandy Lewenson, EdD, RN, FAAN
In Brunswick, Georgia, District 21 is working hard to get ready for
Nurses Week, First the committee met in Feb and again in March to discuss
and finalize some of the plans as this is what's going on. On Thursday
May 6 the Mayors of all 3 counties we represent will proclaim National
Nurse Week for May 6-12, 2004 and this will run in Friday the 7th newspaper
with photos of nurses and Mayors. Each day the radio station will accept
call-ins recognizing nurses or just plain and simple thank yours from
family members, patients and co-workers. At the end of the week a gift
will be awarded to a lucky nurse whose name will be drawn by the radio
station. To reach the community we will have a community page dedicated
to outstanding nurses in our area where you can send notes to the newspaper
for publishing. To end the week we are celebrating with a nice semi-formal
banquet at the King and Prince Beach Resort on beautiful St. Simons Island,
Georgia where nurses will be pampered and waited on hand and foot. What
better way to say thanks for all the hard work and dedication our nurses
provide us on a daily basis.
We're a community health center in East Harlem in NYC. There are ten
nurses (LPN's, RN's, NP's, CNM's) and 7 MA's. We struggled last year and
decided to include the MA's in the celebration. We had a nice breakfast
during the general staff meeting, I read a poem that included each of
the participants, and we took pictures. This year we're in the same quadry
about whether to include the MA's. The dynamics can be tricky, but I'm
inclined to include everyone who is included in the nursing department.
Do you have any advice about this? Also, can you send me the information
kit for the day that was mentioned on the web site. Thank you for your
time and consideration.
Robin Raco, BSN, RN
Photos of Nurses and
Mayors; Banquet and Pampering in Brunswick, GA
Lisa Dickerson, OR.N., B.S.N.
Poems, Pictures and
Breakfast in East Harlem, NY
Sincerely, Pat Emma, RN, NP, CNM
Miss BMT Contest in
Vancouver, British Columbia
I am a nursing unit co-ordinator on the Leukemia Bone Marrow transplant
unit at Vancouver General Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia. Each
year nurses at week we hold the Miss BMT contest where nurses and allied
staff compete for the title . We have at least 4 or 5 contestants who do
skits or out takes based on our program...Pregnant Sumo wrestlers, Iron
Kitchen chefs making leukemia cures, 2010 Olympic BMT games(curling with
Chemo Buckets) Survivor episodes etc... they are very talented...this has
attracted local media attention not to mention onlookers from all areas
of the hospital, (we might sell tickets this year), also we get theRN'S
to each bring in 1 dozen cookies and then we distribute them throughout
the hospital to those units which we deal most directly with. We also feed
our nurses at no cost to them , something different is brought in each day
of that week. We decorate our unit to reflect the pride we have in our nurses
and our program.the Nurses week is a time for us to shine and shine we do
!! Proud to be part of this team
Humor Day, Happy Hour,
Massages and Bagel Breaks in Albany, NY
The Stratton VA Medical Center in Albany NY is celebrating Nurses Week by
daily activities which include; Humor day, Blessing of the Hands, Happy
Hour, Massage Day, Ice Cream Day, & Bagel Break. We are also going to display
research and related activities that Nurses have been participating in throughout
the year. Showcasing Nursing impact on our facility and the various roles
of nurses. Have a wonderful Nurses Week from our family to yours!
VA Healthcare Network
Heart of Nursing Conference
in Finger Lakes Region, NY
"The Heart of Nursing" -- A conference for nurses, about nurses, by nurses.
will be held May 6, 2004 in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York.
Nurses from eight agencies joined together to address the issue of the image
of nursing. Our objectives are to explore ways to promote nursing, facilitate
growth within the profession, identify strategies that will nourish the
nurse and build community support among fellow nurses. Our program includes
a poster presentation, artwork created by nurses, nurses who practice the
healing arts (massage therapy, guided imagery, healing touch) and nurses
stories from our region. Guest speaker Sharon Hudacek is talking about nurses
nationwide.
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