International Nurses Day 2021: History, significance of Florence Nightingale s birth anniversary
International Nurses Day 2021: History, significance of Florence Nightingale s birth anniversary
In January 1974, May 12 was chosen to celebrate the day as it is the anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. File photo
Updated: May 12, 2021, 07:59 AM IST
Today (May 12) is Florence Nightingale’s birth anniversary and is observed as International Nurses Day. Florence Nightingale was an English nurse, a social reformer and a statistician who founded the key pillars of modern nursing. She was born on this day 1820. International Nurses Day assumes great significance in times such as these when we are battling the COVID-19 pandemic. Nurses are the backbone of any hospital or clinic continuously providing high-quality care often working without a break.
12 mai, Ziua Internațională a Asistentului Medical Anul trecut, mii de asistenți au murit și peste 1,5 milioane s-au infectat cu SARS-CoV-2
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Today is: National Nurses Day
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National Nurses Day honors and celebrates nurses. The holiday is part of National Nurses Week. It opens the week, and the week concludes on May 12 with Florence Nightingale s birthday. National Student Nurses Day and National School Nurse Day are also a part of the week.
In 1953, Dorothy Sutherland of the newly founded U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare sent a proposal to President Eisenhower urging him to proclaim a Nurse Day in October 1954. He didn t, but a National Nurses Week was held that year from Oct. 11 to 16, marking the 100th anniversary of Florence Nightingale s mission to Crimea. It wasn t until 20 years later that another National Nurses Week was held after President Nixon proclaimed it in 1974.