Each year the American Nursing Association (@ANANursingWorld) recognizes its nurses during the celebration of National Nurses Week. We followed Nurses Week events, news, and tweets throughout the week and created a collection using Storify. Check it out!
National #WomensHealthWeek (5/8-5/14) is an observance led by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women’s Health (@womenshealth). The goal is to empower women to make their health a priority. It also serves as a time to help women understand what steps they can take to improve their health.
American Sentinel University has partnered with Keith Carlson, RN, BSN, NC-BC, the well-known blogger behind the award-winning nursing blog, Digital Doorway, and founder of Nurse Keith Coaching and NurseKeith.com to debut a new career coaching blog series for nurses, ‘Nurse Keith on Career Coaching’ as part of the university’s ‘The Sentinel Watch’ nursing blog.
Led by the American Nursing Association, National Nurses Week is May 6 – 12. This week long celebration always concludes on May 12, Florence Nightingale’s birthday. National Nurses Week promotes the nursing profession and encourages celebrations to recognize the contributions of nurses at the local, state, and national level.
The first annual International Health & Wellness Week is right around the corner, May 2 – 8. The purpose of IHAWW is to make a positive impact on health and wellness overall, as well as to unite people through the common goal of preventing obesity and disease, to promote a better quality of life, and to celebrate life together.
The second Monday in May is National #WomensCheckUpDay. This year the day falls on May 9th and marks the 14th annual Women’s Check-Up Day. Each year the goal is to encourage women to schedule their annual well visit.
Highlighting National Minority Health Month, National Public Health Week, and Every Kid Healthy Week this April. Check out our recap of events in our story on Storify.
Each year Action for Healthy Kids’ leads the observance of Every Kid Healthy Week and joins with schools, students, teachers, parents, volunteers and corporate sponsors across the country to celebrate school health and wellness achievements.
The Central and Southern Ohio chapter of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (CSOHIMSS) in partnership with the Northern Ohio HIMSS chapter (NOHIMSS) announces its 9th annual Ohio Healthcare Information Technology Day (OHIT Day) at the Ohio Statehouse.
By Dr. Cara James – Each April, in recognition of National Minority Health Month, we commemorate past achievements, acknowledge current efforts, and outline our continued journey towards health equity and equality for all. Fifty years ago, our journey included stops in …
Each year, HHS Office of Minority Health leads the observance of National Minority Health Month and joins with federal, state, tribal, local and territorial partners across the country in calling for a renewed commitment to eliminate health disparities and achieve health equity.
In 1995, President Clinton proclaimed the first full week of April as National Public Health Week. For over 20 years now the APHA has worked to develop national campaigns to educate the public, policymakers and practitioners during the week about issues related to the theme.
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