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Roberta’s Podcast Picks
If you haven’t tuned in to our radio station or checked out our podcast network, here is your chance. Consider starting with these episodes chosen by our own Roberta Mullin covering topics such as health policy, AI, NLP, and machine learning.
National Nurses Week History
National Nurses Week begins each year on May 6th and ends on May 12th, Florence Nightingale’s birthday. These 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.
The Friday Five – National Nurses Week May 6-12
The American Nurses Association joins the World Health Organization in extending The Year of The Nurse into 2021. One goals of this campaign is to expand National Nurses Week to Nurses Month in May. Check out these messages, playlists, and freebies as we celebrate and honor nurses around the globe.
Need A Change? 6 Non-Clinical Nursing Careers
By Andie Burke MS MEd RN CPN – When most people visualize a nurse, they see scrubs and a stethoscope, but according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 12 percent of nurses work in fields other than health care. A registered nurse license can lead to many types of careers away from a bedside, clinical setting.
