In honor of Nurses Week hospitals, clinics, physicians’ offices and organizations around the country celebrated and thanked the nurses who work tirelessly every day to care for their patients. This week’s Friday Five highlights how HealthcareNOW Radio and others showed appreciation for these unsung heroes.

It’s time for our morning rounds! In celebration of National Nurses Week, check out these stories of interest.

National Nurses Week begins today and the celebration continues through Florence Nightingale’s birthday on Sunday, May 12th. In honor of this special week HealthcareNOW Radio made sure to include some inspiring and knowledgeable nurses as guests on a few of our favorite shows.

National Nurses Week begins on Monday so to get you ready for the week long celebration we put together a list of some not to be missed events, freebies and giveaways to be had and exciting technology news for nurses in Baton Rouge!  

Nurse Lauren, contributor of NursesNOW, celebrates National Nurses Week by giving her top tips and products for nurse self care.

Each year the American Nursing Association recognizes its nurses during the celebration of National Nurses Week. We followed Nurses Week events, news and tweets throughout the week and our Friday Five provides a look at some of the highlights.

Nurse Lauren, contributor of NursesNOW, celebrates National Nurses Week by giving her top tips for nurse self care.

Nurse Lauren, contributor of NursesNOW, celebrates National Nurses Week by giving her top 3 tips on how to get through your night shift.

The American Nurses Association has planned numerous events to celebrate National Nurses Week, May 6 – 12, all centered around this year’s theme, “Nurses: Inspire, Innovate, Influence.” This week’s Friday Five offers a variety of different ways you can “inspire, innovate or influence” yourself or that beloved nurse in your life.