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The American Nurses Association designated May 6-12 to be National Nurses Week in the 1990s, notably ending on Florence Nightingale’s birthday each year. Nightingale, born May 12, 1820, is often referred to as the founder of modern nursing, laying the foundation of professional nursing using statistics and writing to share her work, outcomes, and new knowledge.

The Professional Nurse Staffing Organization at UVA Health has planned a full calendar of events and activities to celebrate Nurses Week this year:

• Spirit Week
• Door decorating contest
• Giveaway
• Happy Grams
• Portraits of legacy UVA RNs (recognizing RNs with 40 or more years of service at UVA)
• Blessing of the hands
• 22nd Nursing Excellence Awards (Tuesday, May 10)
• Evidence-based practice symposium (Friday, May 13)
• Launching the BEE Award
• Chief Nursing Officer and Associate Chief Nursing Officer clinic visits/tours (May-June)

See UVANursesWeek.com for a full schedule of events and details.

Check out photos from Spirit Week in 2021 below.