Here at Shands, Jacksonville, we have a week full of events to celebrate nursing. We are starting the week with a Kick-Off breakfast for all nursing staff. In keeping with the kick off theme, we will be giving away signed footballs from the Jacksonville Jaguars, University of Florida and Florida State University. A nursing recognition and celebration ceremony and social. Allison Philipps, an RN in our ICU, will receive the Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative Nurse Excellence Award for 2001.
All times are eastern time.
It's not too late to secure media coverage for your own events and issues during National Nurses Week. The American Nurses Association is continuing to secure media coverage on the nursing shortage, inadequate staffing and mandatory overtime, and occupational health and safety issues. Our goal is a grassroots effort to bring attention to the nursing shortage and how it impacts on patient and consumer safety. The event will begin at 10 AM from Philadelphia City Hall courtyard. We will be having a big dinner at one of the most prestigious hotels in Kuching Sarawak.