Nurses contribute themselves to hospitals.
They are there many hours as part of their job helping doctors and they're at bedsides taking care of patients for many hours. Their contributions were celebrated Tuesday as part of National Nurses Week when four local nurses from the North Florida-South Georgia Veterans Health Care System received Excellence in Nursing Awards. During a 1 p.m. ceremony in the Lake City Veterans Affairs Medical Center auditorium, Sharon Timmons, Gereline George, Linda Burello and Mildred Hensley were honored as 2001 award recipients. National Nurses Week began May 6 and ends May 12, Florence Nightingale's birthday. Local nurses have been honored at the VA for about 15 years, said Mary Blazey, chief nurse for the regional system.