As I write this today, we are marching through National Nurse’s Week. This week there have been lots of fun things at work-free food, free gifts, bowling, and other things to do. It’s a chance for we nurses to be recognized and remembered for what we do for others.

Nurse’s week started in the 1950’s but was originally begun as a one-day celebration of recognition. Later, the ANA adopted the week of May 6 - 12 as Nurse’s Week, and it is permanently celebrated on these dates.

Nurse’s week is more than just a time to get free food and gifts, though. I find it to be a good time of retrospection. It feels like an affirmation of sisterhood (or brotherhood!). To me, having time where we are recognizably appreciated by management and media helps shine a light on our profession, and hopefully shows others that as nurses we are hard-working professionals within our profession.

If you are a nurse or soon to be a nurse, take some time to reflect this week on your reasons for going into the field. Use this time as a chance to reconnect with your initial feelings about nursing and to remember why you chose to become a member of this challenging, busy, tiring, fulfilling and awesome profession. Take a few minutes to relax and reflect; you deserve it!

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