National Nurses Week
Former President Ronald Reagan proposed a National Recognition Day for Nurses to be celebrated on May 6th annually. The American Nurses Association later extended it all the way through May 12th, which was also Florence Nightingale’s birthday and International Nurses Day.
First Record Of Nurses
Nurses have been around for centuries, with the first records of their work dating back to the Roman Empire, which had hospitals that were quite advanced for the times. In the Middle Ages, the practice of nursing became more structured and systemic.