This week is National Nursing Week which dates back to 1971 when the International Council of Nurses designated Florence Nightingale’s birthday as International Nurses Day.
In 1985 the Canadian Nurses Association worked with the federal government to have the week containing May 12 proclaimed as National Nurses week.
We learned all this from Beth Davis, Chief Nursing Executive of Northumberland Hills Hospital who told us COVID showed us just how important our nurses are.
To all nurses in Northumberland County, thank you for everything you do.
(Written by: Joseph Goden)
