My nurses day thought

[munch666nath]

Nurses day thought.

Everyone knows the importance of

the day may 12.If you are a nurse its

indeed you will not forget the

significance of this particular day.May

12 is known as the international

nurses day.Why this day is known as

nurses day.I think most of the nurses

are unaware about this fact. The

International Council of Nurses

(ICN) has celebrated this day since

1965. In 1953 Dorothy Sutherland,

an official with the U.S.

Department of Health, Education

and Welfare, had proposed that

President Dwight D. Eisenhower

proclaim a “Nurses Day,” but he did

not approve it. [1]

In January 1974, the decision was

made to celebrate the day on 12

May as it is the anniversary of the

birth of

Florence Nightingale, who is widely

considered the founder of modern

nursing.who is this florence

nightingale? Florence nightingale was

an

celebrated English nurse, writer

and statistician. She came to

prominence for her pioneering

work in nursing during the

Crimean War , where she tended to

wounded soldiers. She was dubbed

“The Lady with the Lamp” after her

habit of making rounds at night. An

Anglican , Nightingale believed that

God had called her to be a nurse.

Nightingale laid the foundation of

professional nursing.As we all know

as a nurse how much we are suffering

through our duty hours to save a

humans life.Even people are very

relectunt to feed their, own fathers

and mothers,how much we nurses

are taking care of them assuming

them as our own relatives.But noone

are thinking how this fellow nurses

are leading their life.As an indian

nurse i know and i suffered as well the

harassment of managements.Even

some of the common people are also

thinking that the word nurse is meant

to be slave.But we know how we are

dedicated to our work.Ignoring our

own health we are trying to improve

others health.The hospital

managements only need some slaves

to work.We all know the protest taking

place in kerala which is known as the

granery of nurses in india since

3-4months because of the immense

harasment of management towards

nurses.The revolution started due to a

suicide of a fellow nurse named

beena baby who was working in asian

heart institute mumbai.I am using this

occasion to pay rich tribute to her

through my words who sacrificed her

life for the whole nurses.The

revolution must not concentrated in

kerala but it have to spread all over

india.So awake dear nurses and

aware about the rights that what we

needed and we deserves.Fight for the

rights.we are not the subordinates of

doctors but we are individual

professionals.We have our own

rights.And the another thing which i

want to point out during this occasion

is the diminishing quality of nursing

care in india.If you are going to the

rural part of india there are no

qualified nursing professionels.Still

india is lacking of well qualified

proffesionals like nurses in rural

areas.India is facing 50% shortage of

nurses.Because of this who have to

compromise “the patients”.I think

Nurses governing body that is INC is

aware about all the facts that what is

happeningand but still they are

keeping idle.Special regards to all the

nurses association who worked hard

and tried to bring out the plight of

nurses infront of the society and still

working hard to resolve the issues

faced by the nurses.Be proud as a

nurse and be dignified and dedicated

to what the work we are doing.Happy

nurses day to all my dear nurses.

[GitanoRN, BSN, MSN, RN]

very enlightening your thoughts regarding nursing. needless to say, tomorrow the facility where i work we nurses decided to honor florence nightingale by wearing our traditional "white uniforms" and most of the female nurses will be wearing their caps as well. i can't wait to wear my total white attire with a black stripe around my collar, i hope i'm not the only male nurse dressed in white . wishing you a great & blessed nurses day...aloha~

[munch666nath]

Thanks dear for your appreciation....we are organizing a candle march here today....infront of my hospital...happy nurses day

[meanmaryjean, DNP, RN]

Thirty two years ago today- this student nurse missed her pinning ceremony on account of being in the hospital giving birth. (An excused absence I hope) Fast forward to today - that baby I had on Florence's birthday is herself an RN. So Mothers' Day, Nurses' Day and birthdays are all celebrated this weekend.

[GitanoRN, BSN, MSN, RN]

thirty two years ago today- this student nurse missed her pinning ceremony on account of being in the hospital giving birth. (an excused absence i hope) fast forward to today - that baby i had on florence's birthday is herself an rn. so mothers' day, nurses' day and birthdays are all celebrated this weekend.

2/cool therefore, congrats on our nurses day to the both of you and for mother's day... aloha~