National Nursing Week 2023
Join EAPO through May 8-14, 2023 as we recognize National Nursing Week. This year’s theme is Our Nurses. Our Future. The National Nursing Week annual celebrations take place from the Monday to the Sunday of the same week as Florence Nightingale’s birthday, May 12.
Theme: Our Nurses. Our Future.
This theme showcases the many roles that nurses play in a patient’s health-care journey. The pandemic brought to light the courage and commitment that nurses work under every day and showed the important role that nurses play in the community.
National Nursing Week event
In honour of National Nursing Week (May 8-14, 2023), a group of nursing associations from across Canada has joined forces to launch the #HeyNurse social media campaign. This campaign is aimed at the public and gives them a chance to tell a nurse or a group of nurses how much they are appreciated for their work.
Is there a nurse you want to give a shout out to? How has a nurse made an impact in your life? Tell us about your experience and how a nurse was there for you.
Resources
Standard poster sizes: 8.5” x 11” (letter); 8.5” x 14” (legal); 11” x 17” (tabloid)
Social media images: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram
You can also download a large-format poster (18” x 24”) and personalize it by adding your organization’s name and logo. To print a high-quality version of the poster, use a printing facility or upload a high-resolution PDF to an online print vendor. Display it proudly around your facility to show your organization’s support for nurses.
Download resources here
About National Nursing Week
The week draws attention to nurses, increasing the awareness of the public, policy-makers and governments of the many contributions of nursing to the well-being of Canadians.
In 1971, ICN designated May 12, the birthday of nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale, as International Nurses Day. In 1985, CNA members passed a resolution to begin negotiations with the federal government to have the week containing May 12 proclaimed as National Nurses Week annually. Soon after, the federal minister of health proclaimed the second week of May as National Nurses Week. In 1993, the name was changed to National Nursing Week to emphasize the profession’s accomplishments as a discipline.
Ideas for commemorating
- Become a CNA member! Help us continue to advance the nursing profession. Join during National Nursing Week and SAVE $20 on a general or premium membership. Use the promo codes below:
- General: CNA20G
- Premium: CNA20P
- On social media:
- In all your posts, use #CNA2023 #OurNursesOurFuture #IKnowANurse #NationalNursingWeek #IND2023 #Nurses2023 #VoiceToLead #HeyNurse
- Share pictures and stories that create awareness about National Nursing Week.
- Showcase and describe the diversity of your role, your team and your working environments.
- Use #IKnowANurse to share stories of exceptional nurses, because everyone knows a nurse who has left a lasting impression!
- Follow CNA on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube
Commemorate nursing — inspirational message
We are delighted to present this special message that acknowledges and thanks nurses for their expertise, professionalism and dedication to keeping people healthy.
- Governor General Mary Simon — Read the message
- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — Watch the video
- Minister of Seniors Kamal Khera — Watch the video
- CNA president Sylvain Brousseau — Watch the video
SOURCE: Сna-aiic.ca/
Article originally appeared at: CNA-aiic.ca