Nurses Week Facts

Tafford. PRESENTS NURSES WEEK F A C T S Approximately 1 in 4 NURSES WORK PART TIME 1820 (MAY 12TH) 1953 . Florence Nightingale's NURSE DAY BIRTHDAY first proposed to President EISENHOWER graphical presentation of Nightingale helped popularize the It wasn't until 1974 that is was officially recognized by President Nixon. STATISTICAL DATA Over 2.7 MILLION NURSES 1965 The International Council for Nurses (ICN) begins celebrating May 12th as Nurses Day. 6.6% ARE MALE MAY 6TH 1982 • the US congress designates May 6 to be "National Recognition Day for Nurses" designated as RN Recognition Day MAY 8 MAY 6 is National Student Nurses Day and the Wednesday of the week is National School Nurse Day 1990 • The ANA (American Nurses Association) BoD expands the celebration to the week of May 6-12 63% OF NURSES work in hospitals THERE ARE approximately 10 NURSES for every 111 3 PHYSICIANS 1993 • The ANA BOD designates May 6-12 as the official, permanent dates for NATIONAL NURSES WEEK