FORTIS Celebrates National Nurses Week, March 6-12, 2019.

About National Nurses Week

National Nurses Week begins each year on May 6th and ends on May 12th, Florence Nightingale's birthday. These permanent dates enhance planning and position National Nurses Week as an established recognition event. As of 1998, May 8 was designated as National Student Nurses Day, to be celebrated annually. And as of 2003, National School Nurse Day is celebrated on the Wednesday within National Nurses Week (May 6-12) each year.

The nursing profession has been supported and promoted by the American Nurses Association (ANA) since 1896. Each of ANA's state and territorial nurses associations promotes the nursing profession at the state and regional levels. Each conducts celebrations on these dates to recognize the contributions that nurses and nursing make to the community.The ANA supports and encourages National Nurses Week recognition programs through the state and district nurses associations, other specialty nursing organizations, educational facilities, and independent health care companies and institutions. 

Live Radio Remote Events

FORTIS Colleges and Institutes are proudly promoting National Nurses Week with live radio remotes at selected campuses listed below.  Check to see if your local FORTIS campus is participating - come on out to support our Nursing students, and learn more about how you can learn to become a nurse with FORTIS training!