Today is National Nurses Day (May 12th is International Nurses Day and the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birthday), and I just want to say that I am honored to be a nurse and to have worked with and learned from some amazing nurses.
Today I am thinking about nurses who made an impact on my profession and me:
- Florence Nightingale
- Virginia Henderson
- Sue Adamczyk
- Judy Krauss
- Mary Young
- Jennifer Hawke-Petit
- Wendy Mackey
- Melanie David
- Hannah Chatillon
- Robin Froman
- Cheryl Beck
- Peggy Chinn
- Carol Polifroni
- Maureen O’Reilly
- Cheryl Kindred
I’m sure there are many more!
Although I work in diabetes education, which is a multidisciplinary specialty, my foundation is nursing. I will never forget the nurses who paved the way and those who taught me how to be a nurse. Most of all, the people I’ve worked with have shaped who I am as a nurse. Thank you and Happy Nurses Day!
PS The photo is me in a Jr. High play long before I knew I’d become a nurse in real life.