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Today marks the start of National Nurses Week dedicated to honoring the people who serve the U.S. health care system and, especially during the coronavirus outbreak, risk their lives to save others.
May 6 is also National Nurses Day in the U.S., and May 12 marks international nurses day across the world and Florence Nightengale's birthday.
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According to the American Nurses Association (ANA), the first Nurses Week was observed between October 11 through 16, 1954, to mark the 100th anniversary of Florence Nightingale's mission to Crimea.
But it wasn't until 1974 when President Nixon issued a proclamation that a week would be designated by the White House as National Nurse Week.
After years of campaigning for a day of recognition for the profession, President Reagan proclaimed May 6, 1982, to be National Recognition Day for Nurses.
In 1993, the ANA Board of Directors designated May 6 through 12 as the permanent dates to observe National Nurses Week. It has been done so since 1994 until the present day.
