It's National Nursing Week

Today marks the beginning of National Nursing Week. It runs from May 11 to May 17.

It always occurs from the Monday to the Sunday of Florence Nightingale’s birthday, May 12.

The theme this year is Nurses: A Voice to Lead — Nursing the World to Health.

The theme was developed by the International Council of Nurses (ICN) to showcase how nurses are central to addressing a wide range of health challenges. ICN says the theme will help raise the profile of the profession and attract a new generation into the nursing family.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has designated 2020 as the Year of the Nurse and Midwife in honour of the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth.