The World Honors Nurses By Celebrating Nurses DayThe National Nurses day is usually celebrated around the world on May 6.
It is a one week celebration that starts from the 6th day of the month of May and ends on the 12th, which is also the birth date of Florence Nightingale.
It has been celebrated by the International Council of Nurses since 1965 but the history of the Nurses Day can be hunted down in 1953. An official of the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare Dorothy Sutherland proposed to President Eisenhower to proclaim a “Nurses day” but eventually he didn’t approve it.
In 1974, the decision was made to celebrate the day on May 12 as also to commemorate the birth of Florence Nightingale, who is known as the founder of Modern Nursing. In 1981, nurses in New Mexico started a resolution that on May 6 would be announced as the “National Recognition Day for Nurses”.
