Today (May 6) is National Nurses Day and kicks off National Nurses Week which runs until May 12.
Nurses are always undervalued and often underpaid, and they deserve our thanks every single day of the year. Unfortunately, that isn’t practical, but one day or one week of the year is. So let’s take this opportunity to thank all nurses everywhere for the invaluable work they do.
What makes me have the utmost respect for nurses is the knowledge that I couldn’t do the job they do. Not only because of how much knowledge they need to learn and retain, but how they need to keep their composure in the face of death and serious illness.
Most of us will have experienced nursing, either for ourselves or for a loved one. So I don’t think it’s out of place for us all to give our thanks today for the way they cope with the incredibly difficult job they do.
