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Press Releases
PIN Program Celebrates National Nurses Week
May 4, 2009
Nurses on
Maryland ’s Lower Eastern Shore are being honored during National Nurses Week by the Community Foundation of the
Eastern Shore ’s Partners In Nursing (PIN) Program. National Nurses Week is celebrated annually from May 6-12. The special week begins each year on May 6th, the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing.
The theme of this year’s Nurses Week is, “Nurses: Building a Healthy America”, and reflects the commitment nurses make every day for the public they serve. Locally, National Nurses Week is being promoted by the Community Foundation’s PIN Program, a regional healthcare partnership aimed at supporting the local nursing profession through mentoring and professional development opportunities.
The Community Foundation’s local PIN partners include
Atlantic
General
Hospital ,
McCready
Memorial
Hospital ,
Peninsula
Regional
Medical
Center , Salisbury Rehabilitation and
Nursing
Center ,
Salisbury
University and
Wor-Wic
Community College .
“Our local nurses are priceless in maintaining the high quality of care for patients here on the Eastern Shore of Maryland,” said
Spicer Bell , Community Foundation president. “We are honored to once again promote National Nurses Week in our region.”
