Happy National Nurses Week!

National University - Fresno Campus kicked off National Nurses Week with a little donut and coffee social for their future nurses. The students came together and got to know each other, eat some sweet treats, and snatch up some awesome NU swag. How awesome are those NU tumblers?

National University - Rancho Bernardo Campus celebrated Nurses Week by getting together, eating pizza, playing nurse trivia, and winning small gifts! Over 100 students joined in on the fun and were able to partake in the pizza that was generously donated by Little Cesar's.

Did you know…..

National Nurses Week begins every year on May 6^th and end on May 12^th, Florence Nightingale’s birthday.

As of 1998, May 8^th was designated as National Student Nurses Day.

The nursing profession has been supported and promoted by the American Nurses Association (ANA) since 1896.

Check out a brief history of National Nurse’s Week here.

Go out and wish your favorite nurse a Happy Nurses Week!

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