We Owe Atlantic City, NJ Area Nurses So Much: It’s Nurses Week

National Nurses week is May 6-12, 2024.

Nurses face awesome challenges on a daily basis. They have to regularly deal with significant issues that most people would likely run away from.

Nurses must confront emotional and physical circumstances under supreme stressful conditions.

They have to make potential life-saving decisions.

For these reasons and so many more … we take this opportunity during National Nurses Week to celebrate all of the hard-working nurses and nurse practitioners in the Atlantic City, New Jersey area and beyond.

You are our first line of defense. Nurses have already handled many life issues before the Doctor walks into the treatment room.

Nurses were bonafide heroes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nurses multi-task and demonstrate great strength and resilience, while making it look easy.

Nurses comfort patients who are scared and facing their own mortality.

Being a Nurse Dad, I know a little about nurses … because I am surrounded by them.

Here is our Daughter, Lauren Hurley, RN, BSN.

Our son-in-law, Andrew Lauruello, Nurse Practitioner, with his Masters Degree in Nursing. Andrew is as talented as any Doctor anywhere.

Margie’s Mom, the late, great Joan Fineran was a caring and competent nurse for more than 50 years.

Margie’s sister, Lisa Fineran, RN, BSN.

Margie’s cousins are involved in nursing and healthcare in various ways.

According to health.mil, The official website of the Military Health System:

National Nurses Week has been a recognized event since 1954, typically coinciding with Florence Nightingale's birthday on May 12, 1820. Nightingale is credited as the founder of modern nursing, revolutionizing patient care through her emphasis on sanitation, and establishing the first secular nursing school.

Further, health.mil said:

“The history of nursing in the U.S. military dates to the Revolutionary War. Military nurses often worked for little to no pay under deplorable conditions, without rank or recognition.”

“And nurses from the 18th and 19th century did more than save lives on the battlefield or in the hospital or in their patients' homes: they paved the way for future generations of nurse professionals by changing the course of American medical history.”

Thank you to all of our nurses and nurse practitioners. Keep saving lives. We appreciate you.

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