National Nurses’ Week Activities
May 6 - 12, 2007

National Student Nurses’ Day May 8, 2007

May 8, 2005 - National Student Nurses’ Day which was first established by NSNA on May 8, 1998

Ideas for Celebrating for National Nurses’ Week and National Student Nurses’ Day

State Nurses and State Student Nurses’ Association Collaboration
Collaborate with the state nurses association in promoting and participating in Nurses’ Week activities. Encourage recognition of state student leaders.

School Chapter Campus Activities

• Plan a recognition reception for faculty, nursing students, pre-nursing students and students in other health discipline programs. This is a great opportunity to network while highlighting the accomplishments of nurses and nursing students. The Nightingale Doll and Nurses’ Ring make excellent recognition gifts.


These and other National Student Nurses Day logo gifts are available through NSNA.


• Set up nursing and health information tables in student center. Decorate with balloons and a banner announcing National Student Nurses’ Day.
  
  
• Offer health screening in various locations on campus to groups, such as sororities, fraternities, and athletic teams. Decorate area with balloons and a banner.

In the Community

• Bring a banner and balloons to all events and collaborate with practicing nurses from the state nurses’ association.
  
• Perform skits in schools (see Breakthrough to Nursing Guidelines for details).
  
• Plan a "Teddy Bear Clinic" for young children and conduct a "well bear" exam to allay children’s fears of health exams.
  
• Visit nursing homes and children’s hospital units. Visit senior centers and conduct a health screening.
  
• Have a Health Fair!
  
• Visit schools and talk about nursing as a career choice and/or provide health teaching in gym classes, home economics classes, and for athletic teams.
  
• Invite students to spend a day with a student nurse and/or to visit the school of nursing.

Media attention

• Two weeks before event, send press releases to all media announcing National Student Nurses’ Day.
  
• Offer to speak on talk radio and interview-format television programs.
  
• Ask local newspapers to do a special story about nursing education and the profession of nursing.

View sample text you can send to your town or city officials to request a National Student Nurses’ Day

If your state or school chapter will celebrate National Nurses’ Week and/or National Student Nurses’ Day and you want to share it with NSNA, please send an email to nsna@nsna.org. Just add “We Celebrated National Nurses’ Week” in the subject line and your school or state chapter may appear in a future issue of Imprint.