Nurses' Day 2010
Florence Nightingale, 1820 - 1910: leading our past, inspiring our future
Every single day, nurses and their colleagues dedicate their lives to helping others and striving to make a real difference to the wellbeing of those that they care for. Celebrating Nurses' Day is an opportunity for everyone around the world to remember the valuable contributions that nurses make to society. Nurses' Day is celebrated on 12 May each year, as a tribute to the amazing work of Florence Nightingale who was born on that day in 1820. This year we have even more reason to celebrate her pioneering work as it is also the centenery of Florence's death on 13 August.
This website will allow you to:
- send an e-card to all your friends, colleagues and family
- learn more about the history of Nurses' Day
- obtain the information and resources you need to run a Nurses' Day event
- post details of your event
- find a local event
- read the messages of support, including a message from the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown
- explore links to other websites which may be of interest.
And don't forget to join the RCN's Nurses' Day 2010 Facebook fan page to share your thougts and stories and celebrate with thousands of other nurses and HCAs!
Special offers for the month of May
RCNXtra has teamed up with Nurses’ Day to offer members special additional discounts throughout the month of May that include discounts on airport car parking, CDWow, gym membership and Foyles online bookstore.
There will also be a series of prize draws every week in May - some of the prizes available:
- Holiday autos are running a prize draw for high street vouchers for those members who book a hire car during the months of May and June.
- Thomas Cook has also offered Royal College of Nursing members a 5 star golf and spa break in County Cork – with three nights for the price of two.
Further details of these special Nurses’ Day discounts and prize draws can be found by logging into www.rcn.org.uk/xtra
