{"id":4987,"date":"2024-05-03T14:19:46","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T18:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/?p=4987"},"modified":"2024-06-17T15:48:06","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T19:48:06","slug":"honoring-pef-nurses-and-the-nursing-profession-during-national-nurses-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-42-no-4\/honoring-pef-nurses-and-the-nursing-profession-during-national-nurses-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Honoring PEF nurses and the nursing profession during National Nurses Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><em>May 7, 2024 &#8212;<\/em> We\u2019re going all out for National Nurses Month, featuring Nurse Lobby Day and saving SUNY Downstate, looking back at the creation of PEF\u2019s nurse organizer position, celebrating PEF nurses with profiles on Clara Shamatanga and Cynthia Walker, and remembering a pillar of nursing history, Lavinia Dock.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">National Nurses Month has its roots in National Nurses Week, which was first observed in 1954 in honor of Florence Nightingale&#8217;s birthday on May 12, 1820. Often called \u201cthe Lady with the Lamp\u201d after navigating dark hospital hallways carrying a lamp while making her rounds during the Crimean War, Nightingale was instrumental in making hospitals cleaner and safer.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In addition to writing more than 150 books, pamphlets and reports on health-related issues, she is also credited with creating one of the first versions of the pie chart.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Enjoy our features this month and, as always, if you have tips on who we can feature in future issues (nurses, engineers, social workers, anyone in any PEF title), email communicator@pef.org!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Profiles<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-42-no-4\/clara-shamatanga-balancing-union-family-and-work\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Clara Shamatanga: Balancing union, family, and work<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-42-no-4\/cynthia-walker-nurse-union-leader-health-care-activist\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Cynthia Walker: Nurse, union leader, health care activist<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">History<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-42-no-4\/pef-nurse-coordinator-position-established-in-1998\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Blast from the Past: PEF Nurse Organizer position established in 1998<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-42-no-4\/lavinia-dock-nurse-suffragette-made-invaluable-contributions-to-the-nursing-profession\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Labor History: Lavinia Dock: Nurse, suffragette made invaluable contributions to the nursing profession<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Lobbying<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-42-no-4\/lobbying-and-advocacy-help-nurses-make-headway\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Lobbying and advocacy help nurses make headway<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 7, 2024 &#8212; 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