Mark Your Calendar: Nursing Awareness and Recognition Days To Know

Updated November 14, 2023

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Are you looking for more ways to appreciate the nurses in your life this year? Mark your calendar for these 50+ nursing awareness days.

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Many nurses are considering leaving the profession due to feeling stressed, overworked, and underappreciated.
Nurses have been ranked the most honest and ethical profession for the last 21 years.
Nursing awareness and recognition days help honor and appreciate nurses’ contributions to society.

National Nurses Week has historically been a time to celebrate and honor all nurses. Today, there are many nursing holidays to recognize nursing professionals working in various roles and specialties. Explore these nursing awareness and recognition days to celebrate the nurses in your life.

Nursing Awareness Calendar

Nursing has been ranked as the most trusted profession for over two decades. With over 50 nursing awareness holidays to choose from, you can show your appreciation throughout the year. (Tip: this calendar can also be a great resource for choosing the right time to give a gift to the special nurses in your life). Be sure to save these dates!

January

21-27: National Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists Week
25: National IV Nurse Day

February

4-10: PeriAnesthesia Nurse Awareness Week
6-12: Ambulatory Care Nursing Week
7: PeriAnesthesia Nurse Day
11-17: Cardiovascular Professionals Week
18: Critical Care Transport Nurses Day

March

17-23: Gastroenterology (GI) Nurses & Associates Week
18-23: Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Week
19: Certified Nurses Day

April

7-13: Occupational Health Nursing Week
12: Radiological and Imaging Nurses Day
14-20: Wound Care Ostomy & Continence (WOC) Nurse Week
22-29: Transplant Nurses Week

May

1-31: National Nurses Month
1-31: National Critical Care Awareness and Recognition Month
1-31: Oncology Nursing Month
6: National Nurses Day
6-12: National Nurses Week
8: National School Nurse Day
8: National Student Nurses Day
12: International Nurses Day
12-18: National Skilled Nursing Care Week
12-18: Neuroscience Nurses Week

June

4: National Healthcare Recruiter Recognition Day
13: National Nursing Assistants Day
13-19: National Certified Nursing Assistants Week

July

No holidays this month

August

No holidays this month

September

1-7: National Clinical Nurse Specialist Recognition Week
8: National Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses Day
8-14: National Assisted Living Week
8-14: National Neonatal Nurses Week
8-14: Nephrology Nurses Week
8-14: Vascular Nurses Week
15-21: Nursing Professional Development Week

October

6-12: National Midwifery Week
7-11: Pediatric Nurses Week
8-12: Emergency Nurses Week
9: Emergency Nurses Day
13-19: National Case Management Week
20-26: International Infection Prevention Week
28-November 1: National Orthopaedic Nurses Week
30: International Orthopaedic Nurses Day

November

1-30: National Home Care and Hospice Month
1-30: National Hospice and Palliative care Month
1-7: Medical-Surgical Nurses Week
1-7: Urology Nurses and Associates Week
3-9: Forensic Nurses Week
10-16:National Nurse Practitioner Week
10-16: Perioperative Nurses Week
14: Operating Room Nurse Day

December

No holidays this month

Nurses are stressed and overwhelmed. Showing support through encouragement, gifts, or something as simple as social media posts can put a smile on a nurse’s face.