When choosing a topic for our NursingCenter enewsletters, I often browse to see what health topics are being recognized during any given month or week. After completing our last issue for National Donate Life Month, I went on to my next project without giving much thought to what other observances were happening in the world of health care. Behold the benefits of social media…other nurses and health care professionals were updating their facebook status or tweeting about different issues being observed during the month of April. Take a look at the list I’ve compiled --- it sure is a busy month!

National Donate Life Month 
National Autism Awareness Month
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month 
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month 
National Child Abuse Prevention Month

Are you participating in any awareness events? Do you know of other observances to add to this list?