National Nurses Week - The Power of Nurses

May 6 - May 12, 2025

From the Desk of the Chief Nurse

Nurses Week 2025: Reigniting the Passion and Power Within Nurses

It’s been five years since the COVID-19 pandemic shocked and shut down the world. At its height, nurses and other healthcare providers were hailed as heroes for risking their own lives to care for patients battling the deadly respiratory virus. Since that time, that hero status has somewhat faded, and now most, if not all, clinicians are mired in feelings of burnout, stress, and powerlessness. A survey of over 54,000 nurses conducted by Martin et al. (2023) confirmed these sentiments and described a decline in the registered nurse (RN) workforce by 2.7% between 2021 and 2022. How do we reignite the passion and power within nurses? Keep reading...