May 12, 2023, 11:50 AM
May 12, 2023, 11:50 AM
Nurses celebrate their day with acts and gifts that highlight their work and show the work who perform in health serviceswhere they care for patients.
This Friday, May 12, is World Health Day. Nurse, as a tribute to the work of the nursing professionals and nurses from around the world.
At the San Juan de Dios hospital, the date is commemorated with events, which began with a mass for the thank you. Within this framework, the hospital authorities They highlighted the work carried out by the more than 170 nursing graduates and nearly 200 nursing assistants.
They held a health fair
The professionals of San Juan de Dios also moThey showed the activities they carry out in each of their services, such as Dentistry. During During the week they also promoted health fairs, where they taught about the prevention of diabetes and other diseases that affect the population of Santa Cruz.
Nurse Shirley Arias and her colleagues from San de Juan of God
Other professionals participated in a march of the Federation of Unions of Medical Branches of Health Public (Fesirmes) to demand better conditions for the sector and fairer wages.
Why is the date celebrated?
The date is commemorated in honor of the birth of Florence Nightingale, considered the mother of modern nursing. Nightingale revolutionized the acemedical assistance with technical and warm attention to all the patients of a charity hospital in London. It is the precursor of modern nursing, having introduced the scientific technique into the profession and demonstrating the importance of nurses for the improvement of health conditions, especially in the ipublic health indicators.
