Here’s a glance at what’s happening this month, along with some resources for your learning and professional development.

Nursing Recognition Dates

Nurses Month
#NursesMonth

• Webinars, special offers and more!

Oncology Nursing Month
#OncologyNursingMonth 

• Oncology Nursing Resources
• Pocket Card: Managing Chemotherapy Side Effects

National Student Nurses Day 
May 8, 2022

• Nursing Student Resources
• The Best Gift...

National Skilled Nursing Care Week (NSNCW)
May 8-14, 2022
Theme: Creating and Nurturing Connections
#NSNCW

• Gerontology Nursing Resources
• Guideline Summary: Beers Criteria
• NCPD Care of Older Adults: Nutrition

National School Nurse Day 
May 11, 2022
#SND2022

• Honoring Unsung Heroes: School-Based Nurse Practitioners

International Nurses Day 
May 12, 2022
Theme: Nurses: A Voice to Lead - Invest in Nursing and respect rights to secure global health

• NCPD International networking guidelines for nurses

Neuroscience Nurses Week 
May 15-21, 2022
#NNW22

• Neurology Nursing Resources
• Guideline Summary: Stroke
• Pocket Card: Cranial Nerves
• Pocket Card: Increased Intracranial Pressure

Healthcare Observances

Here are some of the healthcare observances being recognized in May.
 
Arthritis Awareness Month

• NCPD Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Collection

Hepatitis Awareness Month
#HepAware2022, #HepatitisAwarenessMonth, #Hepatitis
 
Skin Cancer Awareness Month
#SharetheFacts, #SkinCheckChallenge, #ThisIsSkinCancer

• Pocket Card: Melanoma
• Guideline Summary: Melanoma

Mental Health Month
#MHAM, #Together4MH

• NCPD Suicide Risk: Assessment & Prevention

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
 
National Celiac Disease Awareness Month
#CeliacAwarenessMonth, #ShineaLightonCeliac
 
National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month
#NationalOsteoporosisMonth
 
National Stroke Awareness Month
#StrokeMonth

Preeclampsia Awareness Month
World Preeclampsia Day
May 22, 2022
#WorldPreeclampsiaDay2022
 
National Trauma Awareness Month

• Emergency & Trauma Nursing Resources

Critical Care Awareness Month
#NCCARM, #BlueICU

• Critical Care Nursing Resources
• NCPD Critical Care Nursing (Adult) Subscription

National Women's Health Week
May 8-14, 2022
Theme: Forward Focus: Achieving Healthier Futures Together

• Women’s Health Resources
• Guideline Summary: Vaccination in Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Pocket Card: Amenorrhea

Nursing Events

• American Case Management Association 2022 National Conference
• NTI 2022
• 2022 Annual APSNA Scientific Conference
• American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing 47th  Annual Conference
• NAON 42nd Annual Congress
• SGNA 49th Annual Course
• 67th Annual ACNM Annual Meeting & Exhibition 

See all events for 2022 here!

Anything missing? Please let us know in the comments!
Have a good month!