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

Nursing Recognition Dates

National Nurses Month
Theme: You Make a Difference
#NursesMonth, #YouMakeADifference

• See all of our Nurses Month content and offers!

Oncology Nursing Month 

• Oncology Nursing Resources
• NCPD Specialty: Oncology

National Student Nurses Day
May 8, 2023

• Nursing Student Resources
• Advice for Students & New Nurses [VIDEO] - Coming soon!

National School Nurse Day
May 10, 2023 
#SND2023, #schoolnurses

• The School Nurse From AJN Off the Charts Best of the Blog
• School-Based Nurse Practitioners An interview with Sharon Kobak, ARNP, MSN, RN, a primary care nurse practitioner at one of Denver Health’s School-based Health Centers (SBHC)

International Nurses Day
Theme: Our Nurses. Our Future. 
#IND2023
 
National Skilled Nursing Care Week (NSNCW)
May 14-20, 2023
Theme: Cultivating Kindness
#NSNCW

• NCPD A Case Manager-Led Pneumonia Care Bundle in a Subacute Rehabilitation Facility
• NCPD Assuring a Continuum of Care for Heart Failure Patients Through Postacute Care Collaboration: An Integrative Review

Neuroscience Nurses Week 
May 14-20, 2023
#NNW23

• Journal of Neuroscience Nursing
• Neurology Nursing Resources 

Healthcare Observances

Here are some of the healthcare observances being recognized in May.
 
Critical Care Awareness Month
#CritCareMonth

• Critical Care Nursing Resources
• Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing
• Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

National Trauma Awareness Month

• Emergency & Trauma Nursing Resources
• Journal of Trauma Nursing

Skin Cancer Awareness Month
#ThisIsSkinCancer, #SharetheFacts, #SkinCheckChallenge

• Dermatology Nursing Resources
• Journal of the Dermatology Nurses’ Association
• Plastic and Aesthetic Nursing

American Stroke Month
#AHAstrokemonth

• Focus On: Stroke

More Observances in May

• Arthritis Awareness Month
• Hepatitis Awareness Month
• National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
• National Celiac Disease Awareness Month
• National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month
• Preeclampsia Awareness Month
• National Women's Health Week May 14-20, 2023

Nursing Events

• AONL 2023
• NOAN 43rd Annual Conference 
• SGNA 50th Annual Course
• ANIA Annual Conference
• NTI 2023
• 67th Annual ACNM Annual Meeting & Exhibition​
• APSNA 2023 Annual Conference

See all events for 2023 here!

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