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

Nursing Recognition Dates

National Clinical Nurse Specialist Recognition Week
September 1-7, 2023
Theme: LEAD the Next Generation.         
#CNSWeek

• Clinical Nurse Specialist: The Journal for Advanced Nursing Practice
• Clinical Nurse Specialist Resources

National Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses Day   
September 8     

• Ethical and Moral Conflicts in the Nursing Care of Pediatric Patients With Cancer and Their Families
• I am Seen: Processing Grief as a Pediatric Oncology Nurse Practitioner
• Best Practices in Pediatric Oncology Pain Management

Vascular Nurses Week  
September 10-16, 2023
#IAMSVN

• NCPD Patient-centered Outcomes for Individuals with a Venous Leg Ulcer: A Scoping Review
• NCPD The Impact of Diabetic Foot Ulcer on Individuals' Lives and Daily Routine: A Qualitative Study Informed by Social Constructivism and Symbolic Interactionism Frameworks

Nephrology Nurses Week          
September 10-16, 2023
#NNW23 #nephrologynursing

• Factors Associated with Hospital Readmissions Among U.S. Dialysis Facilities
• Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease - What's the Difference?

Nursing Professional Development Week                         
September 10-16, 2023
#NPDWeek

• Journal for Nurses in Professional Development
• Nursing Professional Development Practitioner (Staff Development) Resources

Neonatal Nurses Week              
September 10-16, 2023
#neonatalnursesweek

• Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing
• Advances in Neonatal Care
• NCPD Acuity Tools for the Antepartum and Neonatal Intensive Care Units

Healthcare Observances

Sepsis Awareness Month           
World Sepsis Day
September 13, 2023      
#sepsisawarenessmonth #WorldSepsisDay

• Sepsis Guidelines and Protocols: Providing Care to Patients

National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month

• NCPD Atrial fibrillation: What nurses need to know
• Implantable loop recorder detection for atrial fibrillation to prevent stroke in high-risk patients

Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month         

• Value of Clinical Trial Participation in Ovarian Cancer Patients
• Online resources for Ovarian Cancer month

Pain Awareness Month

• Topics in Pain Management
• POCKET CARD Pain Assessment

Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

• Promising Marker for Treatment Response in Prostate Cancer
• Improving Treatment Intensification for Better Outcomes in Prostate Cancer

World Alzheimer's Month
World Alzheimer’s Day: September 21, 2023
Theme: Never too early, never too late

• BLOG New Drug in the Fight Against Alzheimer's: Lecanemab (Leqembi®)
• BLOG Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia: How Do They Differ?
• Online resources for Alzheimer disease and brain awareness month 

National Suicide Prevention Week         
September 10-16, 2023
World Suicide Prevention Day: September 10, 2023
Theme: Talk Away the Dark

• GUIDELINE SUMMARY Assessment and Management of Patients at Risk for Suicide
• NCPD Suicide among men: Risk assessment and mitigation in primary care 

Falls Prevention Awareness Week
September 18-23, 2023
Theme: From Awareness to Action
#FallsPreventionAwarenessWeek

• POCKET CARD Assessing Fall Risk and Reducing Falls in the Elderly                          

More Observances in September

• Healthy Aging® Month  
• Childhood Cancer Awareness Month     
• National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month  
• National Food Safety Education Month 
• National ITP Awareness Month 
• National Preparedness Month
• National Recovery Month
• National Sickle Cell Month
• Newborn Screening Awareness Month
• National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day September 18, 2023
• Sport Purple For Platelets Day   
• Malnutrition Awareness Week September 18-22, 2023

 Nursing Events

• The Healthcare Travel Conference
• 32nd AMSN Annual Convention
• Emergency Nursing 2023
• NANN's 38th Annual Conference
• 2023 International Conference on Forensic Nursing Science and Practice

 
See all events for 2023 here!


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