We have much to celebrate as 2020 is the Year of the Nurse & Midwife! Don’t forget to get the following nursing recognition days, weeks, and months for 2020 on your calendar too!

*Dates and links will be updated as they become available.

January

National CRNA Week  January 19-25            
IV Nurse Day  January 25         

February

PeriAnesthesia Nurse Awareness Week  February 3-9             
Critical Care Transport Nurses Day  February 18             

March

Certified Nurses Day  March 19         
GI Nurses & Associates Week March 22-28              

April

Transplant Nurses Day  April 15 (third Wednesday in April)              
Wound, Ostomy and Continence (WOC) Nurse Week   2019: April 14-20              

May

National Nurses Week   May 6-12            
National Nurses Day  May 6 
National School Nurse Day  May 6 (always the Wednesday of NNW)           
National Student Nurses Day  May 8  
International Nurses Day   May 12
National Skilled Nursing Care Week (NSNCW), formerly known as National Nursing Home Week 
Neuroscience Nurses Week   3rd full week of May          

June

National Time Out Day  June 10 
National Nursing Assistants Week  2019: June 13-20              

September

National CNS Recognition Week  2019: September 1-7             
National Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses Day  September 8              
Vascular Nurses Week   2019: September 8-14               
Nephrology Nurses Week  September 13-20            
Neonatal Nurses Week  September 14-20              
Nursing Professional Development Week  September 14-18           
National Midwifery Week  September 27-October 3             

October

National Pediatric Nursing Week  2019: October 7-11              
Emergency Nurses Week  2019: October 6-12             
Emergency Nurses Day   2019: October 9             
National Case Management Week  2019: October 13-19             
International Orthopaedic Nurses Week  2019: October 28-November 1              

November

National Home Care & Hospice Month
Medical-Surgical Nurses Week   November 1-7             
Urology Nurses and Associates Week  November 1-7           
Forensic Nurses Week  November 9-13 
Perioperative Nurses Week  2019: November 10-16              
National Nurse Practitioner Week  November 8-14            
 
Let us know how you will celebrate or how you plan recognize your colleagues. Leave a comment or email us at [email protected]. Have a great year!