Are you looking for inspirational speakers for National Nurses Week 2025? Maybe for a conference, retreat, celebration, or other event? Our team of dynamic speakers is here to help you educate, inspire, and celebrate your teams!
National Nurses Week is May 6th – 12th 2025, and to honor nurses, celebrate nurses, and recognize the nursing profession, Creative Health Care Management (CHCM) is offering an array of speakers and topics to help organizations support National Nurses Week.
CHCM Supports National Nurses Week
CHCM offers in person and virtual presentations and workshops by nurses, for health care professionals to highlight the appreciation for nurses around the world. We look forward to being a part of how you celebrate National Nurses Week 2025.
Here are some examples of topics that we speak on:
National Nurses Week 2025 Example Speaking Topics:
- Connecting the Dots: Shared Governance, Patient Safety, Quality Outcomes, and Culture of Excellence
- What Makes Nursing a Profession?
- Empowering the Leader Within You
- All Aboard the Nursing LeaderSHIP
- The Legacy of the Lamp: Fostering Excellence in Nursing Practice
- From Idea to Impact: Fostering Innovation in Nursing
- Creating a Culture of Excellence
- Celebration, Restoration, and Self Care
- Nursing: The Greatest Show on Earth!
- Professional Development is for All Nurses
- Reducing Chaos in Times of Change
- Compassion and Kindness- Strategies to Influence Well-Being
- Taking Recognition to the Next Level
The History of National Nurses Week
Florence Nightingale is considered the founder of modern nursing because she was the first nurse who formally trained others to become nurses. She served as a leader, role model, and mentor for battlefield nurses during the Crimean War. Her knowledge and skills drastically reduced infections and saved many lives.
National Nurses Week was created by the International Council of Nurses (ICN) as early as 1953 and has been celebrated regularly since 1965. While May 6th to 12th is the designated Nurses Week celebration week in the US, other countries celebrate it at different times. In the United Kingdom, an annual service is held at Westminster Abbey by a “passing of the lamp” celebration. Australia has a Nurse of the Year award ceremony and distributes several other awards throughout the week. Middle Eastern countries celebrate Arab Nurses and Midwives Day on November 3rd.
In the United States, the first proclamation for National Nurses’ Week began from the hard work of Dorothy Sutherland of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Dorothy sent a proposal to then President Eisenhower in 1953 to create an official nurse day.
National Nurses Week, a time for nurses to celebrate their achievements and the contributions they make to society, was first established in 1954 by the American Nursing Association (ANA). The first Nurses Week in the U.S. was held in 1954 from October 11th to 16th to honor the 100th anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s historic mission. The National Nurses Week celebration now begins on May 6th, Florence Nightingale’s birthday, and goes through May 12th.
Celebrate National Nurses Week 2025 With Creative Health Care Management!
CHCM has a worldwide presence, with our thought leaders having presented in over 25 countries and with all areas of nursing.
If your health care organization would like to book one of our nurse leaders for your National Nurses Week, please call us today.
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