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Beebe Medical Center to Pay Tribute to Nurses during National Nurses Week
04/06/10
In recognition of National Nurses Week, Beebe Medical Center has organized a candle lighting ceremony to pay tribute to the nurses past present and future who make a difference in the lives of patients and their families. This public event is scheduled to take place at 6:15 p.m. on May 6 on the front lawn of Beebe Medical Center.
We would like to take this opportunity to recognize our nurses, as well as all the nurses in the community, for the work that they do to care for their patients and the support they provide to the families of the patients, said Jeffrey M. Fried, President and CEO of Beebe Medical Center. We cannot forget that nurses impact the care of patients at every level, whether in the doctor's office, on a visit as part of a home health service, on a floor in the hospital, or in research, educational and public health capacities. They fill so many roles and make a difference in all our lives.
A candle lighting was chosen due to it's symbolism of Florence Nightingale, known as the Lady with the Lamp. She was considered to be the founder of modern nursing. The vision of her with a lamp came from the Crimean War in the 1850s when, as a volunteer to help medical workers, she was known to make her rounds in the hospital at night to care for the wounded soldiers.
In 1858, Ms. Nightingale founded a school for the training of nurses in London, England. She not only improved the care of patients in civilian and military hospitals, but became a specialist in hygiene and sanitation and recognized that ventilation and the removal of sewer waste were critical to the control of infection. At that time, soldiers died more from diseases such as typhus and cholera than from gunshot wounds. Ms. Nightingale went on to influence government public health efforts that included protecting underground drinking water supplies from sewer run-off.
Beebe Alumni, retired staff and the public are invited to attend this special event. Light refreshments will follow. Please contact Nancy Cummings, Beebe Medical Center Coordinator of Public Relations, if you have any questions. Her telephone number is (302) 645-3221.
A rain date has been set for May 10.
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