With Nurses Week just around the corner, I look forward to celebrating the vital role our nurses perform every day at Adventist Health Bakersfield. We have some fun activities planned for you!
On behalf of myself and the entire executive team, I want to thank you for honoring our mission of “Living God’s love by inspiring health, wholeness and hope.”
It’s no coincidence that Nurses Week starts on the birthday of Florence Nightingale, one of the original pioneers in health care. But I see today’s caregivers as pioneers as well – in addition to the compassionate, high-quality care you deliver as part of your daily (or nightly) shifts, you are also learning new technology and best practices designed to keep our patients even safer and put them on the road to recovery. Because of you, we see people’s lives changed for the better.
So, although we use this one week each year to publicly celebrate our nurses, please know that we appreciate you not just this week, but every week! We realize you didn’t enter the nursing field for recognition, but sometimes it’s nice to hear it anyway: “You are amazing!”