National Hospital Week and National Nurses Week provide opportunities to appreciate healthcare workers who go above and beyond in providing essential services to communities. The American Hospital Association is leading a recognition initiative to honor hospitals and healthcare teams’ invaluable role in society. Digital resources, including social media toolkits and a video celebrating the history of hospitals, have been shared. Hospitals and healthcare workers are always ready to provide care and support to patients and communities. Participation in recognizing these weeks and showing gratitude is crucial in acknowledging the dedication and compassion of healthcare workers.
National Hospital Week and National Nurses Week are important observances that recognize and appreciate the tremendous work of healthcare professionals across the country. This year’s recognition comes at a particularly significant time, as healthcare workers have been on the front lines battling the COVID-19 pandemic for over a year.
Patients all over the country express their gratitude for the healthcare workers who dedicate their lives to helping others. Healthcare workers provide critical services and care to their communities every day, from nurses and doctors to technicians, pharmacists, therapists, IT professionals, and environmental services staff.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) is leading a national recognition initiative to celebrate hospitals and healthcare teams’ invaluable role in society. The AHA has shared digital resources that hospitals can use to celebrate with their teams and communities during these recognition weeks and beyond. These resources include a social media toolkit and a new video that honors the long history of hospitals and health systems advancing health in the nation.
The AHA will also run digital and print advertisements that reinforce that hospitals and health systems are always there, ready to care, and do more than any other part of the healthcare system to support patients and communities.
All hospitals, healthcare workers, and community members need to participate in recognizing National Hospital Week and National Nurses Week. Taking a few minutes to hear directly from healthcare workers who have shared their stories about why they went into healthcare and the nursing profession is a great way to show appreciation and respect for their work.
Over time, hospitals and health systems have evolved to meet patients where they are. However, the blue “H,” which represents the promise of always being there, ready to care, has remained constant. As AHA Board Chair John Haupert, President and CEO of Grady Health System in Atlanta, said, “No matter our background, no matter whom we’re serving, we’re all focused on providing care to people and doing it well.”
