A Calendar of Nursing Holidays in 2019

Here’s the list of nursing recognition days, weeks, and months for 2019 so you can get involved in showing appreciation to nurses for all of their hard work and dedication.

January

• National CRNA Week January 20 - 26
• National IV Nurse Day January 25

February

• PeriAnesthesia Nurse Awareness Week February 4 - 10
• Cardiovascular Professionals Week February 10 - 16
• Critical Care Transport Nurses Day February 18

March

• Certified Nurses Day  March 19
• GI Nurses and Associates Week March 25 - 29

April

• Radiological and Imaging Nurses Day April 12
• Wound, Ostomy and Continence (WOC) Nurse Week April 14 - 20
• Transplant Nurses Day April 17

May

• National Critical Care Awareness and Recognition Month
• Oncology Nursing Month 
• National Nurses Week May 6 - 12
• National Nurses Day May 6
• National School Nurse Day  May 8
• International Nurses Day May 12
• Neuroscience Nurses Week May 12 - 18

June

• National Healthcare Recruiter Recognition Day June 4
• National Nursing Assistants Week  June 13 - 19

July

• Nothing as of yet

August

• National Nurse Educator Day August 8

September

• National Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses Day September 8
• Nephrology Nurses Week September 8 - 14
• Vascular Nurses Week September 8 - 14
• National Neonatal Nurses Day September 15
• Nursing Professional Development Week September 15 - 21
• National Midwifery Week September 29 - October 5

October

• National Midwifery Week September 29 - October 5
• National Pediatric Nursing Week September 30 - October 4
• Emergency Nurses Week October 6 - 12
• National Emergency Nurses Day October 9
• National Case Management Week October 6 - 12
• International Infection Prevention Week October 13 - 19
• International Orthopaedic Nurses Day October 30

November

• National Hospice and Palliative Care Month
• Medical-Surgical Nurses Week November 1 - 7
• Urology Nurses and Associates Week November 1 - 7
• Forensic Nurses Week November 4 - 8
• National Nurse Practitioner Week November 10 - 16
• Perioperative Nurses Week November 10 - 16

December

• Nothing as of yet