For Immediate Release
Contact: Karen Dunn
283-3767

New Orleans District Nurses Association Honor Nurses for National Nurse Week

"Nurses: Lifting Spirits, Touching Lives" is the theme for National Nurses Week from May 6-12. The New Orleans District Nurses' Association and Touro Infirmary will be recognizing nurses by hosting a Nurse Day, May 7, 2003.

The event will be held at Twi-ro-Pa, 1544 Tchoupitoulas Street from 7:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m. Nurses drink beer and wine and eat for FREE with a valid RN License. All other licensed nurses are welcomed to attend for a fee of $10.00.

National Nurses Week begins on May 6, marked as RN Recognition Day, and ends on May 12, the birthday of Florence Nightingale, founder of nursing as a modern profession.

The ANA, through the New Orleans District Nurses Association and 53 other constituent member associations, advances the nursing profession by fostering high standards of nursing practice, promoting economic and general welfare, promoting a positive and realistic view of nursing and lobbying Congress and the regulatory agencies on health care issues affecting nurses and the public.

For more information on the Nurses Day event at Twi-ro-Pa call Executone at 504-838-9600 or email jeffmasten@cox.net.