{"id":19502,"date":"2024-05-06T15:36:13","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T19:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/?p=19502"},"modified":"2024-05-22T13:21:03","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T17:21:03","slug":"may-6th-12th-is-national-nurses-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/may-6th-12th-is-national-nurses-week\/","title":{"rendered":"May 6th &#8211; 12th is National Nurses Week!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19503\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/470\/2024\/05\/National-Nurses-Week-May-6-12-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/470\/2024\/05\/National-Nurses-Week-May-6-12-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/470\/2024\/05\/National-Nurses-Week-May-6-12-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/470\/2024\/05\/National-Nurses-Week-May-6-12.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From our nursing anesthetists, to our pre-care and peri-operative anesthesia care nurses, to our CVTICU, NP and nurses in specialized anesthesia care, UNC Anesthesiology celebrates all of our excellent nurses who are vital contributors to quality and safe anesthesia care delivery at UNC Medical Center and across UNC Health!<\/p>\n<p>UNC Anesthesiology Interim Chair and Professor of Anesthesiology <strong>Anthony N. Passannante, MD<\/strong>, noted: &#8220;Please join me in celebrating National Nurses Week this week, from May 6<sup>th <\/sup>to 12<sup>th<\/sup>. There are 28 million nurses working worldwide, which makes nurses the largest component of the healthcare workforce. I agree with the many who have said that nurses really &#8216;put the care&#8217; in healthcare. We are fortunate to have many excellent nurses in various roles within UNC Anesthesiology, ensuring that our patients get the best care possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Critical Care Division Chief <strong>Duncan McLean, MD,\u00a0<\/strong>is \u00a0Medical Director of UNC Medical Center&#8217;s Cardiothoracic and Vascular Intensive Care Unit &#8211; CVTICU and Medical Director of its Critical Care Advanced Practice Provider Support program CCAPPS. 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