{"id":9351,"date":"2024-05-08T10:58:59","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T14:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/?p=9351"},"modified":"2024-05-08T12:44:31","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T16:44:31","slug":"may-6th-12th-is-national-nurses-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/2024\/05\/may-6th-12th-is-national-nurses-week\/","title":{"rendered":"May 6th \u2013 12th is National Nurses Week!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1268\/2024\/05\/National-Nurses-Week-May-6-12-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1268\/2024\/05\/National-Nurses-Week-May-6-12-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1268\/2024\/05\/National-Nurses-Week-May-6-12-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1268\/2024\/05\/National-Nurses-Week-May-6-12.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\">May 6th \u2013 12th is National Nurses Week!\u00a0 This week, UNC Ophthalmology celebrates all the UNC Medical Center nurses who are vital to ocular trauma ER response at our top-tier Level 1 Trauma Center and across the UNC Health system.<\/p>\n<p>UNC Ophthalmology Chair Don Budenz, MD, stated: &#8220;Our emergency room and clinic nurses are critical members of our trauma and clinical team. 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