National Nurses Week

FORTIS Celebrates National Nurses Week, May 6-12, 2025

About National Nurses Week

National Nurses Week begins each year on May 6th and ends on May 12th, Florence Nightingale's birthday. These permanent dates enhance planning and position National Nurses Week as an established recognition event. As of 1998, May 8 was designated as National Student Nurses Day, to be celebrated annually. And as of 2003, National School Nurse Day is celebrated on the Wednesday within National Nurses Week (May 6-12) each year.

The nursing profession has been supported and promoted by the American Nurses Association (ANA) since 1896. Each of ANA's state and territorial nurses associations promotes the nursing profession at the state and regional levels. Each conducts celebrations on these dates to recognize the contributions that nurses and nursing make to the community. The ANA supports and encourages National Nurses Week recognition programs through the state and district nurses associations, other specialty nursing organizations, educational facilities, and independent health care companies and institutions. 

Nurses Week Radio Broadcasts & Special Events

FORTIS Colleges and Institutes are proudly promoting National Nurses Week with live radio broadcasts and special events at selected campuses listed below. Check to see if your local FORTIS campus is participating - come on out to support our Nursing students, and learn more about how you can learn to become a nurse with FORTIS training!

State Campus Nurses Week Events
FL Cutler Bay May 7: WPOW-FM live on site from 5-7pm
DATE TBA: WSNV-TV Early Morning, Noon, and Early News 
FL Orange Park May 6: WJBT-FM live on site from 11am-1pm
May 6: WLTV-TV First Coast Living 
FL Pensacola May 5: WKRG-TV CBS This Morning
May 7: WBLX-FM live on site from 2:30-4pm
FL Port St. Lucie May 8: WLDI-FM live on site from 11am-1pm
May 5-9: WPEC-TV
OH Centerville
 DATE TBA: Food Trucks on Site 
DATE TBA: WDTN-TV
OH Cincinnati May 6: WKRQ-FM live on site from 11am-1pm
DATE TBA: WKRC-TV - Cincinnati Refined
OH Columbus May 6: WNCI-FM live on site from Noon-2pm
May 6 and May 12: WTTE-TV Good Day Extra 
OH Cuyahoga Falls May 6: WZAK-FM live on site from 10am-3pm
May 9: FOX8-TV New Day Cleveland 
PA Scranton May 7: WKRZ-FM live on site from 11am-1pm
DATE TBA: WNEP-TV Local Focus
SC Columbia
 May 7: WNOK-FM live on site from 11am-1pm
DATE TBA: Featuring Sushi Chef Fuyuhiko Ito
TN Cookeville May 6: WGSQ-FM live on site from 11am-1pm
May 6: CBS-TV
TN Nashville May 5: NBC-TV Today in Nashville  
May 7: WJXA-FM live on site from 11am-1pm
UT Salt Lake City May 6: KZHT-FM live on site from 11am-1pm;
May 9: Studio 5 with Brooke Walker on KSL at 11:00am
VA Norfolk May 6: WOWI-FM live on site from Noon-2pm
DATE TBA: WWBT-TV Hampton Roads Show 
VA Richmond May 7: WCDX-FM live on site from Noon-2pm
DATE TBA: WWBT-TV RVA Today