Nurse Gifts and Apparel

I recently made a Nurse Gifts and Apparel board on Pinterest. It has over 400 nurse T-shirts, bags, mugs, cards, stickers, magnets, lunch bags, bumper stickers, and other items for nurses whether an RN, LPN, ER nurse, private nurse, OR nurse, pediatric nurse, or even a student nurse! This board also has some nurse graduate invitations and announcements, nurse design candy tins filled with Jelly Belly jelly beans or mints, nurse design return address labels, nurse postage stamps, nurse journals, nurse necklaces, and other nurse items.
Here is a few interesting facts about nurses according to the Penn Nursing Science University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing:

"1.       Nursing is one of the fastest growing professions in the United States
2.      Nurses make up the majority of hospital staff and provide more care than any other staff member
3.      Of all students in health professions, half of them are studying nursing
4.      One out of every four nurses works part-time. This means lots of time to raise children, have a different job or do nothing at all!
5.      There are more than 5.5 million nurses and nurses aides in the United States … five times the size of the US army!
6.      The average starting wage for a certified Registered Nurse anesthetist is over $50,000
7.      Nurses are needed more than ever. With the rise in the number of elderly people and the fall in the number of nurses, nurses have their pick of great jobs and great schools.
8.      Around nine million children visit emergency rooms in the U.S. each year due to injuries. It’s a really good thing we have nurses, isn’t it?
9.      There are four times as many nurses as doctors.
10.  Nurses save lives. "



Check out some of the great nurse T-shirts, hoodies, mugs, bags, buttons, cards, and other nurse apparel and gifts we have found by searching at Zazzle! Zazzle provides great printing, great service, and everything is 100% customer satisfaction guaranteed! 

Nurses Week 2014 Celebrate Nurses T Shirt by nurse_doctor
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Nurses R Angels T-shirts and Gifts by nurse_doctor
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Nursing Student Canvas Bag by magarmor
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Nurse Tote Bags by magarmor
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Healthcare Professionals, Nurses Doctors, Humor Laptop Bag by leathercases
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Nurse Wristwatch by JerryLambert
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ORNAMENT - RN NURSE with STETHOSCOPE by NurseStore
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Oncology Nurse Gift Ornament by occupation_tshirts
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School Nurse Gift Ladybug Tee Shirts by occupation_tshirts
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Scrubs Burgundy Medical Graduation Invitation by PixiePrints
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Keep Calm I'm a Nurse Tee Shirts by nasakom
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funny nurse shirt by nasakom
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I Survived Nursing School Tshirts by doodles_designs
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Super Nurse Tee Shirts by medical_gifts
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Funny Nurse T Shirt by magarmor
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Nurse Mugs by magarmor
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Nursing Quote Mug by Gifts_By_Profession
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Keep Calm and Carry a Stethoscope poster by mollybhappy
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National Nurses Week

Every year from May 6th – 12th the American Nurses Association celebrates National Nurses Week. The 2011 theme is “Nurses Trusted to Care.” May 12th, the last day of the celebrated Nurses Week, is Florence Nightingale's birthday! Since 1998, May 8th has been designated National Student Nurses Day, and whichever date the Wednesday of that week falls on has been designated National School Nurse Day as of 2003. Nurses week is not only celebrated in the United States, as May 12th of each year is International Nurses Day and is celebrated around the world!
With National Nurses Week only a bit over a week away, I would like to take this opportunity to remember and thank all the wonderful nurses that I have known personally this past year. It's been a rather tough year for my family, with more than one family member being hospitalized and for long periods of time, as well as my mother being cared for on a daily basis at the nursing facility where she has lived for almost exactly a year to this date. Without their expertise, kindness, caring, and general help in all areas I dont' know what we would have done. If you have ever had a loved one in the hospital you know how important the nurses and nurse aides are. They spend the most time with the patient, and are responsible for most of their care in every aspect.
My mom has some wonderful nurses and aides who tend to her needs every day. They not only administer her medications, help her with her meals, and help her to change and bathe, but they bring her smiles and friendship. One day lately when I went to see her, one of the nurses was helping my mom and my mom looked at me when I first got there and said "Oh I'm glad you're here, I should pay this girl for helping me and I don't have any money". (My mother has dementia and thought she should pay the nurse). The nurse immediately said 'Ohhhh no, you don't need to pay us. We just do it because we love you!" and she gave my Mom a hug. They both smiled and hugged and I felt the love. They were not words, she really does love my mom. That made me feel so good, to know that the people who tend to her on an every day basis actually care about her and love her, and are not merely doing a job.
So thank you! Thank you to all the nurses who I have met this past year, who have helped my family so much. I can't say enough or feel stronger about the importance of the job you do, and how well you do it!