Spring is here, buds are blooming, and birds are chirping. Just last week outside of our corporate office, a mother goose, who had made her nest next to our building, proudly led her baby goslings across our lawn. When we think of spring we think of life. It couldn’t be a more fitting time to celebrate National Nurses Week and honor the vital contributions nurses make to the health and well-being of every one of us across the country.
Beginning in 1953, many attempts were made to enact an official national observance of nurses. In 1982, President Ronald Reagan signed a proclamation declaring May 6th as National Nurses Day. And then in 1990, the American Nurses Association declared May 6-12 as the permanent dates to celebrate National Nurses Week.
It’s fitting and only right that we devote time to honor these heroes of the medical profession – nurses. No matter what their patients require – care, comfort, humor, gently (and sometimes not so gently) badgering, nurses save lives. They are caregivers and advocates for patients and are also there for the patients’ families. Their impact is far reaching.
Nurses, you are on the front lines, literally and figuratively, of a ceaseless war against suffering. From our hearts to yours, we thank you for being there in our time of hurt and need. The world is a better place because of who you are and what you do, every day.
Happy National Nurses Week 2016!
Craig Wolf serves as vice president and general manager of Aureus Medical Group. He’s been instrumental in the healthcare staffing company’s substantial growth, having launched Aureus Medical’s contract radiology staffing division in 1997 and Aureus Nursing in 2001. Both divisions have evolved into among the nation’s largest healthcare staffing firms within their fields of specialty. In addition, Craig has significantly expanded Aureus Medical’s portfolio to include multiple staffing divisions under the allied health umbrella, including therapy, medical laboratory, oncology, cardiopulmonary, neurodiagnostics, and physician search. Mr. Wolf attended the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He is active in the community serving on the Board of Directors of The Kim Foundation, as a Chair of NAMICares for the National Alliance on Mental Illness – Nebraska Chapter, and as Team Captain for the Omaha Home for Boys Fundraising Committee. He is member of the Tangier Shrine Center in Omaha.
Thank you for recognizing and celebrating nurses across the continuum. I love my work and proud that I have been able to represent Aureus across the country since 2007 as a peri-operative nurse. Krystle Zecha has been my manager since that time matching me with the hospitals that require and appreciate my skills as well as providing countless hours of her time in meeting my needs no matter how far from home. I always know I can count on her, I trust her advice, and feel very close to Krystle through our years of communicating even though we’ve never met!! Heather Haynie, Erin Bowers and many others have also taken the time to know enough about me so as not to waste a lot of time when a need arises. I feel comfortable and confident with the professionals who work for Aureus enough to recommend them others…who have become part of the Aureus team as well. It is nice to feel appreciated and respected for the work that I love doing.