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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Speare Memorial Hospital (603) 536-1120 | |
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May 5 , 2008 | |
Student Art Show Celebrates Nurses at Speare Memorial Hospital
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| PLYMOUTH, N.H. --- Honoring nurses is the focus of the latest art exhibition at Speare Memorial Hospital, featuring the work of nearly 100 area elementary school. Their drawings are artistic interpretations for “What a nurse means to me” art contest. All artists will be honored, and winners announced, at a cookies and punch reception at SMH on Tuesday, May 6 at 4 p.m. in the Main Entrance Atrium. The first, second and third place winner representing each grade level will receive a Wal-Mart gift certificate. |  |
| May 6 is also Nurses Day, and the kick off SMH’s National Nurses Week celebration honoring nurses for the vital role they play in meeting patients’ healthcare needs. National Nurses Week seeks to raise public awareness of the value of nursing, and recognize nurses for making a difference everyday, ending on Florence Nightingale’s birthday, May 12. Nightingale is credited as the founder of modern nursing | |
| “Our nurses really do make a difference everyday,” says SMH President/CEO Michelle McEwen, FACHE. “They are the patient advocate and as the primary care provider, serve as conduit of information for the doctors. Even though patients are here for a very short time, the connection nurses develop with their patients in such a short time is very real. They are the ones who explain what is going on, answer questions and help alleviate anxiety.” | |
| SMH will celebrate its nurses with a week-long series of events, highlighted by a reception on Thursday, May 8 at the Common Man Inn. | |
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| According to a national Gallup Poll nursing is the most trusted profession in the United States. On Thursday, May 29 Speare Memorial Hospital will hold a Nursing Open House from 3 – 7 p.m. Interested nurses are encouraged to find out how they can make a difference every day by providing personalized care in a state-of the-art facility. Several positions are available including: OR nurse, surgical technician, OB nurse, and clinical educator. | |
| SMH offers a complete benefits package, tuition reimbursement, scholarship funds, clinical advancement program and a personalized orientation. For more information contact SMH's Chief Nursing Officer Beverley Rankin at (603) 238-2219. | |
| Speare Memorial Hospital is a 24-hour, acute care, non-profit community hospital and health care provider serving Plymouth, and the communities of central New Hampshire, for more than a century. | |
| Michele Barney Hutchins Director of Community Relations Speare Memorial Hospital (603) 238-6468 mhutchins@spearehospital.com | |