May is National Nurses Month

Last Updated May 9, 2024

National Nurses Month – May 1-31, 2024

Did you know that nurses make up the largest group of health care professionals in the United States? Nurses have a wide range of skills and specialties that make them an important link between patients and doctors to provide quality, safe and equitable health care.

History of Nurses Week

Florence Nightingale in a military uniform

Modern nursing is credited to Florence Nightingale, who laid the foundation for professional nursing through her tireless work during and after the Crimean War.

Known as the Lady with the Lamp, Florence Nightingale started work as nurse in-charge of the British and allied soldiers wounded during the Crimean War. She spent most of her time caring and comforting the injured and was the first to establish formal training for nurses.

The first nursing school – the Nightingale School of Nursing – was inaugurated in London in 1860. Florence Nightingale was a key figure behind setting up a training school for midwives as well.

To acknowledge the contributions of nurses and call attention to their working conditions, the International Council of Nurses established May 12 – Florence Nightingale’s birthday – as International Nurses Day in 1974. The celebration was extended to a week in 1994 – May 6 to May 12.

The American Nurses Association now proudly observes May as National Nurses Month to celebrate the profession’s essential contributions to health care and how they are making a difference in the communities they serve. 

Partners’ Nursing Staff

Partners currently has forty nurses in total employed in our Community Based Adult Services Face to Face (CBAS F2F) Program, Short-Term Services and Supports (STSS), Care Transitions Program, Home and Community Based Alternative Waiver Program (HCBA), our Multipurpose Senior Services Program (MSSP).

We celebrate and recognize our incredible nursing staff and are grateful for their outstanding work in ensuring quality care for our participants.

First NameLast NameTitleDepartment
SanpreetKaurRNCBAS F2F
CarolFoerstelRNCBAS F2F
CeciliaDuranRNCBAS F2F
HeatherVallerandRNCBAS F2F
JasminEspinozaRNCBAS F2F
MarisolAmaralRNCBAS F2F
NatashaDavydoffRNCBAS F2F
StephanieMendozaRNCBAS F2F
VictoriaHazardRNCBAS F2F
GyeryeongMoonRNCBAS F2F
JoyceDixonRNCBAS F2F
KuljeetSangheraRNCBAS F2F
RoyaRashediRNCBAS F2F
TheresaDe VitaRNCBAS F2F
BabetteDiominoRNCBAS F2F
AmandaKingNurse Care ManagerHome and Comm Based Alter HCBA
AngelaMartinezNurse Supervisor HCBAHome and Comm Based Alter HCBA
AshleyGreenoughNurse Care ManagerHome and Comm Based Alter HCBA
CorinneDolanNurse Care ManagerHome and Comm Based Alter HCBA
DanaGreenbergNurse Care ManagerHome and Comm Based Alter HCBA
DanicaDivinagraciaNurse Care ManagerHome and Comm Based Alter HCBA
EffieFabellaNurse Care ManagerHome and Comm Based Alter HCBA
HungVoNurse Care ManagerHome and Comm Based Alter HCBA
JanelleHonoreNurse Care ManagerHome and Comm Based Alter HCBA
Joyce AnnReyesNurse Care ManagerHome and Comm Based Alter HCBA
MariaMartinezNurse Care ManagerHome and Comm Based Alter HCBA
MaryPuruggananNurse Care ManagerHome and Comm Based Alter HCBA
MichaelVanNurse Care ManagerHome and Comm Based Alter HCBA
MireyaNunezNurse Care ManagerHome and Comm Based Alter HCBA
ValerieLachicaLagacNurse Care ManagerHome and Comm Based Alter HCBA
LilianaPenaNurse Care ManagerMSSP Kern
MariaCantu AcunaNurse Care ManagerMSSP Kern
ElizabethAriasNurse Care ManagerMSSP North
GilbertCahatol JrNurse Care ManagerMSSP North
JessareenPesiganNurse Care ManagerMSSP Santa Barbara
AloyceRachalNurse Care ManagerMSSP South
ColinQuisidoNurse Care ManagerMSSP South
DominicCastilloNurse Care ManagerMSSP South
ElizabethAriasNurse Care ManagerMSSP South
VeraReevesNurse Care ManagerMSSP South

We express our warmest respect and appreciation for Nurses and their heroic work, day-in and day-out, on behalf of our clients.

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