KANSAS CITY, Mo. — National Nurses Week gave patients and their families the chance to show love and respect for the work of nurses across the area, including those at Children’s Mercy Hospital.

From May 6-12, National Nurses Week celebrates the work of nurses. The American Nurses Association designated this year’s theme as “Nurses Make the Difference.” There are more than 5 million ...

WASHINGTON — Artinsia M. Shakir could hear the gospel music as she walked into her sister’s hospital room in 2003. It had been almost two weeks since her sister’s surgery to remove a brain tumor that ...

Reducing or removing recognition as a profession, signals to potential students that nursing is neither valued, rewarding, nor respected as a career.