Verde Valley Medical Center is celebrating Emergency Nurses Week Oct. 5-11. Emergency Nurses Day is Wednesday, Oct. 8. This year’s theme, Emergency Nurses…Simply the Best!, reflects the dedication of emergency nurses in the United States and around the world.

Since 1989, the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) has celebrated the second Wednesday in October as Emergency Nurses Day, a day set aside to honor emergency nurses for their commitment to patient care. Starting in 2001, ENA expanded the celebration to devote an entire week to honoring emergency nurses, because one day is not enough to recognize all contributions made by emergency nurses.

The VVMC Emergency department has two campuses with 40 registered nurses on staff to deliver the best in patient care to our community. These nurses are committed to providing excellent patient care and have their own department vision of “Excellence in Action…Impacting Lives.” Emergency nurses are highly educated, specialty trained, caring individuals who give countless hours serving others. They deserve recognition for all they do.

The ENA is the only professional nursing association dedicated to defining the future of emergency nursing and emergency care through advocacy, expertise, innovation, and leadership.  Founded in 1970, ENA serves as the voice of more than 34,000 members and their patients through research, publications, professional development, injury prevention and patient education. Additional information is available at the ENA Web site, www.ena.org.