2019 Healthcare and Nursing Recognition Dates (and holidays) to add to your calendar.
We’ve compiled all of the Healthcare and Nursing Recognition dates as well as national holidays and some other fun wacky, bizarre, unique, special or otherwise simply different holidays. Some are steeped in tradition, while others are just for fun.
Nursing Recognition Dates are noted in BOLD. Did we forget something? If so, please add any nursing recognition dates or fun holidays that you would like added to the comments below the article.
January
- Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
- National Pharmacist Day – Jan 12
- National Dress Up Your Pet Day – Jan 14
- National CRNA Week – Jan 20 – 26
- National IV Nurse Day – Jan 25
- Martin Luther King, JR Day – Jan 21
February
- Black History Month
- American Heart Month
- Super Bowl Sunday – Feb 3
- Chinese New Year – Feb 5
- National Wear RED Day – First Friday in Feb
- Groundhog Day – Feb 2
- Army Nurse Corp Birthday – Feb 2
- National Pizza Day – Feb 9
- PeriAnesthesia Nurse Awareness Week – Feb 4 – 10
- Valentines Day – Feb 14
- National Singles Awareness Day – Feb 15
- Cardiovascular Professionals Week – Feb 10 – 16
- Critical Care Transport Nurses Day – Feb 18
- Presidents Day – Feb 18
- Leap Day – not this year, not until 2020, once every four years
March
- Women’s History Month
- National Professional Social Workers Month
- Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) – March 5
- Ash Wednesday (Beginning of Lent) – March 6
- Lent – March 6 – April 18
- Daylight Saving Time Begins – March 10
- St. Patricks Day – March 17
- Certified Nurses Day – March 19
- First Day of Spring – March 21
- GI Nurses & Associates Week – March 25-29
- National Crayon Day – March 31
April
- Sexual Assault Awareness Month
- Donate Life Month
- Testicular Cancer Awareness Month
- April Fools Day – April 1
- National Volunteer Week – April 7 – 14
- Radiological and Imaging Nurses Day – April 12
- National Scrabble Day – April 13
- Palm Sunday – April 14
- WOC Nurse Week – April 14-20
- Transplant Nurses Day – April 17
- Good Friday – April 19
- Medical Laboratory Professionals Week – April 21 – 27
- Passover – April 19 – 22
- Easter – April 21
- Earth Day – April 22
May
- Mental Health Awareness Month
- Stroke Awareness Month
- National Critical Care Awareness and Recognition Month
- Oncology Nursing Month
- Free Comic Book Day / Star Wars Day – May 4
- Cinco de Mayo – May 5
- Ramadan – May 5 – June 4
- National Nurses Week – May 6-12
- National Nurses Day – May 6
- National School Nurse Day – May 8
- Mothers Day – May 12
- International Nurses Day – May 12
- Neuroscience Nurses Week – May 12-18
- National Bike to Work Day – May 17
- National EMS Week – May 19 – 25
- Memorial Day – May 27
June
- Gay Pride Month
- National Cancer Survivors Day – June 2
- National Healthcare Recruiter Recognition Day – June 4
- National Donut Day – June 7
- National Men’s Health Week – June 10 – 16
- National Nursing Assistants Day – June 13
- World Blood Donor Day – June 14
- Father’s Day – June 16
- National Nursing Assistants Week – June 13 – 19
- 1st Day of Summer – June 21
- National (eat at a) Foodtruck Day – June 28
July
- International Joke Day – July 1
- Independence Day – July 4
- International Ice Cream Day – July 21
- World Friendship Day – July 30
August
- National Immunization Awareness Month
- Book Lovers Day – August 9
- National Park Service Birthday – August 25
- National Dogs Day – August 26
September
- Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
- Labor Day – Sept 2
- Grandparents Day – Sept 8
- National Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses Day – Sept. 8
- Patriots Day – Sept 11
- Friday the 13th – Sept 13
- Nephrology Nurses Week – Sept 8 – 14
- Suicide Prevention Week – Sept 8 – 14
- Vascular Nurses Week – Sept 8 – 14
- National Neonatal Nurses Day – Sept 15
- National Cheeseburger Day – Sept 18
- National Nurses in Staff Development Week – Sept 15 – 21
- First Day of Fall – Sept 23
- National Public Lands Day – Sept 25
- International Coffee Day – Sept 29
- Rosh Hashanah – Sept 29 – Oct 1
- National Midwifery Week – Sept 29 – Oct 5
- National Pediatric Nursing Week – Sept 30 – Oct 4
October
- Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- National Physical Therapy Month
- World Vegetarian Day – Oct 1
- National Custodian Appreciation Day – Oct 2
- National Case Management Week – Oct 6 – 12
- National Physician Assistant Week – Oct 6 – 12
- Emergency Nurses Week – Oct 7 – 13
- Emergency Nurses Day – Oct 9
- International Infection Prevention Week – Oct 13 – 19
- National Be Bald and Free Day – Oct 14
- National Respiratory Care Week – Oct 20 – 26
- National Cat Day – Oct 29
- International Orthopaedic Nurses Day – Oct 30
- Halloween – Oct 31
November
- National Caregiver Appreciation Month
- National Hospice and Palliative Care Month
- National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month
- National Diabetes Awareness Month
- Daylight Saving Time Ends – Nov 3
- National Sandwich Day – Nov 3
- Medical-Surgical Nurses Week – Nov 1 – 7
- Urology Nurses and Associates Week – Nov 1 – 7
- National Radiologic Tech Week – Nov 3 – 9
- Forensic Nurses Week – Nov 4 – 8
- Veterans Day – Nov 11
- National Nurse Practitioner Week – Nov 10 – 16
- Perioperative Nurses Week – Nov 10 – 16
- National Take a Hike Day – Nov 17
- Great American Smokeout – Nov 21
- Thanksgiving – Nov 28
December
- World Aids Day – Dec 1
- National Cookie Day – Dec 4
- Gingerbread Decorating Day – Dec 12
- First Day of Winter – Dec 21
- Hanukkah Dec 22 – Dec 30
- Christmas Dec 25
- Kwanzaa Dec 22 – Jan 1
- New Year’s Eve – Dec 31
Did We Miss Anything?
Please post in the Comments below!
We did a lot of research and tried to make sure that we covered all of the healthcare and nursing recognition dates throughout the year. If your specialty or recognition date is missing it was only an oversight. Please post in the comments so we can get it added.
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