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Events Calendar


May
Asthma & Allergy Awareness Month
Nurses Week, National (always 6 to 12)
Nursing Home Week (2nd full week)
School Nurse Day, National (Wed. during Nurses Week)

June
Career Nurse Assist Day (2nd Thursday)
Dystonia Awareness Week (7th-14th)
Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month

July
Eye Injury Prevention month (1-31)
Hemochromatosis Screening Awareness month (27th-Aug 2)
Therapeutic Recreation Week (13th-19th)

August
Cataract Awareness month (1-31)
Immunization month (1-31)
Health center week National (10-16)
Pain Awareness Month (1-31)




Vendors Join Us for Nurses Night Out Special Event

Health Observances & Healthcare Recognition Date
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Welcome to Nurses Night Out!


NursesNightOut.org is an educational and informational website designed to support Nurses, discharge Planners and Social Services Directors within the North Alabama area. NursesNightOut  provides an avenue for continuing education units, calendaring local nursing events, providing Informational Healthcare articles, as well as high-lighting quality Health Care support companies; you will save time and enhance your ability to serve others by taking advantage of all that NursesNightOut.org has to offer.





Health News


WebMD Health
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: New Clue
A new clue to the cause of sudden infant death syndrome comes from baby mice that suddenly die when their brain serotonin levels go haywire.
117 West Nile Virus Deaths in 2007
As the 2008 West Nile virus season begins in the U.S., the CDC says last year there were 175,000 infections, with 1,227 serious cases and 117 deaths.
FDA Urged to Toughen Diabetes Drug Tests
Drug companies should be required to conduct stricter safety tests before marketing new diabetes drugs, expert advisors told the FDA.
Kroger Beef Recall Expands
The Kroger ground beef recall has been expanded to include seveeral supermarket chains in multiple states.
Erections: Use 'Em or Lose 'Em
The more times per week an aging man has sex, the lower his risk of erectile dysfunction, Finnish researchers find.
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