Posted on May 3, 2004 at 9:30 a.m.

BIRMINGHAM, AL — UAB Hospital, the Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital, The Kirklin Clinic and the School of Nursing at UAB will celebrate Nurses Week, May 3-10. (National Nurses Week will be observed May 6-12, culminating on Florence Nightingale’s birthday.) The theme of this year’s event is “Nurses: Lifting Spirits, Touching Lives.” In addition to the following activities, UAB’s tribute to nurses will include Nurses’ Week gifts, an ice cream party, appreciation breakfasts and a pampering fair.

Monday, May 3, 2004
7 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Kick-off Party
Atrium of West Pavilion, UAB Hospital

Tuesday, May 4, 2004
“Film Festival”
Atrium of West Pavilion, UAB Hospital
Films created by each department will showcase UAB nurses at work.

Wednesday, May 5, 2004
11:30 a.m.
Judging of “Nurses Can-Do” Community Service Project
Atrium of West Pavilion, UAB Hospital
A canned food drive benefiting local charities will provide the building blocks for creative “can-structions.” Prizes will be given for most cans collected and most creative “can-struction.”

Thursday, May, 6, 2004
11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Excellence in Nursing Awards Luncheon and Ceremony
Awards will be presented to clinical nurses chosen by their peers on the basis of exceptional nursing, interpersonal and leadership skills.

Monday, May, 10, 2004
Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Nurse Scholar Day Luncheon
The Club, Atop Red Mountain
Hosted by the UAB Center for Nursing Research and Oasis, A Women's Counseling Center. Ann R. Peden, D.S.N., professor of nursing at the College of Nursing at the University of Kentucky, will present "Not Just the Blues: The Nursing Perspective and the Community Response to Depression in Young Women." The luncheon is open to the public. The cost is $25 per person until May 3 or $30 per person after May 3. Continuing education credits available for nurses, social workers and counselors. For more information or to reserve tickets, please call the UAB School of Nursing at (205) 975-8936.