大侠行天下日记 我见我闻我思 05/07/2021

我见 我闻 我思

庆贺白衣天使之节日

今天是美国护士日，我们大家来感谢和庆祝这个极有意义的日子，祝愿全国的白衣天使永远快乐。

尤其是在过去一年多来，世界新冠病毒之侵袭， 护士们守在病疫之最前缐 ，多半都成為了尽忠职守的战士。

庆祝护士节已经是我们全国从五月六日起一週之活动，我们希望全体民眾要把护士照顾我们的故事广為流传，当你再次到医院去门诊时，要特别向在场的白衣天使表示感谢。

早在一九五三年时在美国卫福部服务的苏德兰女士向艾森豪总统写信，建议总统颁佈国立之謢士日，经白宫同意后 ，自一九五四年开始 ，全国民眾每年都展开一周的庆祝活动。

近年来 ，全世界各地都出现了护理人员短缺之现象， 尤其是在美国， 许多学生都不愿读护理系，所以近年来大批来自亚洲尤其是菲律宾护士到了美国任职， 但是仍然无法解决问题。

我的母校拉马州立大学有一所全国知名的护理学院并且设有网上教学，招收全世界有意到美国来考护士执照的国际学生。

我也设想未来在非洲几内亚设立一所护士专业学院，专门培养可以到美国来工作的学生们，应该是项可行而实际之计划。

全世界的护士们，你们实在太了不起，尤其此次全球遭到之灾难， 更显示你们大公无私牺牲奉献之精神。

We Are Celebrating National Nurses Day

Today is National Nurses Day. On this day we all raise awareness of the contributions of all nurses and the vital role nurses play in our society.

National Nurses Week begins on May 6th and ends on May 12^th, which also is the birthday of Florence Nightingale. She was was the founder of modern nursing. She became well-known while taking care of the wounded soldiers during the Crimean War. She is called, “The Lady With The Lamp.”

Today, especially in our pandemic period, we need to recognize nurses everywhere and celebrate their commitment and dedication to their patients. Tell everyone about the service we have received from the nurses. When we visit a hospital or a clinic, again we need to say a special thanks again to all the nurses.

In 1953, Dorothy Sutherland, an employee of the United States Department of Health, sent a letter to President Dwight D. Eisenhower proposing a National Nurses Day. In 1974, President Richard Nixon proclaimed a National Nurses Week.

Today the world is experiencing a shortage of nurses, including us here in America. In recent years, many Asian nurses came to America especially from The Philippines. Their hard work really helped us solve the shortage problem.

I am planning to suggest the opening of a nursing school in West Africa close to Guinea. In the future we need to train more young people in nursing. When they have finished their studies, they can help the nursing shortage around the world.