Nationally known nurse headlines Nurse’s Week May 9
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GRISWOLD – Nationally recognized author and nurse LeAnn Thieman will speak about her involvement in the Vietnam Orphan Airlift in 1975 and other lessons learned during her 37-year nursing career at a free public event sponsored by The William W. Backus Hospital on May 9.
Part of Backus Hospital’s celebration of National Nurse’s week, the free event will be held at 7 p.m. in the Griswold High School Auditorium, followed by book signings. Registration is not required.
Ms. Thieman was one of nine nurses who removed 100 babies from a Saigon orphanage in 1975, and will share life-changing lessons learned from that experience and others during her 37-year nursing career.
Author of “This Must Be My Brother,” her book detailing the Vietnam Orphan Airlift, she’s also co-authored “Chicken Soup for the Nurse’s Soul” and several other “Chicken Soup” books on nursing and care-giving. She’s appeared on CNN, NPR and the BBC, as well as many other print publications.
Ms. Thieman is well known as an advocate for nurses, other health professionals and family caregivers, and urges them to take the time to care for themselves as well.
“Ms. Thieman’s talk will celebrate our Backus nurses and community health providers,” said Robin Heard, RN, Clinical Coordinator of Epidemiology at Backus and co-chair of Nurse’s Week along with Shelbye Maynard, RN, Clinical Director of Same Day Surgery and PACU. “We are very excited to offer this motivational event and feel strongly about supporting, recognizing and celebrating our nurses.”
“LeAnn is a very dynamic and uplifting speaker,” said Karen Long, RN, Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer at Backus. “We wanted to offer a motivational moment for our nurses, our potential nurses, our teachers of nurses and the entire community, and send an uplifting and celebratory message about the nursing profession.
“Her stories remind us that even in times of stress, where we may doubt ourselves, nurses do make a difference … nursing is a very important and gratifying career,” Ms. Long added.