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</p><p>NMRTC Bremerton Recognizes Nat. Nurses Week/Navy Nurse Corps birthday 
05.08.2020
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class ryan riley 
Naval Hospital Bremerton  
</p><p>Giving Back To Others...National Nurses Week, annually celebrated May 6 to May 12, and fittingly wrapping up on the birthday of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), the founder of modern nursing, is being recognized all week at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Bremerton. Immediately following the week is the Navy Nurse Corps birthday on May 13, recognizing 112 years of delivering patient-centered care from bed side to battle field.
</p><p>Then, as now, caring for the sick and injured, establishing sanitary methods, supporting operational readiness during the Crimean War (1853-56) are legacies established as nursing standards by Nightingale and notable commitment by the Nurse Corps against the pandemic outbreak.
</p><p>April Scheunemann and the other approx. 60 Nurse Corps and 80 civilian nurses at NMRTC Bremerton have been tasked with proactively handling multiple assignment to screen, triage, and test for COVID-19, as well as continue daily needed support for acute-care patients U.S. Navy Graphic by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryan Riley/Released)
</p><p>Date Taken: 05.08.2020
Date Posted: 05.09.2020 10:59
Photo ID: 6203771
VIRIN: 200508-N-MZ301-002
Resolution: 3300x2550
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Location: BREMERTON, WA, US
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