As May 6-12 is National Nursing Week, several local nurses set up a table at the Co-op Marketplace downtown this afternoon and handed out cupcakes — and also apples, because healthy choices are important.
“We come to the Co-op, who are gracious enough to let us in, and three, four or five of us come in and man the table and try to give away cupcakes, in appreciation for local nurses,” said Joyce Taylor, local registered psychiatric nurse.
The nurses union provides cupcakes every year, made in house at the Co-op.“We enjoy what we do with helping, no matter whether it's with mental health or right now, [with addictions],” said Taylor. “[The best part of it] is just coming out and showing our appreciation to the people and the exposure for us.”
The group present represented RNs, RPNs, and nurse practitioners, and were all local nurses — working in both mental health and home care in the community.
Taylor and her colleagues hoped to remind people that the work local nurses do is so important, and to keep mental health at the top of people’s minds — because nurses are always willing to help those in need, and deserve appreciation for their work.
