National Registered Nurse Recognition Day is today.

The day kicks off National Nurses Week, when nurses at Pella Regional Health Center will be honored in a variety of ways. Chief Nursing Officer Yvonne O’Brien-Evans says that today they will honor those that won the DAISY award, an award that hospitals across the country use to honor exceptional nurses. The week ends on May 12th, on the birthday of Florence Nightingale, who is credited with founding nursing as a modern profession. We’ll have more with O’Brien-Evans on Let’s Talk Pella Thursday.