WASHINGTON, May 6 Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:
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THURSDAY, MAY 6: NURSES WEEK
Profile America -- Thursday, May 6th. Today is National Nurses Day -- kicking off a week honoring the outstanding efforts of nurses in helping to keep Americans among the healthiest people in the world. The observance ends next Wednesday, the birthday of Florence Nightengale, who established the world's first nursing school in England in the 19th century. In the U.S., there were some 12,000 registered nurses by 1900. Today, that figure is 2.8 million. As their numbers have grown, so have nurses' responsibilities, keeping up with increasingly complex medical technology. They not only work in the nation's 5,700 hospitals, but are on duty in more than 16,000 nursing homes across the country. You can find these and more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau, online at www.census.gov.
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Sources:
Chase's Calendar of Events 2010, p. 264
Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970, p. 140
Statistical Abstract of the United States 2010, t. 603, 166, 190
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