Ringing the Nasdaq Bell to Celebrate National Nurses Week

Dean Dorrie Fontaine of the University of Virginia School of Nursing was joined by dozens of nursing faculty, students, alumni and friends as she rang the closing bell at Nasdaq to celebrate National Nurses Week May 8.

May 8 is also National Student Nurses Day.

In addition to the U.Va. crowd, she was joined in the ceremony by Frank Shafer, chief  nursing officer of Cross Country TravCorps, and a number of the company’s nurses.

Fontaine was invited to preside over the closing by Don Johnson, a U.Va. nursing
alumnus who is now a managing director at Nasdaq. [Nasdaq is the nation’s largest all-electronic stock market.]

In brief remarks Fontaine recognized the many contributions of nurses, including at the bedside, patient education, providing primary care, conducting research, teaching the next generations of nurses and engaging in policy decisions. She highlighted nursing’s economic impact and the leadership role nurses will play in health-care reform.

In addition to the dean’s remarks, a video designed to celebrate nursing was
shown on the Nasdaq MarketSite Tower at Times Square, the world’s largest
stationary video screen.

To see a video of the closing, visit www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_events.stm.