LOS ANGELES - Some of America’s biggest restaurants and brands are celebrating National Nurses Week by offering freebies and discounts to nurses across the country.The weeklong celebration begins on May 6, which is National Nurses Day, and runs through May 12 — Florence Nightingale’s birthday.
Nightingale was a 19th-century nurse credited with being the founder of modern nursing.There are roughly 3.8 million registered nurses throughout the United States and another 200,000 are expected to add to that number each year until 2026, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.FILE - Registered nurses grieve and console one another during a candlelight vigil at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Panorama City, California on April.