The week of May 6-12 is National Nurses Week, celebrated on these dates because May 12 is the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. The theme this year is “Delivering Quality and Innovation in Patient Care,” and in honor of nursing, I would like to share some reflections. I think I can best describe nursing, and the unique attributes nurses bring to patients each day, by telling a story that is just one of hundreds of examples I have witnessed throughout my career, which has spanned numerous hospitals across the country.