National Nurse's Week

David Huffstutler is the CEO and president of St. David’s Healthcare and employees over two thousand nurses in central Texas. He wrote an article published in the Austin American Statesman in honor of national nurse’s week to let the public know how important nurses are to our healthcare program. Huffstutler begins by saying that nursing has been voted one of the most trusted professions for the last thirteen years. He then talks about National Nurses Week and how each May it is celebrated to recognize the Nurses in our nation as well as the birthday of the founder of nursing, Florence Nightingale. Huffstutler finishes his argument by saying that St. David’s would like to show their appreciation towards nurses and all they do to make our healthcare system better.

            I agree with Huffstutler in this article because without nurses our healthcare would not be very good at all. Nurses play a vital role in our treatment and work extremely hard to take care of each patient to the best of their abilities. Patients usually see their nurse more than their doctor which proves how important and hard working they are. Huffstutler had a good argument; he backs up his opinion with polls from “Gallup’s annual poll of the most trustworthy professions.” He is also a very credible source because he is the CEO of a hospital company that employees thousands of nurses in our area. His article works well to inform the public of how important nurses are to our healthcare program.