In an effort to recognize and reward healthcare heroes for being on the front lines during the pandemic, many retailers and service businesses are offering discounts. A thoughtful way to say thanks; most require an ID or that an account be created to access the discounts.

Scholars are finding there’s much more to the “lady with the lamp” than her famous exploits as a nurse in the Crimean War.

Originally published back in 2009, and a visitor favorite, we're re-posting our nostalgic remembrance of Cherry Ames for your reading pleasure this National Nurses Week, 2012.  Enjoy!

There was no one quite like Cherry Ames - at least not to those of us who, as adolescents and teenagers, dreamed of being nurses during the era from 1943 into the 1970s.  The lively pink-cheeked, dark haired young nurse was the star of the Cherry Ames series of books authored by the prolific Helen Wells.