Primrose wrapped up National Nurses Week on Friday with a brunch to say thank you to their sixteen nurses on staff and five of their residents who are retired nurses. All nurses enjoyed trading stories about their time in the profession and how the industry has changed over the decades. Two of the retired nurses also brought in their vintage uniform caps to show everyone. The nursing profession is often taken for granted, so Primrose wanted to spend the week letting all of their nurses know they recognized their hard work.

The nursing team at Lima Memorial has agreed to ratify the contract between the health system and its Professional Nurses Association. This contract will achieve the group's goals of having competitive wages and benefits, and improving the quality of life for current and future nurses. The contract will be in effect from this Sunday, November 1st until October 31st, 2023.

It started from a conversation between a few nurses and has snowballed into the mission of giving to protect their families. In just two weeks, the community response has been so great that supplies are filling up boxes and filling up minivans. A plea on Facebook explaining that nurses were having problems finding disinfectants to decontaminate when they got home after a shift was all it took for action.