The Blessing of the Hands, held May 6 at Ireland Army Health Clinic in what was once its chapel, is an annual ceremony many nurses around the world observe. It kicks off Nurses Week, first ...

The Blessing of the Hands ceremony is a nursing tradition that originated in the 1800s, and is now a common ritual during National Nurses Week. advertisement. WKYC-TV Cleveland ...

But, she emphasizes, the blessing is not religious per se. At SCCA, the blessing is interfaith and inclusive by design. Sometimes chaplains offer a group blessing to nurses from a particular ...

The chaplains at the Chicago area Adventist hospitals know the staffs’ hands that dispense medication, perform surgeries and mop floors are crucial to carrying out the hospitals’ missio… ...