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 ...

Libay Luriz, RN, and Palliative Care Chaplain Angela Song participate in a Blessing of the Hands ceremony at Providence St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, CA on Wednesday, May 11, 2022.

The Vatican’s recent announcement on blessing same-sex couples sent the media into overdrive. But it “concerned a change that was much more modest and not even new,” writes Celia Wexler.

BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - A moment for nurses to take a breath and reflect. That’s what happened at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor Thursday afternoon. As a part of Hospital ...

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 ...

A study of anatomy, art, religion, and culture overturns the popular explanation for the papal hand of benediction posture. An NYIT anatomy professor says an ulnar nerve injury suffered by St ...

The Vatican’s recent announcement on blessing same-sex couples sent the media into overdrive. But it “concerned a change that was much more modest and not even new,” writes Celia Wexler.