Honoring a nurse: memorial ceremonies

While our Florida Nursing History Group does not host a Nurses Honor Guard, there are honor guard groups in Florida.

One starting point as of 2024 is the National Nurses Honor Guard facebook group.

https://www.facebook.com/nationalnursehonorguard

As of 2024, there is also a Nurse Honor Guard of Tampa Bay:

 https://www.facebook.com/groups/nursehonorguardoftampabay

We are not a member of these groups, but anyone interested should be able to request to join the group via facebook.

Another option is the Nightingale Tribute, also known as the White Rose ceremony. Some of us have been to memorial services where they saw or were involved in this ceremony. It is a lovely tribute to a nurse. Here is a link to some information on that:

https://www.nursingworld.org/~49c9ef/globalassets/docs/ana/nightingale/nightingale_brochure_kansasstatenursesassociation.pdf