A powerful tradition: the Blessing of Hands. As we near the end of National Nurses Week, we share photos from a moving tradition in Sentara hospitals. Nurses and frontline staff have their hands anointed with healing oils and are offered a prayer from our chaplains that their skilled hands provide comfort and healing to all patients.. These moments are filled with emotion, gratitude, and renewed purpose. Thank you, Sentara team, for the healing you provide, day and night. #NationalNursesWeek #BlessingOfHands #ThankYouNurses (fb)

Across our hospitals and sites of care, we’ve seen incredible moments of appreciation during National Nurses Week. From thoughtful gifts and care packages to celebratory photo stations and heartfelt proclamations from local mayors. Each event, each smile, each “thank you” is a reflection of the #PowerofNurses. You make nursing look seamless—and you make Sentara proud every day. Let’s carry this energy forward and keep honoring our nurses in every hallway, patient room, and office. #NationalNursesWeek #SentaraProud (fb)