Throughout 2024, there are key days, weeks, and months dedicated to generating awareness for important health topics and recognizing professions.
Healthcare awareness days are centered around recognizing your health care staff – making them a great addition to your employee engagement and recognition program strategies.
Whether you’re a healthcare professional, HR employee, employer, or educator, mark these days on your calendar to plan for awareness day activities. If you need help planning awareness day activities, contact us!
*Dates are subject to change.
2023 Healthcare Awareness Months
December
Awareness Days:
- 5: International Volunteer Day
Awareness Weeks:
- December 23 to January 2: Neonatal Nurses Week
2024 Healthcare Awareness Months
January
Awareness Days:
- 12: National Pharmacist Day
- 25: National IV Nurses Day
Awareness Weeks:
All Month:
- National Blood Donor Month
February
Awareness Days:
- 16: National Caregivers Day
Awareness Weeks:
All Month:
March
Awareness Days:
- 1: National Social Work Month
- 1: Employee Appreciation Day
- 13: Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Day
- 19: Certified Nurses Day
- 30: National Doctor’s Day
- 31: Anesthesia Technician Day
Awareness Weeks:
Months:
- Healthcare Social Worker Month
- Music Therapy Month
April
Awareness Days:
- 24: Administrative Professionals Day
- April 29 - May 2: Customer Service Week
Awareness Weeks:
- 2-8: Patient Access Week
- Dates pending: Occupational Health Nurses Week
- 14-20: Medical Lab Professionals Week (National Medical Laboratory Week)
- 22-29: Transplant Nurses Week
- April 29 - May 3: Patient Experience Week
All Month:
- Occupational Therapy Month
- National Volunteer Month
May
Awareness Days:
- 6: National Nurses Day
- 18: National Speech Pathologist Day
Awareness Weeks:
- 6 -12: National Nurses Week
- 12-18: National Hospital Week
- 12-18: National Skilled Nursing Care Week
- 14-20: Healthcare Documentation Integrity Week (Medical Records)
- 19-25: Healthcare Technology Management Week
- 19-25: National EMS Week
All Month:
- Critical Care Recognition Month (Wear Blue on May 19)
- Oncology Nurses Month
- National Mental Health Month
June
Awareness Weeks:
- 10-16: Men’s Health Week
- 13-19: National Nursing Assistant Week
- 13-19: CNA Week
- 17-21: Health Risk Management Week
All Month:
July
Awareness Weeks:
- 7-13: National Therapeutic Recreation Week
All Month:
- UV Safety Awareness Month
August
Awareness Weeks:
Awareness Weeks:
- 4-10: National Health Center Week
- 23-29: Health Unit Coordinator Week
September
Awareness Days:
- 17: National IT Professionals Day
Awareness Weeks:
- 1-7: National Clinical Nurse Specialist Recognition Week (CNS week)
- 10-16: Vascular Nurses Week
- 8-14: Environmental Services Week
- 11-17: Nursing Professional Development Week
- 15-21: National Surgical Technologists Week
- 15-21: Security Officer Appreciation Week
- 16-22: National Rehab Week
- September 29 - October 5: Healthcare Supply Chain Week
All Month:
- Pain Awareness Month
- Childhood Cancer Month
- National Suicide Prevention Month
October
Awareness Days:
- 9: Emergency Nurses Day
- 23: Medical Assistants Recognition Day
Awareness Weeks:
- 1-7: National Nuclear Medicine Week
- 6-12: National Mental Health Awareness Week
- 8-14: Emergency Nurses Week
- 9-15: National Case Management Week
- 10-16: Perinatal Nurse's Week
- 13-19: Sterile Processing Week
- 16-20: Medical Assistant Week
- 17-23: International Infection Prevention Week
- 18-24: National Patient Account Management Week
- 20-26: National Healthcare Quality Week
- 20-26: National Massage Therapy Awareness Week
- 20-26: Pastoral Care Week / Spiritual Care Week
- 21-27: National Pharmacy Week
- 23-29: National Respiratory Care Week
- October 27 - November 2: National Healthcare Facilities & Engineering Week
All Month:
- National Physical Therapy Month
- National Pharmacy Month
- Physical Therapy Month
November
Awareness Weeks:
- 1-7: Medical-Surgical Nurses Week
- 3-9: National Radiologic Technologist Week
- 6-10: National Medical Staff Services Awareness Week
- 10-16: National Nurse Practitioner Week
- 12-18: Perioperative Nurse Week
December
Awareness Days:
- 5: International Volunteer Day
Awareness Weeks:
- 2-8: National Hand Washing Awareness Week
- December 23 to January 2: Neonatal Nurses Week