Of course, one way you can show your support is to buy some TOUCHlives™ bracelets and give them to your friends, family and coworkers! But there are many other important ways that you can show your support for nurses:

• Urge your legislators to support funds for recruitment of nurses and nursing schools, including money for classrooms and teachers, as well as financial incentives for students.
• Support preceptor/mentoring programs, as nurses are the best teachers of other nurses.
• Support image campaigns that dispel myths about nursing and help redefine nursing practice.
• Contribute to a local college of nursing or a nursing Scholarship Fund (this is a dead link, needs an URL).
• If you're a nurse, help spread the word about how rewarding nursing is.
• Celebrate Nurses Week (May 6-12) by thanking a nurse.
• Write a letter to the editor to illuminate nursing issues.
• Consider becoming a nurse yourself.
• Show your support for the nurses who touch our lives every day by buying and wearing a TOUCHLives™ Bracelet!

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