Nurses Trusted to Care is this year’s theme as hospitals and health care facilities recognize nurses across the nation for their hard work and dedication during National Nurses Week, May 6-12.

“Modern nurses of today are both men and women of different ethnic groups and portray courage, hope, service and are committed to making a difference in the lives of others,” Mary Bittner, Barton chief nursing officer, said in a statement. “Nurses are by the patient’s bedside most of the time and the patient relies on them [nurses] to be their advocate, caretaker, and sometimes even their confidant.”

Barton Health is recognizing the 150 nurses who devote their time to various areas throughout the health care system. These nurses serve Lake Tahoe, Carson Valley and beyond in areas of emergency and urgent care, ski clinics, family practice, internal medicine, general surgery, pediatrics, medical imaging, rehabilitation, sports medicine and other medical services to name a few.