190510-N-AW702-006 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (May 10, 2019) Lt. Jason Shaw, Naval Hospital Jacksonville chaplain, blesses Lt. Cmdr. Karen Downer, a nurse educator, during a Blessing of the Hands ceremony, May 10, 2019, as part of National Nurses Week. National Nurses Week is celebrated May 6-12 in commemoration of the May 12, 1820 birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. The Blessing of the Hands acknowledges the many ways nurses give quality patient care and reaffirms the commitment to nursing. (U.S. Navy photo by (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jacob Sippel/Released)