May 11th, 2009 - Sykes Celebrates Nurses Week 2009

Sykes Assistance Services Celebrates Nurses Week 2009

Making up its largest group of professionals, Nurses play an impactful role at Sykes Assistance Services on a minute by minute basis.  Over 400 Nurses are employed by the company, and the organization’s Nurses are always there to listen to, assess and assist their callers each and every day.  In addition, Nurses at Sykes play important roles in education, human resources, and front line, site and corporate management. 

Sykes Assistance Services is proud to celebrate Nursing Week again in 2009 and pay tribute to hard working Nurses not only within the organization, but throughout the country.  Events this year to celebrate Nursing Week will include theme days, prizes, special meals, snacks, puzzles and activities of the day.   

Nursing Week began in 1971 whereby the International Council of Nurses designated May 12th as International Nursing Day in recognition of Florence Nightingales birthday.  In 1985, in recognition of the hard work, achievements and dedication of Nurses across the country, the federal minister of health announced the second week of May as National Nursing Week in Canada.   

Sykes is pleased to honor its team of hard working, dedicated and caring Nurses.   

Sykes Assistance Services is Canada’s leading provider of contact centre based telehealth services, covering over 18 million lives with over 400 professional nurses and case managers available 24/7 to meet the needs of our clients.  Sykes provides symptom assessment, health information, addictions counseling, remote monitoring, chronic illness support, and a variety of public health information lines on behalf of our government and industry partners.   

Operating eleven call centers across Canada, Sykes Assistance Services offers a broad range of assistance based services including Healthcare, Emergency Roadside Assistance, Legal Assistance, Home Assistance and Customer Service Assistance.  For additional information please visit www.sykesassistance.com.