2020 international year of the nurse and midwife and international nurses’ day

No abstract available. Article truncated after first 150 words. The World Health Organization (WHO) designated 2020 as the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife to acknowledge the contributions of nurses and midwives in promoting the health and welfare of populations across the globe. This rec...

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Main Authors: Baldwin CM, Dossey DM
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Arizona Thoracic Society 2020-05-01
Series:Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care
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Online Access:https://www.swjpcc.com/editorials/2020/5/6/2020-international-year-of-the-nurse-and-midwife-and-interna.html
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description No abstract available. Article truncated after first 150 words. The World Health Organization (WHO) designated 2020 as the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife to acknowledge the contributions of nurses and midwives in promoting the health and welfare of populations across the globe. This recognition is in concert with the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale. Although nurses and midwives make up over half the world’s health care workforce, the WHO estimates that 2020 will see a shortage of 9 million nurses (1,2). International Nurses’ Week begins May 6th and culminates on May 12th, International Nurses Day, the anniversary of Nightingale’s birth with hopes of bringing greater re, cognition nurses play in local to global health. Defying expected Victorian norms for women born to well-connected, affluent British families in the middle of the nineteenth century, Florence Nightingale chose the art and science of nursing over marriage. “Nightingale” is synonymous with the foundation of professional nursing, as …
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spelling doaj.art-2afa624e21cc4ea39b687ea644b0c68b2022-12-22T02:36:33ZengArizona Thoracic SocietySouthwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care2160-67732020-05-0120516516910.13175/swjpcc034-202020 international year of the nurse and midwife and international nurses’ dayBaldwin CM0Dossey DM1Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ USANightingale Initiative for Global Health (NIGH), Washington, DC USANo abstract available. Article truncated after first 150 words. The World Health Organization (WHO) designated 2020 as the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife to acknowledge the contributions of nurses and midwives in promoting the health and welfare of populations across the globe. This recognition is in concert with the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale. Although nurses and midwives make up over half the world’s health care workforce, the WHO estimates that 2020 will see a shortage of 9 million nurses (1,2). International Nurses’ Week begins May 6th and culminates on May 12th, International Nurses Day, the anniversary of Nightingale’s birth with hopes of bringing greater re, cognition nurses play in local to global health. Defying expected Victorian norms for women born to well-connected, affluent British families in the middle of the nineteenth century, Florence Nightingale chose the art and science of nursing over marriage. “Nightingale” is synonymous with the foundation of professional nursing, as …https://www.swjpcc.com/editorials/2020/5/6/2020-international-year-of-the-nurse-and-midwife-and-interna.htmlnursemidwifeinternational yearnightingaleflorence nightingalewhointernational nurses dayhealth policynightingale initiative for global healthresearch
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2020 international year of the nurse and midwife and international nurses’ day
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international nurses day
health policy
nightingale initiative for global health
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title 2020 international year of the nurse and midwife and international nurses’ day
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topic nurse
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international year
nightingale
florence nightingale
who
international nurses day
health policy
nightingale initiative for global health
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