ANA Announces Call for the Formation of a UN Women’s Agency
06/21/07
The American Nurses Association urges its members, and all healthcare professionals to lobby your UN representatives, heads of state and legislators about the critical need for a fully funded UN Women’s organization, to address gender equality concerns globally. On Friday, June 22, 2007 the UN General Assembly will debate the issue of establishing an agency to act as advocates for the rights and health of women and girls worldwide. Read Press Release... | More Information...
An International Nurses Day Message
05/14/07
International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world every May 12, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth. "Positive practice environments: Quality workplaces = quality patient care" is this year's theme for International Nurses Day.
Message from Hiroko Minami, President, International Council of Nurses (ICN).
Celebrate International Nurses Day - 12 May
05/11/07
International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world every May 12, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth. "Positive practice environments: Quality workplaces = quality patient care" is this year's theme for International Nurses Day. The International Council of Nurses commemorates this important day each year with the production and distribution of the International Nurses' Day (IND) Kit. The IND kit 2007, contains educational and public information materials, for use by nurses everywhere. More...
ANA Urges Involvement in International Year of the Nurse Campaign
04/30/07
The American Nurses Association (ANA), as part of its commitment to advancing the nursing profession, encourages nurses and health care professionals around the world to take part in a campaign urging the United Nations to adopt resolutions declaring 2010 International Year of the Nurse, and 2011-2020 a UN Decade for a Healthy World. Nurses can sign an on-line pledge resolving to work together in improving health care for all communities.
ANA is proud to be one of the sponsors of the Nightingale Declaration Campaign. ANA joins with a coalition of nursing, educational and health care organizations in building support for this international effort. Our goal is to demonstrate the nursing community's commitment to improving health care locally, nationally and internationally through nursing practices that reflect the principles of Florence Nightingale.
To learn more, or to join the campaign, please visit www.nightingaledeclaration.net
ANA Urges New Tests for Philippine Nurses Seeking to Practice in the U.S.
03/07/07
The American Nurses Association (ANA) is urging the Philippine government to facilitate a retake of the nurse licensure exam without penalty for the nurses who passed the June 2006 examination. Following investigations by both the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS) and the Philippine government, it was discovered a portion of the 500 question exam was known to a large number of examinees prior to the exam being administered.
ANA Press Release | ANA Letter to Philippine Board of Nursing
ICN Global Health Care Survey
02/06/07
The American Nurses Association (ANA) invites all U.S. nurses to participate in the International Council of Nurses (ICN) Global Health Care Survey. Nurses from around the world are being asked about their views on nursing and current and future health care issues. The online survey is being conducted by the market research firm - Consensus Research Group. The questionnaire is available in seven languages – English, Spanish, French, Japanese, German, Turkish, and Chinese. Survey results will be used by ICN and ANA to inform organizational advocacy and policy initiatives. The results of the survey will be made public at ICN’s Council of National Representatives meeting to be held in Yokohama, Japan www.icn.ch/conference2007.htm.
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Urgent Action Needed! Contact your members of Congress TODAY for the Release of the Nurses and Physician Sentenced to Death in Libya!
01/10/07
ANA needs your help! Contact your members of Congress TODAY and urge them to pressure the Libyan government to rescind the death sentences of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor in Libya.
Urgent Action Needed Today...
Action Needed – Join International Efforts Calling for the Release of the Bulgarian Nurses and Palestinian Physician Sentenced to Death in Libya.
01/08/07
ANA continues to be extremely concerned about the five Bulgarian nurses and Palestinian physician. In its December 19 statement ANA urged the United States government to continue its efforts to intervene on behalf of the health professionals and to consider sanctions against the Libyan government that would be appropriate given the untenable circumstances.
ACTION NEEDED...
Nurses Give to Africa’s “Girl Child Education Fund”
Forty orphaned girls in Africa are attending school this year, thanks to the Girl Child Education Fund, a new initiative of the International Council of Nurses (ICN), and its sister organization, The Florence Nightingale International Foundation (FNIF). The girls are in Kenya, Swaziland, Uganda and Zambia where the program is administered by the national nurses' associations. The associations received applications from many prospective students and identified the neediest girls. Each beneficiary of the ICN/FNIF fund has lost a nurse parent and would otherwise be unable to continue their education. Ten students were selected in each country; of the total, 15 students are attending primary schools and 25 are enrolled in secondary grades.
"I cannot think of a more worthwhile cause than the Girl Child Education Fund," said Barbara Blakeney, MS, RN, President of the American Nurses Association, which donated $10,000 to the fund. "Keeping orphaned children in school is crucial for their future. Orphans may often be the first to be denied education when extended families cannot afford to educate all the children of the household. It is truly heartwarming to me to see nurses from around the globe donating to this fund to provide hope for these girls."
One girl's story:
Joyce (not her real name) is seven. She lost her single mother, a nurse, in December of last year and now lives with her teenaged aunt and four other orphaned siblings in a one-room house, with no indoor plumbing or electricity. They make a small living selling vegetables they raise in the backyard. Although primary school tuition fees have been officially abolished in her country, the costs for the uniform, books and Parent-Teacher Association fees required for Joyce to start grade one were beyond their means. Now, with the support of the Girl Child Education Fund, Joyce is enrolled in a local school.
"Girls still account for 60 percent of the estimated 113 million out-of-school children in sub-Saharan Africa," stated ICN President Hiroko Minami. "Despite the unprecedented global focus that the Millennium Development Goals have brought to this issue, millions of girls continue to be denied their right to education. The nursing profession is keen to do its part to ensure girls have access to education. To our knowledge, the Girl Child Education Fund is the only effort targeting the children of health care professionals."
National coordinators in each country will monitor the students throughout the academic year, ensuring that tuition and other mandatory school fees are paid and providing the required uniforms, books and school supplies.
"We have been touched by the generous response that the Fund has received from the global nursing community," stated Dr Minami. "We are indebted to nurses and their associations around the world who, individually and collectively have provided the funds that will profoundly change the lives of the daughters of our deceased colleagues."
How to give:
Contributions to the Fund can be made online at the ICN (www.icn.ch) or FNIF website (www.fnif.org).
The Florence Nightingale International Foundation, a registered Charity in the United Kingdom, was formed for the purposes of supporting the advancement of nursing education, research and services for the public good. The Foundation is domiciled in Geneva at the offices of the International Council of Nurses.
The International Council of Nurses is a federation of 129 national nurses' associations representing the millions of nurses worldwide. Operated by nurses for nurses, ICN is the international voice of nursing and works to ensure quality care for all and sound health policies globally.
For further information contact Linda Carrier-Walker
Tel: +41 22 908 0100 - Fax: +41 22 908 0101
email: carrwalk@icn.ch Web site: www.icn.ch
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which began after Dr. Margaretta Madden Styles made an impassioned speech
for US nurses to get to know and support their international colleagues,
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