"Nurses: Leading Voice - Investing in Nursing and Respecting Rights to Ensure Global Health""
May 12 was established by the World Health Organization as a Day of Honour for nurses throughout the global community. This day is dedicated to all Nurses, Health Visitors, Midwives, Midwives, Midwives, who are employed in Health Systems around the world, providing their invaluable services in abundance.
This year the International Council of Nurses argues that, the global pandemic COVID-19 has demonstrated to the world - over the past 2 years - the important role that Nurses play in keeping people healthy across the lifespan. While there have been dramatic changes in healthcare due to this health crisis the world is experiencing, it is also noted that there have also been major innovations and changes that have substantially improved access to care and care.
As the most populous profession in healthcare, Nurses play an integral role in planning for the future. It also stresses that Nurses, Health Visitors, Midwives and Midwives, because of their unique role of working with people from birth to death, should be involved and have an active role in health policy making.
Nurses, Health Visitors, Midwives and Midwives in Cyprus have been invited from the very first moment directly to staff COVID-19 departments, new departments in nursing homes, the Epidemiological Surveillance Unit of the Ministry of Health, the Tracing Unit, airports, public health clinics, isolation hotels, vaccination centres and many others. They have had to work without any hours of rest away from their families, with their only ally being their selfless love for the profession they serve and the fear of the unknown and insidious enemy as their companion.
Nursing Science is the solution to address the growing healthcare needs around the world. Investing in the nursing workforce means we can restore, transform and strengthen health systems to ensure health equity. By investing in nursing and respecting rights, we can build a stronger, more resilient, competent and fulfilled nursing workforce to meet the challenges ahead.
(AF)
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