The International Nurses Week 2020 celebration under the big umbrella of the designated year 2020 as the year of Nurses and Midwives by the WHO, marked May 6th - 12th every year is yet another landmark in the profession celebrated in unity in all parts of the world. Happy Nurses Week dearest esteemed colleagues! Celebrate a nurse today and everyday. Celebrate service to humanity. Celebrate the frontliners. Dear Nurses, let's celebrate one another too, by checking up, gifting somebody, sending sweet words. Above all, let's celebrate ourselves and relieve stress this week! Tag a nurse you know. #nursesweek2020 #yearofthenurseandmidwife #celebratingglobalheroes #maycelebration❤️ #thenursesjournal

We would be taking IDM 2020 to celebrate and appreciate #Midwives in #Nigeria with the #Ithank campaign. If you have had a Midiwfe support you during pregnancy, delivery, accessing contraception, or your reproductive health needs ( e.g post-abortion care, educating about Female Genital Mutilation), this is the time to celebrate them 👋🏿👋🏿👋🏿👋🏿👋🏿👋🏿👋🏿👋🏿👋🏿👋🏿👋🏿👋🏿 -Mark your calendar for 5th of May (today!) -Post on your social media #Ithank (insert midwive's name) for supporting me during pregnancy #Ithank (insert midwive's name) for supporting me during delivery #Ithank (insert midwive's name) for supporting me with accessing contraception/ with my reproductive health. Or whatever message you have for them -Post along with a picture of them to appreciate them . - Use the hashtags #IthankNg #IDM2020 #Midwives2020

In the middle of washing hands frequently, maintenance of hygiene, and social distancing, it is imperative to pay the needed attention to the voices of these healthworkers; the frontliners, in curtailing the spread of the novel corona virus. Adequate welfarism, availability of PPEs, adequate security are basics need not be debated in any hospital. If we are at risk, you are at risk also. Lend your voice. #covid19  #nurses  #healthworkers  #PPEsnow  #thenursesjournal

Novel corona virus, first of its kind, newly discovered strain from the coronaviruses family, gaining famous recognition notable for invoking the largest recorded lockdown on global economy, job market world wide. Apocalyptic, some have described it to be. Year in, year out, the rise of sporadic diseases gradually settling into endemics and then an epidemic, is on the daily increase. Skyrocketing into a pandemic though, the COVID-19 is the first in a long time to be upgraded into such by the World Health Organization. Ranging from past epidemics and pandemics overtime which include HIV/AIDS, Ebola, Flu, Cholera, Lassa fever, and as as a cure/stronger preventive measures are being researched and put in place, it is promising that this too will be defeated soon into the background. Time will surely pass. During the course of this time though, it is expedient as health professionals that we play our part in curtailing the spread of the virus. The primary line of action clamore...

Research in Nursing has been existent over the years since the times of the pioneers of the profession. The term however, has remained abstract to many especially young student nurse researchers. As a 500L nursing student, I've been opportune to gather some research knowledge in the walls of the classroom and experiences as a volunteer research assistant. In all of these times, a major challenge I've observed worthy of note in the research process is in the aspect of choosing a topic. With my ongoing first research work though still at hand, I'm putting this piece together for colleagues (junior and senior) who might have been frustrated at one point or another or have had to change topics a few times going back and forth the research process. The field of healthcare sure covers a lot. Selecting the right topic for your research might pose a challenge, but you're not alone! I'll be dropping a few tips here. Read along, and I hope it would be helpful 😊 #1...

A beautiful happy new year to all amazing nurses out there who have given their total selves to care. The single most important tool utilized by nurses indeed is the use of self. Welcome to 2020. An International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife set aside by the World Health Organization to celebrate nurses all over the world in honour of the 200th birth anniversary of the mother of Nursing, Florence Nightingale. Fig. 1.0 Source: American College of Nursing “This milestone celebration offers a platform to raise the visibility of nurses and increase the capacity of the nursing workforce. Nurses occupy many roles in our society and are on the front lines when it comes to immunizations, natural disaster preparedness, shaping health policy, and advocacy. For this reason, nurses are critical in improving the landscape of health and health care because an effective health care system is one that values all nurses.” {ANA President Ernest Grant, Ph.D., RN, FAAN} Year 2020 is defini...