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The Nurse and a New Year!

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.
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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 definitely to be a year to remember, not just marked in history as the Year of the Nurse and Midwife, but also stamped in the great exploits set to be achieved in diverse countries by nurses worldwide. Nurses and midwives are the backbone of every healthcare system, thus strengthening the capacity for the achievement of Universal Health Coverage by year 2030. Yes, 2030, just 10-year countdown.
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Dear nurse millennial reading this, your role is indeed imperative. Have you restrategized on plans in playing your quota this year?
Share your story and inspire another nurse behind you today.

Dear colleagues in healthcare and friends of the profession, be sure to celebrate and support all nurses around you this year.


Notice: We apologize for the long break we've had on our page. It was due to unforeseen challenges. We greatly miss all our readers. We hope to serve you better this year. 

Anticipate our weekly nursing tips coming up soon!  🥰

Happy new year once again.
Much love. 💞

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