2020 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE NURSE & MIDWIFE

1. 2020 the International Year of the Nurse
and the Midwife
A SEMINAR
Prepared by:
MR.VIJAYARADDI VANDALI
FACULTY
DEPARTMENT OF NURSING
KOMAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2. World Health Assembly has designated 2020 the
International Year of the Nurse and the
Midwife.
Nurses and midwives play a vital role in providing health services. These
are the people who devote their lives to caring for mothers and children;
giving lifesaving immunizations and health advice; looking after older
people and generally meeting everyday essential health needs. They are
often, the first and only point of care in their communities. The world needs
9 million more nurses and midwives if it is to achieve universal health
coverage by 2030.
That’s why the World Health Assembly has designated 2020 the
International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife.

3. Message from the Eminent Persons
1.“Nurses and midwives are the backbone of every health system: in
2020 we’re calling on all countries to invest in nurses and midwives as
part of their commitment to health for all.”
- Dr.Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General
2. "I’m thankful that nurses and midwives are helping make
progress towards health for all throughout the world."
- Elizabeth Iro, WHO Chief Nursing Officer

4. A brief history of Florence Nightingale, the founder of
modern nursing
Florence Nightingale, born on May 12, 1820, became a nurse at a
time when the profession was considered a degrading occupation and
hospitals were cesspools of disease. Nightingale changed that. Her
meticulous and tender dedication to healthcare, as seen in her day-to-day
work as well as her published writings, including Notes on Nursing:
What It Is, and What It Is Not and Notes On Hospitals, helped to elevate
the nursing profession and change hospital layouts, among other things.
That her techniques and best practices seem common to us today only
proves the debt owed to "The Lady with the Lamp.“

5. Definition of NURSING
Nursing encompasses autonomous and collaborative care
of individuals of all ages, families, groups and communities,
sick or well and in all settings. Nursing includes the
promotion of health, prevention of illness, and the care of ill,
disabled and dying people. Advocacy, promotion of a safe
environment, research, participation in shaping health policy
and in patient and health systems management, and education
are also key nursing roles. (ICN, 2002)

6. Definition of NURSING by W.H.O
Nursing encompasses autonomous and
collaborative care of individuals of all ages,
families, groups and communities, sick or well and
in all settings. It includes the promotion of health,
the prevention of illness, and the care of ill,
disabled and dying people.

7. Definition of NURSING
by FLORENCE Nightingale
Nurse can manipulate the environmental resources to help the patient utilize his
vital powers and permit nature to act on the patient (Nightingale. F 1969). The nurse
will assist the patient through assessment, observation, planning, implementation
and evaluation of the patient’s health condition (nursing process) (Nightingale.F,
1969; College of nurses Ontario (CNO) Professional standard of practice, 2002).
This is because the goal of nursing is to place the patient in the best possible
condition for nature to act ( Nightingale.F., 1969)
Nightingale have set my goals of nursing in the region of four most important
concepts. The concepts are: (a) The person. (b) Health and disease (c) The
environment (d) Nursing

8. Definition of a NURSE
The nurse is a person who has completed a program of basic, generalized
nursing education and is authorized by the appropriate regulatory authority to
practice nursing in his/her country. Basic nursing education is a formally
recognized programme of study providing a broad and sound foundation in the
behavioral, life, and nursing sciences for the general practice of nursing, for a
leadership role, and for post-basic education for specialty or advanced nursing
practice.
The nurse is prepared and authorized (1) to engage in the general scope of
nursing practice, including the promotion of health, prevention of illness, and care
of physically ill, mentally ill, and disabled people of all ages and in all health care
and other community settings; (2) to carry out health care teaching; (3) to
participate fully as a member of the health care team; (4) to supervise and train
nursing and health care auxiliaries; and (5) to be involved in research. (ICN, 1987)

21. REFERENCES
1.https://www.who.int/news-room/campaigns/year-of-the-nurse-and-the-
midwife-2020
2.https://www.icn.ch/
3.www.un.org
4.https://archive.org/account/login
5.https://theweek.com/audio/623296/brief-history-florence-nightingale-founder-
modern-nursing
6.https://www.icn.ch/nursing-policy/nursing-definitions
7.https://www.ukessays.com/

22. THANK YOU
Humanity first….Everything next………….
-VIJAY
vijayvandali@yahoo.com