INTERNATIONAL NURSES DAY 2018

INTERNATIONAL NURSES DAY 2018

International Nurses Day 2018 will be celebrated by the nurses all across the world on 12th of May, at Saturday.

In January 1974, this day was finally officially made International Nurses Day. Each year since then, ICN prepares and distributes something called "the INTERNATIONAL CoUNCIL OF NURSES"

NURSES DAY

International Nurses Day (IND) is celebrated every year all around the world on 12th of May to commemorate the birth anniversary of the Florence Nightingale and to mark the nurses contributions towards people’s health.

International Nurses Day is used to celebrate for all the Nurses which are available in the World for the Patients who are suffering from many Diseases. Nurses are used to providing much of the Services and Facilities for the Patients to get them proper care for any of the Diseases they are suffering from it. Nurses are used to gathering every information about the Patients and they are used to treat the Patient as per their Physical Situations.

International Nurses Day is celebrated on the 12th May in the World to provide the Honor and Respect to the Nurses for their Incredible and Honourable work. There are many Nurses which work at Night as well as in the Day. Nurses make the Patients get cure quickly with every type of Facilities and Services given to the Patients. Nurses are used to giving the Patients to survive with from many of the Diseases. Nurses make the Patients survive better in the World.

Nurses are found all across the World to develop every activity for the well being and cure of the Patient. Nurses are gathered together in the time of Celebration to come across all the important ideas and plans for the betterment of the people. On 12th May, International Nurse Day is celebrated by the people for the Birthday of the Founder for Nurse which is known as the Nightingale of Florence.

INTERNATIONAL NURSES DAY HISTORY

Nurses Day was first proposed by the Dorothy Sutherland (an officer from the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare) in the year 1953 and first proclaimed by the President Dwight D. Eisenhower. And it was first celebrated by the International Council of Nurses (ICN) in the year 1965.

In the month of January in 1974, the 12th of May was declared to be celebrated as the birthday anniversary of the founder of modern nursing, the Florence Nightingale. International Nurses Day Kit (having educational and public information materials to be used by the nurses among public) is prepared and distributed every year by the International Council of Nurses while celebrating the nurses day.

UNISON (the British public sector union) had asked the ICN in 1999 to celebrate this day on another date as Florence Nightingale is not symbolizing the modern nursing. Then, National Student Nurses’ Day was started celebrating annually on 8th of May since 1998 and National Nurses Week was started celebrating every year from 6th of May to 12th of May since 2003.

INTERNATIONAL NURSES DAY CELEBRATION

International Nurses Day is celebrated every year by organizing a candle lamp service in the Westminster Abbey, London. A candle lamp is handed over from one nurse to another (symbolizing to pass the knowledge from one nurse to another) to place it on the High Altar. A big ceremony is also held at the St. Margaret’s Church, the Florence Nightingale burial place, a day after her birthday.

It is celebrated for week long in the US and Canada as a National Nursing Week from 6th of May to 12th of May. Varieties of nursing ceremonies are conducted during the whole week celebration in the Australia. National Nurses Week is the whole week celebration targeting the health care services on international level. It is celebrated to recognize the contributions and commitments of the nurses among common public. American Nurses Association supports and encourages the celebration of National Nurses Week all through states and districts nurses associations including other health care companies and institutions.

Whole week celebration is planned to commemorate the nurses significant role in caring patients. Activities are held such as educational seminars, variety of community events, debates, competitions, discussions and etc. Nurses are appreciated and honored at this day by distributing gifts, flowers, organizing dinners and etc by the friends, family members, coworkers (doctors, administrators, and patients).

SIGNIFICANCE OF INTERNATIONAL NURSES DAY

It is celebrated annually on 12th of May to celebrate the birth anniversary of the modern nursing founder, the Florence Nightingale. Nursing is the largest health care profession in the world and nurses are the key of achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). Nurses are well trained and educated for maintaining the health and wellness of the patients through all the aspects like psychosocially, socially and etc.

Nurses have deep practical knowledge of delivering best health care services. National nurses associations (NNAs) play an important role in making nurses well informed, advised, encouraged and supported to deliver better work. NNAs works with the governments and non-government organizations to strengthen the health care systems as well as create conditions maximizing the nurses contribution.

International Council of Nurses celebrates this event aiming to increase the public awareness about the nursing and nurses contribution towards the health care innovation. Nurses are the fast and first point of contacting for health services. Nurses are innovatively practiced to provide free health checkup to the industries indicating their willingness of improving the health of staffs, to meet all the local needs, to improve the physical, mental and well-being of the patients and etc.