Operated by nurses and leading nursing internationally, ICN works to ensure quality nursing care for all and sound health policies globally.

What's New

Florence Nightingale, In Support of the Girl Child Education Fund (GCEF)

Connecting Nurses*, an initiative for nurses developed by Sanofi in partnership with ICN and others, has launched Information shareapy™, a unique online patient care platform built by nurses for nurses, for the benefit of patients and their families. Read more…

On the occasion of International Nurses Day (IND) on 12 May, the International Council of Nurses (ICN) is highlighting the key role of nurses in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. Read more...
ICN Congress Mobile App is now available! Make the most of your time at the ICN Congress by having all the event information in the palm of your hand! Read more…
Care Challenge, an annual recognition programme that highlights nursing innovations and helps to put them into practice, is part of the Connecting Nurses programme. The innovative projects of the 10 winners of the 2012 Care Challenge will be highlighted here. First up, a video from Barcelona, Spain on "Proper reading can make life better" . The second video in our series is from Montreal, Canada about "Patient Education program for teenagers".
Thousands of Nurses to Gather in Melbourne to Increase Equity and Access to Health Care. Read more...
The abstracts are now available online for informational and planning purposes of the delegates: ICN 2013 Abstract Search

Focus on an ICN Member

Staff at the American Nurses Association have undertaken a Healthy Weight Challenge leading up to National Nurses Week, 6-12 May. While being a healthy nurse means much more than healthy weight, ANA has chosen this as their focus and some staffers are committed to losing 1-2 pounds a week. You can follow their campaign on Facebook.

Project Highlight

The ICN TB/ MDR-TB Project has been building global nursing capacity in the prevention, care and treatment of TB as part of the Lilly MDR-TB Partnership since 2005. The project uses a Training of Trainers (TOT) methodology, designed specifically to encourage practice development. This means that experienced nurses working mainly in the TB and HIV field, are trained to cascade information to nursing colleagues and other health workers with the purpose of making improvements to patient care delivery.