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ICN is saddened to hear of the passing of Nelson Mandela, an outstanding exemplar of social justice, reconciliation and democracy, and a role model to all who seek justice and equality in this world.
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A recent report by the World Bank provides an overview of the magnitude of unequal health workforce distribution in the developing countries, details the factors that contribute to these imbalances, and presents a systematic set of policy interventions that are being implemented around the world to address the problem of recruitment and retention of health workers in rural and remote regions of the developing countries. The report, How to recruit and retain health workers in rural and remote areas in developing countries, addresses two critical issues concerning the geographical distribution of health workers. Firstly, to be effective, interventions need to be implemented in bundles, combining different packages of interventions according to the variety of factors influencing the health worker's decision to work in rural or remote areas; and secondly, to match the interventions with health worker's preferences and expectations, since the health worker's employment decisions are a function of these preferences.
- Press release: Nurse leaders invited to apply for ICN-Burdett Global Nursing Leadership Institute 2014. Read more...
- ICN is pleased to announce the opening of our new online eshop. By going to www.icn.ch/shop/en/ you can access all ICN’s publications, make a donation to the Girl Child Education Fund, the Florence Nightingale International Foundation, or sponsor a Mobile Library; or buy an ICN logo or White Heart pin.
- Press Release: The International Council of Nurses (ICN) is pleased to announce the Call for Abstracts for its Conference and meeting of the Council of National Representatives in Seoul, South Korea in 19-23 June 2015.. Read more...
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Focus on an ICN Member
Guidelines for a Developing Disaster Response Manual for Birthing Facilities
The Japanese Nurses Association, as a part of its efforts to use the lessons learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011, has published “Guidelines for Developing a Disaster Response Manual for Birthing Facilities.” A study conducted by JNA found that only a few facilities had established a manual with instructions on what to do if a disaster occurred during delivery. Reports from disaster-affected areas have also shown that having a manual along with routine drills better enabled nurses and midwives to make decisions and to take appropriate actions when the disaster struck.
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FOCUS ON AN ICN PROJECT
Leadership in Negotiation
From 3-6 June 2013, a third ICN Leadership in Negotiation (LIN) workshop was held in St Petersburg, Russia. Adopted and implemented by more than 35 national nursing associations worldwide, the LIN programme seeks to equip nurses with skills to help achieve safer working environments and fair levels of remuneration as valued members of the society.
The Russian Nurses Association embarked on the LIN programme from 2007-2010. In view of its success they have renewed the project for another four years 2011- 2014 to train leaders of other regions. The first workshop of this present programme was held in the region of Suzdal in 2011, the second in Moscow in 2012 and this third workshop took place in St Petersburg 3 -6 June 2013. Twenty one participants were present representing ten regions. ICN provided a resource person, Francis Supparayen, to facilitate the workshop assisted by another resource person from the Swedish Association of Health Professionals who has been supporting the RNA in their development and growth. Lesley Bell, the ICN consultant for socio-economic welfare, was also present at the workshop. The three day workshop covered such topics as Leadership Skills & Attributes, Effective Writing, Mediation & Arbitration, Career Development, Problem Solving, Job Evaluation, and Media.
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