International Nurses Day

IND is celebrated around the world every May 12, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth. ICN commemorates this important day each year with the production and distribution of the International Nurses' Day (IND) resources and evidence.

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IND 2026: Our Nurses. Our Future. Empowered Nurses Save Lives

Every day, nurses both save and improve lives, and their impact is greatest when they are properly empowered. At a moment of extraordinary global pressure, this year’s IND theme focuses on making the structural changes needed to harness the power of the nursing workforce. Building on the last two IND reports - The Economic Power of Care and Caring for Nurses Strengthens Economies - this new theme highlights the vital role of the nursing workforce to improve health outcomes and deliver the trusted, person-centred primary care that can transform health systems and address our world’s biggest health challenges.

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Past INDs

International Nurses Day 2025

Our Nurses. Our Future. Caring for nurses strengthens economies

International Nurses Day 2024

Our Nurses. Our Future. The economic power of care.

International Nurses Day 2023

Our Nurses. Our Future.

International Nurses Day 2022

Nurses: A Voice to Lead Invest in nursing and respect rights to secure global health

International Nurses Day 2021

Nurses: A Voice to Lead - A vision for future healthcare

International Nurses Day 2020

Nurses: A Voice to Lead - Nursing the world to health

International Nurses Day 2019

Nurses: A voice to lead - Health for All

International Nurses Day 2018

Nurses: A voice to lead - Health is a Human Right

International Nurses Day 2017

Nurses: A voice to lead - Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

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