Today is International Nurses’ Day, and this year is especially poignant for multiple reasons.
The first one should be obvious, with the pandemic situation. Nurses and medical workers of all kinds are more important than ever before in this crisis, and being recognised more as well for their remarkable work.
But 2020, I only learned just now, is also International Year of the Nurse and Midwife, as today marks 200 years since Florence Nightingale’s birth.
Once again, I see a major anniversary falling in 2020, and I believe that, like the 75th anniversary of VE Day, it’s no coincidence. Perhaps for slightly different reasons.
As much as I would love to share a lot of resources and information, my ability to research is limited by my cognitive abilities, so I hope the few links at the bottom of the post will prove a starting point for anyone wanting to go further.
Tonight at 8:30, the public is being asked to “shine a light” from their window. I have set my alarm!
2020 Year of the Nurse
NHS England: “Shine a Light”
Royal College of Nursing: Nurses’ Day
NHS England: Year of the Nurse and Midwife
Why “The Language of Kindness, a Nurse’s Story” is a Must Read