SA nurses struggle as we celebrate their special day On Wednesday the world recognises Florence Nightingale s birthday, May 12, as International Nurses Day 12 May 2021 - 06:00 By Shonisani Tshikalange and Alex Patrick Health workers at Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town protested on International Nurses Day last year for better working conditions after two of their colleagues died with Covid-19. Since then many others have died as the virus continues to spread. Image: Esa Alexander
Never in recent history has there been a time more important to look back and appreciate nurse Florence Nightingale, who discovered the link between disease and healthcare, from the cleanliness of wards to the food and quality of the air patients received.
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Dr Michelle Acorn
The International Council of Nurses has today announced the appointment of Dr Michelle Acorn as the organisation’s first ever chief nurse.
Dr Acorn will join the ICN from Ontario in Canada, where she has been the provincial chief nursing officer with the Ministries of Health and Long-Term Care since 2018.
In her new role as chief nurse with the ICN, a federation of more than 130 national nursing associations, she will be responsible for its nursing and health policy work, as well as the strategic development and delivery of ICN programmes and projects.
Commenting on her appointment, Howard Catton, ICN chief executive said: “We are delighted to welcome Michelle to the ICN team.
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FILE - Health workers wearing protective face masks react during a tribute for their co-worker Esteban, a male nurse who died of complications related to COVID-19, outside the Severo Ochoa Hospital in Leganes, Spain, April 13, 2020.
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The International Council of Nurses warned Thursday that the world was facing a nursing crisis and could expect a significant shortage perhaps a reduction by half in the global nursing workforce of 27 million in the next few years.
The council said its latest survey of 64 national nursing associations found disputes over pay, working conditions, violence and intimidation were causing nurses to leave their profession.
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Health workers comfort each other during a memorial for a co-worker who died of COVID-19, at the Severo Ochoa Hospital, in Leganes, Spain, April 10, 2020.
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The International Council of
Nurses, or ICN, warned Thursday that the world is facing a nursing crisis. In the next few years, the organization said the worldwide workforce of 27 million nurses could be reduced by up to 50 percent.
The organization said that nursing groups in 64 nations reported unhappiness over pay and working conditions. The groups said violence and threats also caused nurses to leave their profession.