2020: Year of the Nurse and the Midwife
In January of 2019, the Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO) designated 2020 as the first ever “Year of the Nurse and the Midwife,” in honour of the 200th birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale, one of the founders of modern nursing.
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the WHO, acknowledged that both professions are invaluable to the health of the world’s population.
“While WHO recognizes their crucial role on a daily basis, 2020 will be dedicated to highlighting the enormous sacrifices and contributions of nurses and midwives, and to ensuring that we address the shortage of these vital professions,” he said.
UCalgary Nursing will be celebrating the year with a variety of activities. Stay tuned!
UCalgary Nursing has accepted The Nightingale Challenge, an initiative of Nursing Now, a growing global movement that aims to improve health by raising the profile and status of nursing and midwifery. Learn more about Nursing Now
More than 200 attend The Leader in All of Us
Nurses champion resiliency, vulnerability and learning from failures at leadership conference which was aimed at encouraging next generation of young nurses and midwives to become leaders and health advocates
Three generations of nurses at Calgary General Hospital (CGH)
Catherine Smith, CGH graduate of 1962, shares the story of her grandaunt, Marion Moodie (CGH, 1898) and mother, Margaret Munn (CGH, 1930) and how Alberta's first nurse leads a three-generation connection to the Calgary General Hospital School of Nursing
2020 Year of the Nurse and the Midwife
Dr. Lorelli Nowell, MN'12, PhD'17
Florence Nightingale's values, vision & voice still relevant
Dr. Lorraine Watson, BN’79, MEd’82, PhD
Nurse and educator tirelessly supported advances in nursing
Hafsah Syed, third-year nursing student
Future RN believes in building community through stories
Bryce Boynton, MN'20
Foster leadership and make room for 'disruptive innovators,' says RN and master's student
Candace Cho, BN’20
New nurse plans to advocate for patients at bedside and beyond
Margarita Gil, BN’10
Celebrate the nursing profession's positive global influence, says instructor
Dr. Sandra Davidson
UCalgary Nursing dean reflects on 2020 with hope and clarity
Winnie Tam, BComm’05, BN’09
'We don't need to compromise between quality care versus the business of health care' says clinical nurse educator
Bev Stevenson, BN'84
Staff nurse, Calgary’s Sexually Transmitted Infections Clinic
Harneek Kapoor
Fourth-year nursing student champions advocacy, student leadership and growth among his peers
Dr. Elaine McKiel
UCalgary Nursing Professor Emerita and graduate of Calgary’s Holy Cross Hospital School of Nursing
Dr. Gwen McGhan
Nursing assistant professor says we need to support and care for caregivers in senior care