Members of ICN Board of Directors

From David C. Benton, Chief Executive Officer December 2010

Dear Board Members, As was reported in May 2010, the CNR and the Conference will be held in two separate venues since the Conference venue does not have any suitable room for the CNR. CNR and conference 2011 The Hilton Hotel which was selected Logistics planning for Malta is well as headquarters is at a distance underway and a site visit was from the Conference venue and conducted in October where transportation will be provided. meetings with our NNA, the Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses As you may know the Mediterranean (MUMN), the different venues and Conference Centre (MCC), our local suppliers were held. As well, Conference venue, is an historical venues for the Opening Ceremony building from the 16 th century which were visited. After considering was a hospital at the time. The several outdoors options for the venue has therefore an incredible Opening Ceremony, including costs historical background but also some involved, weather for the period challenges, in particular the lack of considered and other logistics access by wheelchair to some matters, it was decided to stay with meeting rooms. The steps leading to an indoors solution. Negotiations some meeting rooms may also with the considered venue in Malta cause problems to some participants (MFCC) are underway. even if they are not in a wheelchair. We are addressing this issue on our MUMN is very active and has Web site and in our communications obtained government recognition of with our registrants where we the nurse profession in the form of a highlight this fact and ask them to statue that will be erected in front of contact us to organise special the place where Florence support for them. This may require Nightingale lived in Malta. The some additional help from official unveiling of the statue by the

Keeping You Informed volunteers. Prime Minister will be conducted during the Conference days and The registration web site was Board members will be invited to be opened in September 2010. We are present. Negotiations are underway pleased to inform you that for the between MUMN and the office of the first time since 2001 the professional Prime Minister for the exact date visits plan was completed on time and time. and it was possible to include it in

ICN • CIE • CII 1 3, place Jean-Marteau, 1201 Geneva - Switzerland - Tel.: +41 22 908 01 00 Fax: +41 22 908 01 01 - e-mail: [email protected] - web: www.icn.ch the general registration system. This programme methodology has been may mean an increase in the developed to equip nurses to number of registrants for the visits transform practice – it uses a and we will be monitoring this problem solving practical approach closely. This year, the registration which takes account of nurses’ web site includes the option to working environment. register small groups of up to 10 participants; we expect this new A multi-level evaluation in Kenya in feature to be of help for our nurses’ August produced good evidence that associations. The first report on patient care is improving and registrations was received on 9 th practice is changing. We are November and showed 38 delighted that an E-learning course registrations. At the same period in is now available on-line and on CD- 2009, there were 57 registrations rom and that four interprofessional and 22 in 2007. workshops have been run on infection control – a toolkit will be An adequate venue for the Florence launched on World TB Day. Nightingale International Foundation A TB competency framework is Luncheon was visited in October: being developed in collaboration the Casino Maltese, a gentlemen’s with schools to inform club (now open to ladies). This curricula and in- beautiful historical building is located service training – this framework is within walking distance from the due to be launched at the ICN Conference venue (9 minutes) and conference in May. can accommodate 300 persons. The shape of the rooms though will Representation of nurses is require video transmission to ensure improving in the TB field, with more a perfect vision to all tables. The nurses presenting at national and venue has a dress code (no jeans) international conferences and and adequate communication will be events. It is still a challenge to required to ensure participants are convince high level strategic groups all properly dressed. that they would benefit from

representation from the largest skilled group of practitioners TB involved in delivering patient care. To date, 1101 nurses have attended the four day ICN training of trainers ICN has been working with the course. Data collected so far International Federation of the Red suggests that an additional 24831 Cross by facilitating links between nurses and allied health workers country level Red Cross offices and have been trained by these nurses National Nurses Associations as well as general public in their involved in the ICN TB Project. thousands. In addition, 10 Nurses who have been trained in the geographically based nurse ICN project have trained Red Cross consultants now deliver training in Community Health Workers in South six different languages. The Africa, Lesotho and Malawi.

ICN • CIE • CII 2 3, place Jean-Marteau, 1201 Geneva - Switzerland - Tel.: +41 22 908 01 00 Fax: +41 22 908 01 01 - e-mail: [email protected] - web: www.icn.ch funding from Elsevier, ASI and STTI, Mobile Libraries eight ‘post-disaster’ Bibilothèques At present the project has been Mobiles will be sent to Haiti in implemented in 16 countries in Sub- November. Further Bibliothèques Saharan Africa where the need is Mobiles will be sent to Togo, greatest. More than 230 Mobile Senegal and the DRC in November Libraries have been delivered to as well. We are also pleased to say communities in rural Africa, including that SIIDEF approached ICN to rural clinics, health centres, refugee express interest in partnering with camps and hospitals. In Tanzania ICN on the Bibliothèque Mobile. A there has been some progress in MoU is currently being drafted. transferring the Refugee MLs into government health facilities and ICN staff visited the Elsevier nursing schools and ICN is now warehouse and logistics centre in integrating the Nursing Library for Rushden, UK, to update the ML Refugee Health into the Classic content list. ICN made a Mobile Library. Three sponsored presentation to Elsevier staff on the libraries have been shipped to Mobile Library which was welcomed. Tanzanian nursing schools.

The Portuguese version of the ML launched in partnership with the ICN Website Ordem dos Enfermeiros, Portugal The migration of content from the has been successfully implemented ‘old’ ICN website to the new one is in five countries: Angola, Cape approximately 90% complete. The Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique development of new functionality and Sao Tome and Principe. We and content areas targeted for 2010 have received funds from the Royal is near to 95% complete, although College of Nursing, Australia this always remains a moving target (RCNA) for one Portuguese ML for as we consider new possibilities and East Timor and it will be shipped development as our experience with early in 2011. the new functionality grows. A new development of the Mobile Staff members are enjoying gaining Library is the French version new skills as they learn how to launched at the ICN Congress in manage content and our goal of 2009. Planning is in the final stages being near autonomous in the to send the French MLs to D.R. administration and development of Congo, Togo and Senegal by end of the website is close. By January this year. The contents of the French 2011, we expect to be in a position libraries have been modified for Haiti to manage content and most web to reflect post-disaster and disaster mastering tasks, with back up for recovery books and resources. ICN new functionality and Joomla system staff exhibited the French ML at the development from David Joliat, who Congress of the Swiss NNA (ASI) in has provided contracted technical Lucerne, Switzerland, and raised support over the past 10 months. CHF 3'900 for the project. Thanks to

ICN • CIE • CII 3 3, place Jean-Marteau, 1201 Geneva - Switzerland - Tel.: +41 22 908 01 00 Fax: +41 22 908 01 01 - e-mail: [email protected] - web: www.icn.ch Traffic on ICN’s new website has edition of The nursing community, increased substantially since its macroeconomic and public finance launch. Since August visitors from policies: towards a better 208 countries/territories (Google understanding This is a new shorter data) connected to ICN website with edition of the document previously the following top ten countries: published in partnership with the 1. United States World Health Organization, which 2. Canada aims to make the information more 3. Mexico accessible to nurses. The document 4. United Kingdom is also now available in all three ICN 5. Australia languages. 6. France 7. Philippines Monographs on staff turnover and 8. Spain HRH planning and management 9. Germany competencies, as well as a new 10. Switzerland case study on nursing in Mauritius, are in the final stages of production The most visited pages were and translation for release, and we http://www.icn.ch/about-icn/about- anticipate they will be ready for icn/ and http://www.icn.ch/about- release early in 2011. Monographs icn/code-of-ethics-for-nurses/ . focusing on un- and under- employment of nurses, primary care nursing and flexible employment models are also progressing well, as ICHRN well as a new case study on nursing The International Centre for Human in Norway. Resources in Nursing website (www.ichrn.org ) has averaged over Environmental Scan 1500 hits per day in 2010 (Jan- An Environmental Scan is released Nov), and the site’s Knowledge twice yearly, most recently in Library now contains links to over October 2010. Contributions to the 700 articles and publications on a scan inform the further development range of nursing human resources of the website and the Knowledge subjects. All links to external Library, preparation of the ICHRN documents were checked to ensure and Migration newsletters, and are they were functional. also compiled into a consolidated report that is distributed to Publications contributing NNAs. The publication of The Impact of the Future directions Economic Crisis on Nurses and Planning is underway to determine Nursing in Iceland in January 2010 the work programme for ICHRN for has been followed by a case study 2011 and beyond. Continued efforts of Nursing in Kenya (our most are also being made to identify a popular download in November new sponsor(s) for the site, the initial 2010), a monograph on Decent three year funding from Burdett Pensions for Nurses , and a revised Trust (UK) having expired.

ICN • CIE • CII 4 3, place Jean-Marteau, 1201 Geneva - Switzerland - Tel.: +41 22 908 01 00 Fax: +41 22 908 01 01 - e-mail: [email protected] - web: www.icn.ch Environments in PPE Morocco. The Positive Practice Environments  Positive Practice Environments (PPE) Campaign, launched in 2009, in Uganda: Enhancing Health aims to improve work environments, Worker and Health System staff recruitment and retention and Performance. quality of health services through the  The Zambia Country Case Study development of positive practice on Positive Practice environments. PPEs are settings Environments: Quality that support the provision of quality Workplaces for Quality Care. patient care by ensuring the health, All three case studies are available safety and personal well being of on the PPE Campaign website: staff. www.ppecampaign.org.

By promoting safe, cost-effective Following on from the success of the and healthy workplaces worldwide, workshops in the first quarter of the campaign strengthens health 2010, three additional workshops systems and improves patient are currently being delivered: safety. Campaign activities and  2-4 December 2010 in Zambia projects also address factors and  7-9 December 2010 in Uganda situations such as underinvestment  14-16 December 2010 in in the health sector, the shortage of Morocco. health care professionals and the deterioration of health care working The main objectives of these new conditions worldwide. workshops are to review and analyse the development and Activities continue in the three implementation of the PPE Global Health Workforce Alliance Campaign in these three funded (GHWA) funded countries (Morocco, countries in addition to developing a Uganda and Zambia). Following the strategy for the national strategic three workshops undertaken in direction of the Campaign in 2011 these countries in March and May and sustainability of the initiative 2010, the National Resource beyond the implementation phase. Persons and the multi-disciplinary National PPE Campaign Steering In September 2010, ICN as the PPE Committees have continued to meet Campaign Secretariat prepared and to develop their national campaign submitted an internal progress plans. report presenting the campaign achievements, methods and Country case studies focusing on activities in line with the Agreement practice environments and health of Work between the World Health worker retention have been Organisation/GHWA and ICN. The completed for Morocco, Uganda and report was subsequently approved Zambia titled: by the Board of the GHWA. In  The Morocco Case Study: addition, ICN developed a Positive Practice Environments: submission for future funding to the

ICN • CIE • CII 5 3, place Jean-Marteau, 1201 Geneva - Switzerland - Tel.: +41 22 908 01 00 Fax: +41 22 908 01 01 - e-mail: [email protected] - web: www.icn.ch GHWA to extend and continue the that access to reliable and relevant work of the PPE Campaign in 2011. information is critical for health A decision on future funding is professionals to provide safe, awaited from the GHWA. appropriate and effective care.

ICN as a member of the Global The PPE Campaign was presented Steering Committee met with the at various international meetings this International Hospital Federation, year by ICN, International Core International Pharmaceutical Partners and the International Federation, World Confederation for Collaborating Partners. Physical Therapy, FDI World Dental Federation and the World Medical ICN was invited by the GHWA to Association on the 17 August and develop and deliver a PPE Side the 15 December 2010 to inform the Session at the Second Global strategic direction of the campaign. Forum on Human Resources for Health in Bangkok, Thailand on the ICN maintains regular 25 January 2011. ICN is currently communication with the International developing the programme. This Collaborating Partners including session will share experiences and CapacityPlus, Cordaid, Global best practices from countries Healthcare Information Network, implementing the initiative as well as Health Care Without Harm, offer a platform to disseminate International Commission on relevant work on current health Occupational Health, Public human resources. Services International, World

Federation of Occupational Therapists and the World Health Wellness Centres for Health Organization. ICN is proactively Care Workers programme seeking additional International The Wellness Centre programme Collaborating Partners. continues to grow and progress. Swaziland Since the launch in April 2010, the PPE website has continued to develop and grow in strength. Statistics demonstrate that more than 70 different countries have visited the site.

In partnership with Health Information for All, an additional tool for the PPE Campaign Kit titled: HIFA2015 Fact Sheet: Meeting the information needs of health professionals was launched in Staff of the Swaziland Wellness September 2010. The central Centre, joined by Uganda message of the information tool is Coordinator Cliff Asher

ICN • CIE • CII 6 3, place Jean-Marteau, 1201 Geneva - Switzerland - Tel.: +41 22 908 01 00 Fax: +41 22 908 01 01 - e-mail: [email protected] - web: www.icn.ch The original staff members who provided by the ICN/Lilly MDR-TB initiated the Centre in 2006 are still Project and the Centre will become in place, sharing their amazing skills the focal point for the Project’s with health workers throughout the training activity. country. The three nurses, administrator and The government support for the gardener/maintenance man, have Centre has been inconsistent in its now been supplemented with two amount and timing, causing stress additional nurses and a physician, and undermining services. The these latter staff being paid for by Coordinator and the Executive of the the Global Fund. The team has NNA are now insisting on a MoU reached more than 7000 health which clearly binds the workers of all cadres, either through Ministry/government to a specific services delivered at the Centre or budget line and payment schedule. via mobile outreach using the It is a frustrating process, but all are Centre’s Mobile Clinic. The garden optimistic that the MoU will be produces fresh vegetables which are signed very soon. ICN lobbied the shared with clients coming to the Health Minister and Principal Centre or with those receiving Secretary on a recent visit and was home-based care. The Centre is given assurance that the MoU would also a distribution point for the World be finalised and implemented. Food Programme and thus can offer clients cooking oil, maize and grains Lesotho Wellness Centre as well. They recently completed a The number of clients at the Lesotho blanket Hep B vaccination for all Centre, based in Maseru, continues health care workers in the country to increase. The Ministry of Health of (the first ever) and are now Lesotho has recognized the need for undertaking a country wide TB more staff by seconding a senior screening. Always innovative, the nurse to work with the three nurses latest service that will be added is already on staff. The MoH is also that of a special counsellor for now regularly and reliably supplying disabled health care workers, staffed HIV and TB treatments and other by a paraplegic nurse, who is also a medications, whereas previously Wellness Centre client. Using a supply had been unreliable and rotating staff schedule, the Centre needed to be supplemented by provides services on Saturday as seeking medications from other well, so that clients who work full NGOs. Two physicians from the time during the week are able to Elizabeth Glaser Paediatric AIDS access services on the weekend. Foundation work at the Centre on a weekly basis. The foundation also Most recently, a new wing was supplies HIV medicines in paediatric added on to the Wellness Centre formulations. The Lesotho Centre specifically to cater to the needs of has a successful support group health workers with TB and to programme for clients on HAART. support the integration of HIV and Staff members maintain flexible TB services. Funds for this were hours so that clients can visit the

ICN • CIE • CII 7 3, place Jean-Marteau, 1201 Geneva - Switzerland - Tel.: +41 22 908 01 00 Fax: +41 22 908 01 01 - e-mail: [email protected] - web: www.icn.ch Centre during lunch hours and after development has commenced. regular work hours. The Centre uses Coordinator Cliff Asher recently the mobile clinic for outreach to the spent a week study tour in rural areas, where 70% of Lesotho Swaziland and is now hiring a full citizens live and many health complement of staff. While they workers are assigned. oversee and manage the Centre renovations such that clients can be Managing the financial audit has welcomed at the site, staff will also been a challenge for the Lesotho carry on mobile outreach to both Centre this past year, such that full market the Wellness Centre services funding for 2010 from LO-TCO and initiate workplace-based (Swedish federation of unions) was programmes. The target date for the delayed by several months. This Centre to be up and running is 1 resulted in a curtailment of activities February 2011. UNMO has signed during the second quarter, though a MoU with the Ministry of Health basic services were always which details the support that the functioning. The audit was finally government will offer, including completed and full funding has medicines, diagnostics and staffing resumed. The Administrator for the support. Centre and the LNA Treasurer were provided with special financial Reporting and coordination with the management training, financed by principal funder PEPFAR (the the Swedish NNA and are grateful President’s Emergency Fund for for this capacity building which will AIDS) is complex and burdensome, allow them to better manage with a wide variety of institutional financial reporting and auditing. stakeholders and processes including HRSA, Columbia Uganda Wellness Centre University/ICAP, CDC Uganda and the Office of the US Global AIDS Coordinator. We have requested that the Columbia University/ICAP administrative services do a special training of the Uganda staff in order to clarify the various processes and reporting requirements. The other major funder, BD Corporation, does not present these complexities for which we are very grateful.

Ground breaking of Uganda Wellness Centre with BD and PEPFAR Malawi representatives The National Organization of Nurses of Malawi completed a new With renovation plans finally headquarters in late 2009. The approved and funding now flowing, lovely building has a dedicated area the Uganda Wellness Centre for the Wellness Centre with a

ICN • CIE • CII 8 3, place Jean-Marteau, 1201 Geneva - Switzerland - Tel.: +41 22 908 01 00 Fax: +41 22 908 01 01 - e-mail: [email protected] - web: www.icn.ch garden and large training room. While full funding for staff and Girl Child Education Fund activity is not yet in place, there is a The GCEF programme is currently part-time Coordinator who is funded schooling 255 girls in the four by a local AIDS organisation. She is implementing countries – 55 in currently offering counselling at the Kenya, 49 in Swaziland, 106 in Wellness Centres as well as at Uganda and 45 in Zambia. some satellite clinics moving from Recruitment has been put on hold place to place thanks to a used but and no new girls are being enrolled serviceable 4-wheel drive vehicle either as new ‘slots’ or to replace which was donated by MSF. The girls who have graduated or left the MOH will supply drugs for TB and programme. Each of the NNAs does HIV as long as they have a clinical have a waiting list from previous officer but they will not pay for the recruitment drives. post. Currently resource mobilization is a priority. The Stephen Lewis Foundation has renewed its support to the GCEF, with CND100, 000 provided for the Zambia period June 2010 to June 2011. This will cover all the girls in Uganda, as well as provide funds for a country based audit in each implementing country and a recognition and recruitment event for nurse volunteers in each country. All the girls in the Kenya programme are supported until the end of secondary school by SYMPHASIS Foundation.

At the recent GCEF Coordinators ICN President Rosemary Bryant with Workshop, all the Coordinators ZUNO president Thom Yungana in reported that most girls were doing front of the new ZUNO headquarters fine in school, some were even which houses the developing excelling. The dropout/attrition rate Wellness Centre is very low. The Coordinators have

also undertaken a programme The Zambia Wellness Centre is ‘evaluation’ beginning with a housed in the new headquarters stakeholder analysis which was building of the Zambian Union of undertaken in September-October. Nurses Organization (ZUNO) and is The results of that analysis will be just getting started. PEPFAR has available at the end of the year. In provided funds to equip the Centre addition they have created a ’How for services and the process for this to’ manual for inducting coordinators is underway and action plan for in future implementing countries or implementation 2010-2011 has been their own replacements developed. We are looking forward to an exciting launch in 2011.

ICN • CIE • CII 9 3, place Jean-Marteau, 1201 Geneva - Switzerland - Tel.: +41 22 908 01 00 Fax: +41 22 908 01 01 - e-mail: [email protected] - web: www.icn.ch ICN visited three GCEF girls and sorted and all the programmes their teachers and guardians in run very smoothly for the most Swaziland over the last months. part. Two of the girls were doing very well • Common challenges reported by and the schools, though crowded, all the countries were: 1) extra functioning well. One of the schools school costs that normally has a population of 470 children, destabilize the budget; 2) 200 of whom are orphans. The continuing requests to support guardians were very appreciative as boy orphans as well as girls; 3) were the nurse volunteers who were waiting lists; and 4) funding for assisting in keeping an eye on the tertiary education. Some girls girls. who have graduated from secondary school are idling since they can’t access college GCEF Country Coordinators education due to lack of funds. Workshop • The Coordinators and NNAs are The annual GCEF Coordinators’ exploring options to support the Workshop was held from 6-8 absorption of the girls on their September in Geneva. The waiting lists. As well, most have workshop alternates each year some form of ‘boy-child between Geneva and one of the education’ programme operated implementing countries. For the third by the NNA. year running the workshop was • The programme included two made possible via funding from skill building sessions, one on Pfizer Inc, particularly facilitated by advanced Excel training given by Paula DeCola, RN, of Pfizer. Myriam Gomez and one on performance evaluation in Salient points and highlights of the projects and programmes given three days include: by Paul DeCola. The workshop • David Benton clarified the also included a half day visit to situation regarding funding and UNICEF offices where the sustainability of the programme Coordinators were welcomed and the reasons behind the and received an overview of recruitment freeze. It was UNICEF initiatives supporting helpful for the Coordinators to the education of girls, as well as have the full picture on this, those targeting the prevention of while they do remain hopeful violence. Sessions devoted to that new recruitment will the finalising of the GCEF ‘How eventually resume, as the need To’ Manual and plans for nurse is so great. volunteer recognition and • Country reports indicated that recruitment events were both many of the logistical challenges inspiring and productive. (paying fees, distributing uniforms and books, etc.) that were so problematic at the beginning have now been well

ICN • CIE • CII 10 3, place Jean-Marteau, 1201 Geneva - Switzerland - Tel.: +41 22 908 01 00 Fax: +41 22 908 01 01 - e-mail: [email protected] - web: www.icn.ch held at American Nurses International Nursing Review Association (ANA), 24-25 June, (INR) 2010, Silver Spring, Maryland, Submissions to INR continue to USA . grow and the most recent statistics The Roundtable meeting organised indicate an average monthly by ICN in partnership with Pfizer and submission of 14 manuscripts and C3 Collaborating and convened at an acceptance rate of 40%. The the ANA headquarters was attended journal’s impact factor is also rising, by the following NNA since it was instituted three years representatives: ago and currently stands at 0.693. • American Nurses Association. • Malta Union of Midwives and Other highlights Nurses. • More than 3,600 institutions are • Panama Nurses Association. accessing INR electronically. • Slovenian Nurses Association. • INR is available through the • Democratic Nursing philanthropic deals, reaching Organisation of South Africa. more than 4,000 libraries in the • Royal College of Nursing, UK. developing world. • Embargoed access to INR is Two invited NNAs, Emirates Nursing provided via the EBSCO Association and the Philippines database to over 4,000 public Nurses Association were not able to and specialist libraries. attend due to visa difficulties. The • In 2009, INR articles were International Association of Patient downloaded over 50,000 times Organizations (IAPO) attended the through Wiley Interscience. meeting and participated very actively.

The purpose of the meeting was (1) to explore how nurses can be supported and mobilised/enabled to adopt and promote healthy lifestyles to reduce the risk of chronic disease for themselves, their families and communities and (2) to develop action plans to engage nurses in taking a lead role in the fight against chronic disease in their own countries. Key presentations were made by ICN, C3 Collaborating, Pfizer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, Johns hronic Disease Initiative C Hopkins University School of Roundtable meeting on nurses Nursing, the Center for Global leading the fight against chronic Development and Tobacco Free disease, Nurses.

ICN • CIE • CII 11 3, place Jean-Marteau, 1201 Geneva - Switzerland - Tel.: +41 22 908 01 00 Fax: +41 22 908 01 01 - e-mail: [email protected] - web: www.icn.ch Highlights of the meeting included • Media activity and public profile presentations and draft Action Plans around the results of the Nurses by NNAs aimed at enhancing the Survey. contribution that they and their • On-the-go workshops for national nurses association (NNAs) participants on skills for NCD could make in reducing chronic prevention education. disease. ICN is working closely with participating NNAs to implement their country-based action plans. ICN Network news Education Network Proposed NCD campaign activity ICN’s most recent network continues at the Malta Conference to grow. There is an active core We are hoping to use the Malta steering group who are very focused Conference as a major platform to on advancing the network, which extend and ramp up the Nursing and currently has 709 members from at NCDs Campaign. The following least 87 countries. An online forum activity has been proposed: was launched in mid-October and posts occurred immediately. Work is • Main session on NCDs is underway to create the first network scheduled (date to be bulletin. confirmed). The goal is to secure Jamie Oliver as speaker. If Mr Rural and Remote Network Oliver is confirmed, we aim to As of 7 December 2010, there were leverage his presence to do 289 members from 53 countries. sessions on health eating in the An online forum was launched in exhibition hall. mid-October but there has been little • NCD prevention messaging on activity. The core steering group met all walk in slides in session by teleconference and work is rooms and elsewhere in the underway to produce a bulletin and venue where possible. plan for the Malta Network Meeting. • Pedometers and Health Risk Assessments (HRAs) to be International Nurse given to participants and to CNR Practitioner/Advanced Practice delegates. Network • Fun exercise breaks at CNR. This is a very active network with • Possible booth in the exhibition membership continually growing. where HRAs could be collected, There are currently, 1775 members waist measurement and BP from at least 78 countries. In taken. September 2010, the network put on • Conference walkathon, to a very successful conference in promote physical activity and Brisbane; Australia. The core associated fund raising to steering group had a face to face support GCEF. meeting during this conference and have recently elected a new chair.

ICN • CIE • CII 12 3, place Jean-Marteau, 1201 Geneva - Switzerland - Tel.: +41 22 908 01 00 Fax: +41 22 908 01 01 - e-mail: [email protected] - web: www.icn.ch Student Network analyse strategic global leadership Interest in the network continues to in action from a variety of global grow as does membership. There leaders, international agencies and are currently 1349 members from at non-governmental organisations least 95 countries. The chair of the including the World Health core steering group (CSG) has Organization and the Red Cross and resigned and a number of the Red Crescent Societies. The members of the CSG are no longer programme also included healthy active. There are two remaining leadership sessions with early active members and the vice chair morning opportunities for exercise has assumed the chair role. We and outdoor activities. have posted a request for applications on the ICN website to The 2010 GNLI had a particular fill the remaining CSG positions. focus on performance. Participants engaged in strategic consequence Regulation Network mapping on the introduction of This Network is not active except for performance indicators and looked attendance at the network meeting at the ‘next generation’ of nurse in conjunction with the biennial sensitive performance indicators. conference or congress. The observatory on regulation which met To support ongoing networking and in November discussed the future collaboration of GNLI participants, direction and activities for the ICN has established a protected network. As well, a number of online Forum for them on the ICN participants at the credentialing and website. regulators forum expressed an interest in participating in re- Participants completed an initial energizing this network. evaluation on the last day of the GNLI and will complete a further evaluation in January 2011. Initial ICN Global Nursing Leadership evaluation information is being Institute (GNLI) collated but the majority of The second annual Global Nursing participants rated the GNLI Leadership Institute (GNLI) was held programme experience as being in from 11 to 17 September 2010. the top third of development Thirty participants from 20 countries opportunities they had ever engaged took part in the intensive in. Further analysis will be published programme, living in residence on the ICN website in due course. during the six day programme.

The unique opportunity to gather senior and executive level nurses International Classification for from many countries means the Nursing Practice Programme programme is packed and intensive. The ICNP Technical Advisory Group Participants took part in sessions and Strategic Advisory Group (SAG) where they could observe and met on 20 and 21 September 2010,

ICN • CIE • CII 13 3, place Jean-Marteau, 1201 Geneva - Switzerland - Tel.: +41 22 908 01 00 Fax: +41 22 908 01 01 - e-mail: [email protected] - web: www.icn.ch respectively. The SAG proposed Milwaukee) so there are now nine that ICN bring together the areas of ICNP Centres. informatics, technology, and their health care applications into an ICNP C-Space, a web-based eHealth Programme. At its inception, collaborative platform, continues to the ICN eHealth Programme would expand. ICNP can be downloaded include ICNP and the ICN from the site. A multi-lingual ICNP Network. In addition, browser is in development for the ICN receives frequent inquiries for ICNP C-Space platform. The draft and technology browser displays ICNP in English, expertise and involvement. The German, Farsi, Korean, Norwegian, programme would coordinate the and Portuguese (Portugal). More various inquiries in collaboration with languages will be added to C-Space other ICN entities, as appropriate, browser. Access to the multi-lingual and would also propose ICN browser will support continued standards, guidelines and policy for translation and application of ICNP. aspects of eHealth that involve Nicholas Hardiker (University of nursing. The proposed vision for the Salford, Manchester, England) has ICN eHealth Programme is to taken the position of Associate support the transformation of Director of the ICNP Programme. nursing in support of the ICN vision of the future of nursing, through the visionary application of information and communication technology. Regulation/Credentialing/ Observatory The Scottish NHS Community Credentialing and Regulators Nursing Catalogue was completed. Forum Work is now focused on preparing a The first joint Credentialing and hard copy version of the catalogue. Regulators forum took place in The Canadian Health Outcomes for Silver Spring, Maryland, USA from Better Information and Care 1-3 November 2010. A decision (CHOBIC) catalogue is in final was made at the 2009 credentialing revision and we are in discussions forum to hold a joint forum in 2010 with the Canadian Nurses which was confirmed by ICN Board Association regarding a CNA-ICN of Directors in May 2010. The forum co-publication. Two more ICN was attended by 35 participants Accredited Centres for ICNP from 16 countries. Main topics Research and Development have discussed included advanced been approved: the Centre at the practice, regulatory reform, fraud in Medical University of Łód ź Poland regulation, credentialing and (Jolanta Gli ńska, Director) and the regulatory research and evolving Iranian Nurses Organization Centre scopes of practice. In addition there (Ahmad Mejatian and Ghazanfar was an environmental scan Mirzabeigi, Directors). One Centre completed as well as a summary of has closed (University of Wisconsin– country reports received from participants. ICN also reported on

ICN • CIE • CII 14 3, place Jean-Marteau, 1201 Geneva - Switzerland - Tel.: +41 22 908 01 00 Fax: +41 22 908 01 01 - e-mail: [email protected] - web: www.icn.ch progress since the last credentialing the Workplace. Geneva Social and regulators’ meeting. The future Observatory, 26 May 2010. of Credentialing and Regulators fora • Meeting of the 2009-2010 was also discussed with participants Advisory Group for the Revision agreeing to the value of a joint forum of ICD-10, Mental and and recommending that we continue Behavioural Disorders, 21-22 with this approach. A working group June 2010, WHO, Geneva . ICN was formed to draft terms of provided a list of mental health reference for the joint forum. nursing experts to the various Working Groups. Feedback from Observatory on Regulation the WHO Secretariat showed The Observatory met from the 3-5 that nurse experts have made November 2010. The observatory valuable contribution to the work provided feedback on a draft of the of the Advisory Group. most recent addition to ICN’s • 18 th International AIDS regulation toolkit series on Conference, Vienna, Austria, 18- Complaints Management. Main 23 July 2010. topics for discussion by the • National Council State Boards of Observatory included capacity Nursing (NCSBN) Annual building of regulators, regulation of Meeting, Portland, Oregon, 11- midwifery and its relationship with 13 August 2010. Staff registered nursing, discussion of two participated in a short panel recent WHO Documents and the discussion on international impact of the global economic nursing standards. recession on regulation. ICN also • ECSACON 9th Scientific reported on progress since the last Conference and 3rd Quadrennial Observatory meeting. The future of Meeting, on Revitalising Primary the Observatory was discussed with Health Care and Achieving the the Observatory noting the Millennium Development Goals, importance of receiving feedback Lusaka, Zambia, 23-27 August from the ICN Board of Directors as 2010. The ICN President to the Observatory’s performance in provided introductory remarks terms of informing the Board with and an address on Meeting respect to regulation and supporting Today’s Health Care ICN’s regulatory work. Challenges: Nurses are the Answer. Staff presented on positive practice environments, eetings attended by staff and delivered a workshop on TB, and M also participated in a group volunteers meeting of 10 registrars from the • WHO/OECD Technical regulatory bodies in the region. Workshop on Health Workforce • International Roundtable: Migration, OECD Paris, 13 May Maternal Mortality, Human – 1 June 2010. Rights and Accountability, • Stemming the Tide: Addressing Geneva, 2 September 2010. the Diabetes Epidemic through

ICN • CIE • CII 15 3, place Jean-Marteau, 1201 Geneva - Switzerland - Tel.: +41 22 908 01 00 Fax: +41 22 908 01 01 - e-mail: [email protected] - web: www.icn.ch • International / Research Congress, 4-7 Advanced Practice (INP/APN) October 2010, Rotterdam, Network (INP/APNN) Netherlands. International Conference, • UNCTAD hosted briefing and Brisbane, Australia, 8-11 panel discussion on the MDG September 2010. Summit Outcome: What next? • The Ministerial Conference: Geneva, 4 October 2010 Investing in the Health • WHO Expert Working Group Professionals of Tomorrow in related to Multiprofessional Europe hosted by Belgium Patient Safety Curriculum Guide, during their six month Paris France, 10 October 2010. Presidency of the EU period, on ICN sits on this working group to the 9-10 of September 2010. develop a Multiprofessional • 11th Conference of the Patient Safety Curriculum Guide International Centre for Nursing • The International Council of Ethics (ICNE), 13-14 September Global Unions Conference: A 2010. University of Turku, Global Agenda for Quality Public Finland. Services, Geneva, 12-14 • The 21st ICN Workforce Forum, October 2010. hosted by the Japanese Nurses • 61 st session of the WHO Association, Tokyo, Japan, on Regional Committee for the 16-17 September 2010. Western Pacific, Malaysia, 11-15 • World Health Organization October 2010 attended by Workshop on Radiation Risk Malaysia NNA. Communication in Paediatric • The Third WHO Meeting on A Imaging, hosted by the Prioritised Research Agenda for Department of Health Prevention and Control of Environments within the WHO, Noncommunicable Diseases, Geneva, 20-22 September 2010. 20-21 October 2010, Geneva, • Second Conference on Chronic WHO. Diseases and Health • WHO Meeting on Mobilization of Management: Reconfiguring National Education and Health Systems, Bucharest, Regulatory Experts to Champion Romania 22-23 September Nursing and Midwifery 2010. Education, Accra, Ghana, 24-28 • European Editors Network October 2010. Staff presented meeting, Stockholm, Sweden, on Education and Regulatory 24-25 September 2010. Frameworks to support Quality • 33 rd WENR Annual meeting, 3 Nursing Education and Practice. October 2010, Rotterdam, • Expert meeting on the Netherlands. development of guidelines for • Fourth European Nursing the monitoring of the Congress including 14 th implementation of the WHO Research Congress of WENR Global Code of Practice on the and Flemish Dutch Nursing International Recruitment of

ICN • CIE • CII 16 3, place Jean-Marteau, 1201 Geneva - Switzerland - Tel.: +41 22 908 01 00 Fax: +41 22 908 01 01 - e-mail: [email protected] - web: www.icn.ch Health Personnel, WHO, mailed in April 2010 with a deadline Geneva, 25-26 October 2010. of July. Response to the NNA Profile • Philippines NNA 88 th Founding is usually low and rarely more than Anniversary, 53 rd Nurses Week 45%. However, this year after Celebrations and 2010 Annual repeated reminders and follow-up National Convention, Manila, we have received 87 responses so Philippines, 26-28 October 2010. far which represents 64.4% - the • The 2010 Conference on highest response ever. Violence in the Health Sector: From awareness to sustainable Analysis of the Profile is underway action, Amsterdam, 27-29 and a report will be sent to the October 2010. Board when finalised.

• WHO Informal Dialogue with

NGOs on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable NNAs and In-contact Diseases in Low- and Middle- organisations Income Countries, Geneva, ICN is currently in contact with WHO, 1 November 2011. associations in 22 countries. We • Conference of the Parties to the monitor their status and provide WHO Framework Convention on consultation and documentation Tobacco Control, Uruguay, 15- such as guidelines on drafting the 20 November 2010, attended by NNA constitution, ICN’s Code of Taiwan NNA. Ethics for Nurses and the IND kit. • th The 11 Asia Workforce Forum, ICN regularly disseminates hosted by the Malaysia Nurses information on the benefits of ICN Association, Kuala Lumpur, membership. As well ICN invites Malaysia, 24-25 November them to attend CNR as observers 2010. and invitations to the 2011 CNR • Easy Care International Advisory have already been sent. ICN also Board Meeting, Warwick, United regularly collects information from Kingdom, 3 December 2010. the in-contact NNAs and groups.

Most of the in-contact associations fall within the ICN Dues Policy for NNA Profile 2010 New NNAs with Low Gross National Every two years ICN seeks Income (GNI), which aims to bring information from its member NNAs into ICN membership under a associations regarding priorities, reduced fee schedule for a period of activities, structure and nursing in six years. In late 2010 Dominica, each country. This information Moldova and Senegal are preparing facilitates planning, priority setting, for an ICN membership assessment policy development, representation visit in 2011. Others such as Oman, and advocacy. The last NNA profile Papua New Guinea, Palestine, was sent out in 2008. Togo, Tunisia, Vanuatu and Vietnam are at varying levels of progress and The 2010 NNA Profile Questionnaire in regular contact with ICN. was reviewed and updated and

ICN • CIE • CII 17 3, place Jean-Marteau, 1201 Geneva - Switzerland - Tel.: +41 22 908 01 00 Fax: +41 22 908 01 01 - e-mail: [email protected] - web: www.icn.ch and amended by the PFC as above- Planning and Finance mentioned. PFC also discussed the Committee impact of this decision on the future The Planning and Finance of the organisation and should RCN Committee met 3-4 December 2010. go ahead with their intentions the They discussed the report to be need for severe cut back of services presented to the 2011 CNR relating to reduce ICN cost base. to progress against the resolution approved in Durban to introduce, As directed by the Board in May when membership growth allows, a 2010, PFC considered the JNA multi-level incentive system which proposal to amend the Constitution offers two options, a dues reduction to introduce an article titled Support based on membership numbers or a for NNA in developing countries . dues reduction based on the The PFC considered the financial percentage of nurse representation implications of this proposal and in the country. At the same time, the proposed to merge the two existing PFC considered JNA proposals on reserves Travels for the CNR/ the same subject and recommended Congress/Conference reserve and to the Executive Committee to Travels for the Triad meetings approve an incremental reserve which are currently used to implementation of the multi-level the support the national nurses approach based on the thresholds associations of developing countries proposed to the CNR in Durban in relation to attendance at CNR and which offers dues reductions to ICN Congresses and Conferences NNAs with more than 50,000 and to Triad meetings. PFC also members in their association or recommended to amend the representing more than 50% of Budgeting and financial monitoring nurses in their country. In this policy to include the following proposal the range of percentage mention: “the Board aims to reductions will grow from 0 to 5% in regularly allocate funds to the the first year to the full Developing Countries reserve, implementation of 0 to 10% set out resulting in a start of year balance into the Durban paper. equivalent of 1% of dues income, to be used in support of developing However the PFC had also to countries attendance to ICN events consider information received from (CNR, Congresses or other)”. the Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom which indicated Also in May 2010 the Board referred their intention to drastically and the JNA proposal to amend Article 5 incrementally reduce their dues of the Constitution to introduce the payment to ICN as of this year and following amendment: and a national until 2012. The PFC discussed the language which is used by the unilateral decision and its member association which implications for ICN which is likely to membership accounts for more than impact on the implementation of the 20% of ICN Membership to the PFC. reduction scheme agreed by CNR The PFC discussed the financial

ICN • CIE • CII 18 3, place Jean-Marteau, 1201 Geneva - Switzerland - Tel.: +41 22 908 01 00 Fax: +41 22 908 01 01 - e-mail: [email protected] - web: www.icn.ch implications of such an amendment to include reference to the UN as well as its political impact Global impact initiative principles. It particularly when considering the was noted that the ICN investment new members willing to join ICN and portfolio is already in compliance the potential ones. In light of current with the principles. As well, based financial circumstances and on the revised policy, the investment significant challenges in the practical portfolio will continue to be regularly implementation, they recommended reviewed and will be compared to to reject the JNA proposal at this the principles although it was noted time but to revisit it when that in the case of mutual funds not circumstances allow . all components of the funds are clearly disclosed as they may be PFC reviewed and recommended composed of other funds which does the 2010 revised budget, the revised not permit easy visibility. 2011 Conference budget and the revised 2011 CNR budget for Per PFC mandate, the situation of approval as presented. They also 25 NNAs was reviewed and considered the tenders of several decisions taken. It was noted that auditing companies, the range of because the Netherlands Antilles do services and costs. They not exist anymore, ICN counts one recommended that Berney & less member. It was also decided Associés be appointed as ICN that Venezuela would be terminated Auditors for the years 2012-2014 unless the association complies with inclusive. its dues payment before the next PFC meeting. ICN CEO was In Durban, CNR approved to redirect pleased to report that ICN received the investment of ICN funds to the official membership request from socially responsible investment. It India during the PFC meeting. was also requested “that practicalities of switching ICN’s Finally, PFC brainstormed about the ongoing investments to SRI funds potential activities to be developed should be examined by the for diversifying ICN income which competent bodies of the Council, are presently 96% dependent on their findings to be submitted to the ICN dues for funding of its core CNR at its next meeting in 2011”. In activities. their motion, Belgium made reference to the Principles on Responsible Investment (PRI) Executive Committee developed in 2006. PFC noted that The Executive Committee met 4 ICN has direct control on its December 2010. Several agenda investments – a portfolio composed items addressed at the meeting at about 90% of shares or bonds related to the 2011 CNR with only a minimal part (15%) preparation. invested in mutual funds. They nevertheless recommended Follow-up was given to the ICN strengthening the investment policy Strategic Plan discussed in May

ICN • CIE • CII 19 3, place Jean-Marteau, 1201 Geneva - Switzerland - Tel.: +41 22 908 01 00 Fax: +41 22 908 01 01 - e-mail: [email protected] - web: www.icn.ch 2010. The Executive Committee They finally postponed the decision provided directions for planning the on the ICN Affiliates membership CNR session on this matter. In their and fee until next year. The delay discussion they agreed that a would allow the EFN membership revamped format of the four year strategy to further develop putting plan which complements the ICN in a better position to decide if a Strategic Plan would be introduced redirection of its Affiliate charging in Malta to give more transparency policy is necessary. and evidence of the strategic direction and performance against They discussed and agreed all target. recommendations from the PFC.

The Executive Committee analysed Their last decision was to approve the NNA responses to the NNA the recommendation of the Awards Inclusiveness questionnaire. They Committee of Becton and Dickinson noted the very low rate of received as the 2011 recipient of the Partners responses, discussed the reasons in Development Award. underlining this low rate. The President will write to the NNAs to share her strong concerns about the low response rate while ICNF B oard meeting commending those responding The ICNF Board meeting met while NNAs and emphasizing the ICN Officers were in Geneva. This improved knowledge of the NNAs’ meeting was used additionally as an situation received through the opportunity to utilise the video- questionnaires. The Executive conferencing platform by bringing Committee discussed the format of Catherine Panchaud, the ICNF the CNR discussions to be held in Swiss-based member into the Malta on this topic. meeting electronically.

In preparation of the 2013 Elections, The ICNF Board received the Executive Committee identified information on ICNF activities; they potential members to sit on the reviewed and approved the 2009 Nominating Committee. These Audited Statements and appointed potential members will be asked Berney & Associés as the ICNF shortly if they accept to serve on this Auditors for 2010-2011. committee. The test of the teleconferencing As decided by the Board in May equipment was satisfying; some 2010, the Executive Committee additional changes will be brought reviewed and agreed the criteria, for the next PFC and Executive processes and recognition for the Committee meetings at the end of three new Membership Awards to be March 2011. implemented as of 2011.

ICN • CIE • CII 20 3, place Jean-Marteau, 1201 Geneva - Switzerland - Tel.: +41 22 908 01 00 Fax: +41 22 908 01 01 - e-mail: [email protected] - web: www.icn.ch Changes and reappointments in • Dr. Mary Wakefield, Dr. Linda NNA Presidents Aiken, Dr. Beverly Malone and Dr. Becky Patton, for being Esther Seloilwe Botswana recognised by Modeen Ankana Sriyaporn Thailand Healthcare Magazine as “One of Alice Tin Kit Peng Macau the 100 Most Powerful People in Momodou Mousa Baro Gambia Healthcare”. Isabelle Christen Monaco • Dr. Barbara Nichols and Dr. Pramila Dewan Nepal Betty Smith Williams, for being Dulce Medina de Pérez Dominican recognised by the American Republic Academy of Nursing as Living Enma Porras Marroquín Guatemala Legends. Karen Daley USA • Professor Sanchia Aranda, Kanan J. Al-Enezi Kuwait Immediate Past President of Dewi Irawaty Indonesia ISNCC, on her election to the Deborah Murphy Guyana Board of Directors for the Union Ecaterina Gulie Romania for International Cancer Control Herminia A. Cossa Mozambique (UICC). Judith Shamian Canada • Professor Helen Rees, on her Andrea Spyropoulos United appointment as Chair of WHO’s Kingdom Strategic Advisory Group of Dorothy Matebeni South Africa Experts (SAGE). Persephone Munnings Bahamas • Jeanne Floyd, on her retirement Adelina Mauricio Angola as Executive Director of the Jonathan A. Gama Malawi American Nurses Credentialing

Center. Congratulations/best wishes • Karen Drenkard, on her have been sent on your behalf to: appointment as Executive • Marion Guy, on her appointment Director of the American Nurses as member of the new National Credentialing Center. • th Health Board. Dame Sheila Quinn, on her 90 • Dr. Zsuzsanna Jakab, on her birthday. • appointment as Regional Jane O’Malley, on her Director of the WHO Regional appointment as Chief Nurse for Office for Europe the Ministry of Health of New • Dr. Gomes Sambo, on his Zealand. • reappointment as Regional Dr. Beverly Malone, CEO of Director of the WHO Regional National League for Nursing, for Office for Africa receiving the National Student • Marion Guy, for receiving the Nurses’ Association’s highest NZNO Award of Honour. honour, Honorary Membership. • • Dr. Janice Phillips, for being Mr. El Makkaoui from Morocco, chosen as a Robert Wood Dr. D. Chiriboga from Ecuador, Johnson Health Policy Fellow. Dra. L. Jadue Hund from Chile, Mr. B.I. Larsen from Norway,

ICN • CIE • CII 21 3, place Jean-Marteau, 1201 Geneva - Switzerland - Tel.: +41 22 908 01 00 Fax: +41 22 908 01 01 - e-mail: [email protected] - web: www.icn.ch Mrs. G.A. Gidlow from Samoa, Mr. Machatine from Condolences/ support have Mozambique, Mr. S. Lambaa been sent on your behalf to: from Mongolia, Dr. C.E.M. Ould • Haiti NNA, following the Horma from Mauritania, Dr. earthquake in January. Misic from Serbia, Dr. Ibrahim • Angeles Zapata, ICN’s Spanish from Somalia, Ms. M. Hanjam translator, and her family, on the Soares from Timor Leste, Mr. sudden death of her daughter. Gopinathan from India, Dr. N. • Portugal NNA, following the Daulaire from United States of floods in Madeira in February. America, Dr. Ren Minghui from • Chile NNA, following the China, Mr. D. Inniss from earthquake in Concepción in Barbados and Mr. A.S. Bablojan February. from Armenia, on their • Marion Guy, on the loss of her appointments as members of the father. Executive Board of the World • Masako Kanai-Pak, on the loss Health Organization. of her father. • Dr. Sjölin-Forsberg, on his • Pakistan NNA, following the appointment as Secretary floods including 2000 deaths in General of the Council of August. International Organisations of • Polish NNA, on the death of Medical Sciences (CIOMS). Senator Janina Fetlinska in the • Mrs. Corinne Ward, on her tragic plane crash in April. election as Chair of the • Linda Carrier-Walker and her International Skin Care Nursing husband Jean-Guy, on the Group. sudden death of their son Alain. • Steven Ersser, as he completed his term as Chair of the International Skin Care Nursing Other news: Group. Appointments: • Michelle Bachelet, former We are pleased to announce that Chilean President, on her Ms Kristina Engelin, as of appointment as Head of the UN September, started working Acting Women Agency. Policy Adviser for Nursing and • Barbara Nichols, CGFNS, on her Midwifery Programme, WHO retirement next June 2011. Regional Office for Europe. Ms • Jean White, on her appointment Engelin is from Sweden, and was as Chief Nursing Officer for formerly employed in Making Wales. Pregnancy Safer Programme at • Eric Chan, as he completed his WHO Headquarters, in Geneva. secondment as Coordinator, Health Professions, Nursing and You will have noticed the position Midwifery at WHO Coordinator, Health Professions, Nursing and Midwifery at WHO has now been re-advertised. Several changes have been made to the job

ICN • CIE • CII 22 3, place Jean-Marteau, 1201 Geneva - Switzerland - Tel.: +41 22 908 01 00 Fax: +41 22 908 01 01 - e-mail: [email protected] - web: www.icn.ch description in line with the points for which we advocated. The deadline And Finally for returned applications is 23 First and foremost just to thank you December 2010 and we will all for all the support and hard work continue to put pressure on WHO to you have done for ICN. I know that make sure the process is not stalled. you all have very busy jobs and I As you may be aware, WHO froze appreciate how you always respond oppositions in the middle of this year so enthusiastically to our requests but in response to our intervention for input and help. this position has been progressed. On a personal note just to let you

know, now that the children have

flown the nest, Denise, my wife, will Staff update be joining me in Geneva early in the We are pleased to inform you that New Year and I look forward to Isabelle Abanda joined ICN in introducing her to you when next August as administrative assistant you are in Geneva. apprentice. Isabelle will be with ICN for three years, the duration of her Best wishes, studies. Isabelle will mainly work with the Administration and Finance Department but will also discover all the administrative aspects of ICN during the course of her studies.

Breaking news You will be delighted to know that Dr. Mary Wakefield, Health Resources and Services Administration of the US Government, has agreed to be our keynote speaker in Malta where she will address a topic of Nurses Driving Access, Quality and Health.

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