INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF NURSES

Board of Directors 2021 - 2025

Nominee's Biographical Sheet

Nominated for: Western Pacific/ Subarea Asia

Name: Megumi Teshima

Place of residence: Japan

Main domain of expertise: Nursing Ethics, Management

Skills: Skills: Knowledge of Organization Development/ Experience with strategic planning/ Experience with project management/ Diversity management

Languages: Mother Tongue: Japanese English: Very good

Nursing Education: Name of School City, Country Diploma / Degree Domain Date University of Minnesota Minnesota, Finished Course Nursing 1998 USA Work Ph.D. Program Chiba University Chiba, Japan MSN Nursing 1983 Tokushima, Education/ Tokushima University BE 1981 Japan Nursing

Professional background: Position & Organisation City, Country Scope Dates Associate Dean for Graduate School of Chiba, Japan National From 2010 Nursing, Chiba University Professor, Graduate School of Nursing, Chiba, Japan National From 2010 Chiba University Board member, Higashi Sapporo Hospital Sapporo, Japan National 2000-2001 Deputy Director of Nursing, Higashi Sapporo, Japan National 1998-2001 Sapporo Hospital Visiting Scholar, School of Nursing, Minnesota, USA International 1993-1994 University of Minnesota Lecturer, St. Luke's College of Nursing Tokyo, Japan National 1987-1994 Assistant Professor, St. Luke's College of Tokyo, Japan National 1986-1987 Nursing

Collaborations with global or regional organizations: Organisation Project/event Scope Dates School of Nursing, Yonsei Good Nurse Project Regional 2004-2005 University, Korea Japan International Kenyatta Medical Training Global 2000 Cooperation Agency College Nursing Education Elected Nursing Posts (within last 10 years): Mandat Organisation Scope Dates Global Strategic Advisor Japanese Nursing Association National From 2020 Member, Revise the ICN Code ICN International From 2018 of Ethics for Nursing Board member Japan Association for Bioethics National From 2014 Board member Japan Academy of Nursing National 2015-2016 Administration and Policies Chair, Program Committee 19th East Asian Forum Nursing of Regional 2014-2016 Scholars President 27th Annual Meeting, Japan National 2014-2015 Association for Bioethics

Honorary Awards: Title Dates Oral Prize, Japan Academy of Nursing Administration and Policies 2019 Member, Sigma Theta Tau International 1996

Statement of major contribution to nursing:

Leading Continuing Education to Nurse Manager: Professor Teshima developed a graduate program for the continuing education of nursing managers, which was funded by the Japanese government as a Good Practice and has contributed to improving the skills of Japanese nurse managers. She is chair of the institutional committee for Certified Nurse Administrator in the Japanese Nursing Association and has been engaging in improvement to continuing education. Based on national surveys and collection of best practices, she developed a guideline for improving nursing management skills, a part of which presented at the 2017 ICN Congress.

Identified and Shared Core Value in Nursing: In 2014, Professor Teshima published a book, "Positive Management in Nursing," which was translated into another language. It is related to promoting a Healthy Workplace / Positive Practice Environment based on evidence. Identifying the fundamental values of nursing, she had been involved in the Good Nurse project, which was held in Korea, working with six Asian nurse ethicists. Recently, she engaged the revision of Standards of Nursing Service and Code of Ethics for Nurses in Japan and has been contributing as a member of the ICN Code of Ethics Revision Committee since 2018.

Candidate’s statement addressing the issues facing ICN:

ICN's role as the organization that coordinates nurses around the world is becoming more critical. ICN can contribute to promoting the health and well-being of people around the world and those who work in health care by strengthening its ties with NNAs in each country in cooperation with WHO, World Bank, and other international organizationsS. We are facing many challenges now with the rapid globalization of the world. Nurses are working boldly at the forefront of the spread of infectious diseases, the promotion of prevention and control from Non-Communicable Diseases due to lifestyle, and are saving the world from crisis.

To promote health for all and well-being, UHC is essential in achieving the third goal of the SDGs. It has become clear that nurses and midwives can be primary health care providers, expand their practice in the community, and work with a hospital and institutional professionals to achieve results. ICN has a critical role in contributing to complete the third goal, fostering nurses with high competences and accumulating and disseminating the evidence. To ensure that nurses, who consist half of health care workers, can work stably and sustainably, ICN should prioritize the following issues. 1. Human Resource Management For highly capable nurses to work with security and safety, it is vital to attract, and educate them, and create a work environment where they can work sustainably. Making the nursing profession attractive to the younger generation, is a top priority. It is also essential to develop a system where senior nurses with experience and wisdom to work safely and stably. In addition, we must devise a way whereby nurses can work together with IoT and AI. Therefore, it is critical to developing the skills of nurse managers so that they can address these issues.

2. Shared Value By sharing the values of nurses’ roles and practices, our practices will become stronger. Innovation is needed to share the core values of the nursing profession that is working for the health of people, patients, and this, facilitated by disseminating the ICN Code of Ethics, SDGs, and social justice in each country. To impact health care in the world, we need to share the measurement and reinforced each other through continuous communication.

3. Finding and Sharing Positive Deviation Even though the culture of each NNA is varied, there is no difference in the direction to the goal. By proactively clarifying positive examples of each country's initiatives, Positive Deviation, and sharing them through ICN, we can expect to learn from each other and develop into creative efforts.

To address these challenges promptly, secure operating funds and resource management are critical. One strategy is to raise a wide range of donations from non-profit organizations. I also believe that there is room for ingenuity by generating profits through holding workshops and selling related products and expanding support to countries where participation is difficult due to the economic situation. As ICN Board, continuous improvement of operation, respect for diverse values, and open communication are essential. I promise to participate in and to make a contribution to the development of the organization that can respond quickly, flexibly and appropriately to tasks without waiting so that nurses around the world, and NNAs can continue working in a better environment.

Candidate: Prof Megumi Teshima Name of Member Association: Japanese Nursing Association