TWNA NEWS January 2018 NO. 33 NURSING IN TAIWAN The 4th Cross-Strait and Hong Kong, Macau Nursing Conference(CSHMNC) in Taipei To strengthen the development of the nursing profession in the region, nursing leaders from the Taiwan Nurses Association (TWNA), Chinese Nursing Association (CNA), College of Nursing Hong Kong NURSING IN TAIWAN (CNHK), and Nurses Association of Macau (NAOM) TAIWAN NURSES ASSOCIATION Semi-annual First Published May 1997 held a meeting in 2014 and reached a consensus to take 4F, 281 Hsin-Yi Road Section 4, Taipei 10681, Taiwan, Republic of China ISSN 1563-3187 turns to host the conference annually. The 1st conference TEL: +8862-2755-2291 FAX: +8862-2701-9817 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://www.twna.org.tw was hosted by the CNA at Beijing in 2014 followed by CNHK and NAOM in 2015 and 2016, respectively. The Dr. Sung Rae Shin, the ICN 3rd Dr. Shwu-Feng Tsay, Director-General, th 4 conference was held in Taipei from November 16th- Vice President, delivers a keynote Department of Nursing and Health Care, ICN President Annette Kennedy 18th, 2017 with a professional visit on the 3rd day to four speech on Nurses: A Voice to Ministry of Health delivers a keynote Lead: Achieving the SDGs. speech on Challenges and Development Visited Taiwan ICN President Annette institutions, including two public hospitals, one private of Healthcare System in Taiwan. hospital, and an elderly care center. In order to respond Kennedy delivers the speech: to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the “Invisible Yet Indispensable: It was a great honor to host the visit of ICN President Annette Nurses at the Forefront of conference theme the same as ICN’s IND theme “Nurses: Kennedy to Taiwan. President Kennedy delivered the keynote speech Health Care”. A Voice to Lead - Achieving the SDGs” The conference at Taiwan’s Global Health Forum (October 22nd-23rd), hosted by the is an important bridge linking nurses throughout Chinese Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW). To show its hospitality, Asia. TWNA also arranged for President Kennedy to meet National Vice- It was our great honor that Dr. Sung Rae Shin, President Chien-Jen Chen and to visit the Control Yuan, the Ministry the ICN 3rd Vice President and Dr. Shwu-Feng Tsay, of Foreign Affairs, and a medical center. TWNA also discussed with Director-General, Department of Nursing and Health President Kennedy opportunities for future cooperation with ICN. During her visits with government agencies, President Kennedy shared messages from the international community and exchanged E-poster Area There were 227 poster papers accepted ideas with government officials, underscoring the critical role that for presentations. nurses play in achieving United Nations’ sustainable development Care, Ministry of Health both gave the valuable keynote goals and universal health coverage and advocating greater nursing Meeting with National Vice-President Chien-Jen Chen speeches that highlighted the importance of SDGs and involvement in the formulation and setting of government policies. President Kennedy chose “TOGETHER” as the long-term care systems. watchword for her upcoming 4-year term. Under her leadership and the global collective power of nursing, the health Over 430 nurses from Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, of humanity across our world will surely continue to improve. and Macau attended, and 36 oral and 227 poster papers were accepted for presentations. TWNA accepted th th E-posters to promote eco-friendliness. Participants The ICN 18 AWFF & 14 AANA offered much positive feedback and the conference Some participants taking pictures at the 4th CSHMNC Closing Ceremony concluded successfully. in Taipei The ICN 18th Asia Workforce Forum (AWFF) and 14th Alliance of Asian Nurses’ Associations (AANA) meeting were hosted by TWNA Evidence-Based Health Care (EBHC) Library TWNA from November 14th-16th, 2017 at the Grand Hotel in Taipei with nearly 50 delegates and observers in attendance from 10 NNAs in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Macau, Malaysia, To share evidence-based healthcare knowledge nationwide, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Thailand. We were very honored to have Dr. Sung-Rae Shin (ICN 3rd Vice-President), Mr. Howard Knowledge Translation Group under TWNA’s Center for Excellence has three ICN Area-7 board members at this year’s AWFF, including Dr. Catton, Dr. Chin-Lon Lin, Dr. Kwua-Yun Wang, Dr. Lian- scheduled the launch of its Web-based EBHC Library in March 2018. This Sung Rae Shin, Dr. Lian-Hua Huang, and Dr. Ying Wu. Hua Huang (ICN Board Member), Dr. Ying Wu (ICN Board online resource will share evidence-based healthcare knowledge and allow The 18thAWFF was co-chaired by TWNA President Dr. Kwua- Member), and participants from 10 NNAs. submissions of EBHC articles, including EBHC synthesis, applications, Yun Wang, Vice President Dr. Hsiu-Hung Wang, and ICN Director Howard Catton. During the Forum, Director Catton and clinical guidelines and online reviews. More information of EBHC presented ICN’s global policy priorities following the environmental scan and nursing data workforce profile, while methodology, glossary, and other topics are also available online. NNAs discussed key issues facing the region, including those related to the work environment and working conditions, workforce education, and the pressing needs for greater evidence-based research, to make more of an impact on policy, TWNA Web-based EBHC Library and for enhancing the resilience of national health systems. NURSING IN TAIWAN TWNA NEWS Nursing leaders from Thailand, Taiwan, and Korea were invited to share and discuss topics that included applied technologies, nurses in politics, and nurse recruitment and retention. Thailand Nurses Association’s International nd Affairs Chairperson Dr. Yupin Aungsuroch introduced how applied technologies may better ensure quality of care and ICN 2 Leadership for Change Program in Taipei patient safety; TWNA Vice President Dr. Hsiu-Hung Wang spoke on building relationships with government and policy makers; and Korean Nurses Association President Dr. Oksoo Kim presented on the issue of recruiting and retaining nurses. The participants were very active in the discussion and raised valuable opinions and suggestions. nd Workshop 1 of the ICN 2 Tzu Chi International Medical Association CEO Dr. Chin-Lon Lin discussed the concept of green hospitals. He Leadership for Change Program emphasized that these hospitals must first achieve sustainable development goals, as hospitals are crowded places that, (LFC) wrapped up successfully while consuming a large and diverse mix of resources and producing many potentially dangerous wastes, make ideal in September 2017, attended by venues for education and concept promotion. The TWNA also arranged Da-ai TV to interview Dr. Chin-Lon Lin, Mr. 19 nursing leaders and scholars, Howard Catton, and Dr. Kwua-Yun Wang, aiming to promote the concept of sustainable development and to raise including 2 from Myanmar and 2 public awareness. from Indonesia. They all showed The AANA meeting was co-chaired by TWNA President Dr. Kwua-Yun Wang and Vice President Dr. Hsiu-Hung their great motivation to join this Wang. The main theme this year was helping novice nurses become experts. After the presentation, NNAs addressed training program and treasured this the current developments of nursing education in participating countries and focused on how to give novice nurses great opportunity to learn from ICN the professional training necessary to progress and become experts after finishing their basic and advanced nursing 9 domestic trainees were selected as 19 participants were selected to participate in the 2nd LFC Consultant Dr. Kristine Qureshi. teaching assistants to join and observe Program. education. At the meeting, NNAs also dealt with the challenges of nursing education and governmental efforts, and the We feel particularly honored that, the training procedure. role of NNAs in promoting nursing professional education. By sharing and comparing, NNAs came to better appreciate although ICN President Annette Kennedy was not able to attend the LFC due to a scheduling conflict, she sent a the gaps in their home education systems and learned from the examples of other countries. congratulation message to all of the participants, which was read aloud by ICN Board Member Dr. Lian-Hua Huang. AWFF and AANA provide a great platform for NNAs in the Asia region to share ideas and experiences related to She extended ICN’s appreciation to the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs nursing issues, to understand the latest developments in nursing in the region, and to discuss and develop strategies to nd (MOFA) for their full support for the ICN LFC Program from the outset. The participants in the 2 LFC Program also address relevant nursing issues. The next AWFF and AANA will be hosted by the College of Nursing, Hong Kong in st included 9 teaching assistants who had graduated from the 1 LFC Program in 2016 and who have been selected to be November 2018. trainers in future ICN & TWNA’s LFC programs. The entire training program comprises 3 workshops, with Workshop 2 scheduled for March 23rd-27th, 2018. TWNA’s 2ndAsia Pacific Nursing Research Conference Participation in ICN Meetings and Events TWNA’s 2nd Asia Pacific Nursing Research Conference (APNRC) was held from August 2nd-4th, 2017 at the Taipei International Convention Center under the theme “Nurse Intelligence: Practice, To actively engage nurses in Dr. Miaofen Yen (2nd Research and Policy”. The eminent nursing experts and scholars who TWNA President Dr. Sheila Dinotshe Tlou, Chair, government policymaking, from left) was elected Dr. Kwua-Yun Wang Global HIV Prevention Coalition shared their insights on our global profession at APNRC this year TWNA Vice-President Dr. Hsiu- to attend the ICN GNPLI gives Opening delivers her keynote “Nursing Hung Wang was recommended in September 2017 with included Dr. Shwu-Feng Tsay, Director-General of the Department of Remarks at the Research and the Sustainable and elected by ICN to attend full sponsorship from the Nursing and Health Care, MOHW; Dr.