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I am on Day Two of my ‪#‎ inhershoesCOHI‬ challenge of eating the same diet as a Tanzanian woman. In Tanzania, over ⅓ of children are chronically malnourished, causing them to be stunted, and in the south, over 50% of the children are stunted. Malnutrition is passed from mother to babe, and the cycle must be stopped if you can feel Her Shoes and join this challenge!It is time for Lunch my second meal today to survive. Join me on this challenge and donate to COHI to help them improve women’s health http://inhershoes.cohintl.org/ .

In a Press release titled "Nurses are key to healthcare for refugees and migrants”the International Council of Nurses ( ICN ) pointed out the importance of Nurses who are working tirelessly to ensure that all the refugee and migrants receives the best health care services available. The press release also pointed out that nurses are in the fore front of care delivery to the injured and sick refugee. “The International Council of Nurses has tremendous respect for the work of nurses in this crisis, as in the many disasters and conflicts across the world,” said Judith Shamian, ICN President. “We would like to thank them for their support and care for those who are suffering.”  The immense difficulties faced by nurses who are constantly providing hand-on assistance to the refugees in their overcrowded camps were highlighted in the press release.  

The next ICN International Workforce Forum will be held in Helsinki, Finland 28-30 September 2015. The Forum will include discussions on nurses’ working conditions, safe staffing, and bullying in the workplace. There will be a presentation on The Quality Criteria for Professional Health Care Community, and a discussion on topics such as Universal Health Coverage, Human Resources for Health and retention of nurses. More information about ICN International Workforce Forum will be available soon. This is an announcement from  ICN website

In a research published in the American Journal of Nursing (AJN) titled ‘I Am a Nurse’: Oral Histories of African Nurses. Oral information were collected from indigenous nurses in some African countries. Below are some extracts and Abstract of the research work. "I felt good, I felt really proud, and I said to myself, ‘I am a nurse.’ I have chosen this profession and nobody can take it away from me,” said study participant Sophie Makwangwala, a retired nurse from Malawi, during an oral history interview, explaining the pride she felt when she first put on her nursing uniform and cap. To her, the uniform was a powerful symbol of professional nursing. Not only did it convey considerable authority, but it also served to prove her worth as a nurse to a society unaccustomed to black women in professional roles. Most documentary sources of African history have been written by colonial “masters” and are skewed by cultural bias. African voices have long been obscured fro...

It was indeed a sad news for  nurses especially those who uses allnurses.com website for different many purposes.Brian Short was found dead with his wife and kids in his Minnesota mansion, some section believed it may be related to a Lawsuit filed against his company "allnurses.com" back in April. Below is the official statement from allnurses.com website. "We are deeply saddened by the unexpected death of Brian Short, founder and chief executive officer of allnurses.com. Details surrounding his death are unclear. We respectfully request that you grant the company’s employees, friends, families and associates privacy during this difficult time. allnurses will continue to support nursing professionals by providing an unparalleled peer-to-peer online community where they can share experiences and learn from and support one another". More news to come......

The International Council of Nurses ( ICN ) and the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO) are pleased to announce the delivery of an equivalency table between the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP) and SNOMED CT. The aim of the collaboration is to produce and distribute two equivalency tables, one between ICNP and SNOMED CT for nursing diagnoses and a second between ICNP and SNOMED CT for nursing interventions.ICN and IHTSDO signed an agreement to collaborate first in 2010,which was updated in 2014. The goal was to advance terminology harmonization and foster interoperability between health information system. Read the full press release here (PDF). The equivalency table is also available for download from the ICN website: www.icn.ch/download-of-the-icnp_form.html or from here Users of the table should comply with licensing ...

A Belgian nurse who saved the lives of hundreds of American soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge at the end of World War II was given an American award for valor on Monday. The nurse, Augusta Chiwy, who is 93, received the Civilian Award for Humanitarian Service medal from the American ambassador, Howard Gutman , in a ceremony at the military museum in Brussels. “She helped, she helped and she helped,” Mr. Gutman said. He explained the long delay — 67 years — in presenting the award to Ms. Chiwy, saying it had been assumed that she was killed when a bomb destroyed the hospital where she worked. More than 80,000 American soldiers were killed, captured or wounded during the battle. Ms. Chiwy had volunteered to work in an aid station in Bastogne, where thousands of wounded and dying American soldiers were being treated by a single doctor in December 1944 and January 1945. Ms. Chiwy combed the battlefields, often coming under enemy fire, to find the wounded i...