The ICN Global Nursing Leadership Institute: Integrating the SDGs into Leadership and Policy Development.

This article is one in a series in which contributing authors discuss how the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are linked to everyday clinical issues; national public health emergencies; and other nursing issues, such as leadership, shared governance, and advocacy. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a 15-year plan of action to achieve the goals, was unanimously adopted by all UN member states in September 2015 and took effect on January 1, 2016. The Agenda consists of 17 SDGs addressing social, economic, and environmental determinants of health and 169 associated targets focused on five themes: people, planet, peace, prosperity, and partnership. The SDGs build on the work of the UN Millennium Development Goals, which were in effect from 2000 to 2015. The current article discusses the International Council of Nurses Global Nursing Leadership Institute and its integration of the SDGs into a global leadership and policy development program.

Our future is global: nursing leadership and global health / Nosso futuro é global: liderança em enfermagem e saúde global / Nuestro futuro es global: el liderazgo en Enfermería y la salud global

Global health matters to every nurse everywhere. In this article we outline why. We highlight some important health issues confronting the world today; explore how these issues are being tackled; and consider the implications for nursing. We describe how nurses are making a difference in the challenging contexts, range and complexity of nursing work round the globe, and we conclude with a call to action. Nurses can influence, and become, policy-makers and politicians, and explain to them why the Sustainable Development Goals cannot be reached without strengthening nursing. In this International Year of the Nurse and Midwife, the window of opportunity is open, but it will not stay open for long. Nurses and midwives globally and locally must be ready to jump through it. We ask you to join hands, and join us.

A saúde global importa para os enfermeiros do mundo todo. Neste artigo, descrevemos o motivo. Destacamos algumas questões de saúde importantes que o mundo está enfrentando atualmente; exploramos como essas questões estão sendo abordadas; e consideramos as implicações para a Enfermagem. Descrevemos como os enfermeiros estão fazendo a diferença nos contextos desafiadores, destacamos a extensão e a complexidade dos trabalhos dos enfermeiros ao redor do mundo, e concluímos com um apelo à ação. Os enfermeiros podem influenciar, e se tornarem, elaboradores de política e políticos, e explicar para eles o motivo pelo qual os Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável não podem ser alcançados sem fortalecer a Enfermagem. Neste Ano Internacional da Enfermagem e da Obstetrícia, a janela de oportunidade está aberta, mas não ficará aberta por muito tempo. Os enfermeiros e as parteiras devem estar prontos para atravessar essa janela, tanto em nível global quanto local. Pedimos que vocês deem as mãos e juntem-se a nós.

La salud global es importante para cualquier enfermera en cualquier lugar del mundo. En este artículo detallamos por qué. Destacamos algunos problemas de salud importantes que enfrenta el mundo actualmente, estudiamos de qué manera se están abordando estos problemas y consideramos las repercusiones para la Enfermería. Describimos de qué manera las enfermeras están marcando la diferencia en los contextos problemáticos, la amplitud y complejidad del trabajo de Enfermería en todo el planeta y concluimos con una convocatoria para la acción. Las enfermeras pueden influenciar a los encargados de elaborar normas y a los políticos (además de pasar a desempeñar esos roles) y explicarles por qué las Metas de desarrollo sustentable no pueden alcanzarse sin fortalecer la Enfermería. En este Año Internacional de las Enfermeras y Parteras la ventana de las oportunidades está abierta, pero no será así por mucho tiempo. Tanto a nivel global como local, las enfermeras deben estar preparadas para aprovecharla. Les pedimos que se tomen de las manos y que se sumen a nosotros.

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