Exploring the Synergies Between the Magnet Recognition Program® and the International Council of Nurses' Charter for Change.

Healthcare organizations across the globe apply the Magnet® Model framework to achieve excellence in nursing practice, thriving work environments, and improved patient, nursing, and organizational outcomes. The International Council of Nurses' (ICN) Charter for Change (2023) commissioned actionable measures for change to advance the nursing profession into the future. This article explores the synergies between the Magnet Recognition Program® and the ICN Charter for Change, aiming to demonstrate that integrating the principles of both models can provide a roadmap for healthcare organizations to enhance nursing professional development, foster a culture of innovation and evidence-based practice, and ultimately improve healthcare outcomes for patients and communities globally.

Nursing our planet.

AIM: The aim of this article is to explore the role of nurses with regards to climate change and other humanitarian challenges. BACKGROUND: The climate crisis facing our planet is not just about extreme weather events. To be properly understood and addressed, climate change should be recognised as a global public health emergency that needs urgent attention from governments everywhere. DISCUSSION: In this article, International Council of Nurses (ICN) Chief Executive Officer Howard Catton discusses the links between climate change, nursing practice and advocacy. He argues that the crises the world faces, including those related to global warming, can be handled better if they are understood as public health crises, and that having nurses involved in policymaking at every level in society provides the best chance of individuals' health needs being met. Conclusion and Implications for Nursing and/or Health Policy: Nurses must be actively involved in policymaking that addresses the humanitarian and public health impact of climate change and natural and human-made disasters. Only half the world's countries have a government-level chief nursing officer who is able to represent the nursing profession at the highest levels of policymaking. This deficit should be corrected as soon as possible so that the voices of nurses are heard and respected, and patients everywhere can benefit from the direct input of nursing into all government policies that influence people's health and well-being.

International Nurses Day: Nurses can change the world, given the investment and support they deserve.

Every year on International Nurses Day (IND), the International Council of Nurses (ICN) releases a report with resources that can be used by nurses around the world. This year's report responds to the World Health Organization's (WHO) latest strategy for nursing and midwifery, and the findings of the State of the World's Nursing report. In this article, ICN Chief Executive Officer Howard Catton describes the main points of the IND report and recommends that nurses everywhere read it, alongside the WHO strategy, and use that information to increase their knowledge of the global nursing workforce and influence global healthcare policy. It is a toolkit that can assist nurses, other healthcare providers, governments and international organisations to turn global strategy into meaningful local action and improved clinical practice on the ground.

International Council of Nurses representing nursing at the World Health Organization: COVID-19, policy and holding politicians to account.

The International Council of Nurses is in a unique position to represent nurses at the World Health Organization, and its task has never been more urgent than this year. Amid the global COVID-19 pandemic, the death rates of nurses and other health care workers are truly shocking, with around 115 000 deaths. However, many countries do not collect statistics on health and care workers' deaths and infections from COVID-19, so the full extent of this awful situation is not known. At this year's World Health Assembly, the body that sets the World Health Organization's agenda for the following year, the International Council of Nurses' 50-strong delegation voiced the concerns of nurses and ensured that the views and advice of nurses were heard by the World Health Organization's 194 member states' delegates. Here, the International Council of Nurses' Chief Executive Officer Howard Catton describes how the Council is influencing health and care policy worldwide. He urges nurses everywhere to hold their politicians to account.

International Council of Nurses President Annette Kennedy reflects on her 4-year tenure as president.

Annette Kennedy's four year term as President of the International Council of Nurses ended during the organisation's virtual Congress in November. Here she writes about her time in office and the state of the world's nursing after 2 years of the pandemic. She acknowledges the strains that COVID-19 has put on nursing but affirms that nurses and nursing have come through the pandemic as a stronger, more influential and more cohesive profession.

International Council of Nurses' Global Nursing Leadership Institute: Responding to the pandemic.

BACKGROUND: In 2020, the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic forced the redesign of the International Council of Nurses' (ICN) Global Nursing Leadership Institute (GNLI) that heretofore had included an intensive, week-long residential experience in Geneva, Switzerland. AIM: This paper describes the development, implementation, challenges and preliminary outcomes of an approach that regionalized GNLI and delivered it online, while preserving some cross-regional connections among participants. RESULTS: A virtual approach to a global policy leadership programme cannot replace the richness of an intensive, concentrated residential one, but the redesign of GNLI has given ICN, its member national nursing associations and individual nurse leaders previously unexplored opportunities for networking and collaboration aligned with the six WHO regions, and for cross-region networking and discussions of global issues. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING AND/OR HEALTH POLICY: The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has highlighted the need for nursing leadership in policy and practice. A virtual approach to leadership development can increase the reach of programmes that seek to build nursing's capacity to advance health-promoting policies in workplaces, organizations and nations.

COVID-19: Looking to the future of nursing: innovations & policy recommendations.

The impressive work of nurses, midwives and other health and emergency workers is far from over in the COVID-19 pandemic. But opportunities to learn from adversity are being explored and enacted in many settings and locations. Many ideas, opinions, research findings, innovations in practice, and policy recommendations are described in this Special Issue of International Nursing Review, The Official Journal of the International Council of Nurses in Switzerland. The contents will help inform educators, policymakers, health reformers, researchers, governments, leaders and practitioners about nursing's future. On International Nurses Day 2021, we dedicate this issue to the memory of the yet unknown number of nurses and midwives around the world who have died during this pandemic.

The International Council of Nurses in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic.

International Council of Nurses President Annette Kennedy reviews the organization's contribution to nursing during the COVID-19 pandemic. She describes the Council's efforts to support nurses around the world and bring its National Nursing Associations together to share their experiences and best practices, and the lessons learned with other nations who are at different stages of the pandemic.

Nursing Now 2020: the Nightingale Challenge.

Global healthcare expenditure is increasing, along with the numbers of older patients with multiple comorbidities, while the numbers of health workers are hugely decreasing, and many nursing and midwifery vacancies remain unfilled. With the World Health Organization declaring 2020 the Year of the Nurse and Midwife, and commencing the Nursing Now campaign with partners including the International Council of Nurses and the International Confederation of Midwives, has allowed these professions to unite, encourage advocacy and the call for global investment in nursing and midwifery. These actions will permit these professions to address universal health coverage, global inconsistencies of professional practice, and recruitment and retention. The Nightingale Challenge seeks to place early career nurses and midwives at the forefront of transformation, calling on employers worldwide to invest and provide nursing leadership development, and to become a key part of the solution to address the issues of providing universal health coverage, promoting gender equality and supporting economic growth. This will help place them at the heart of tackling 21st century health challenges.

Development of ICNP-based inpatient falls prevention catalogue.

OBJECTIVES: The International Council of Nurses supports the development of International Classification for Nursing Practice® (ICNP®) catalogues to support the construction of electronic health records and evidence-based practice. Such a catalogue is needed for inpatient falls. METHODS: The ICNP®-Based Inpatient Fall-Prevention Catalogue ('The Catalogue') was developed following the six steps recommended by the International Council of Nurses: (1) identifying inpatient falls as a priority, (2) gathering relevant concepts from 10 international guidelines and comparing locally defined sets of fall-prevention terms, (3) mapping the concepts to the ICNP® terminology, (4) identifying new concepts, (5) conducting a clinical face validation with a 12-member panel and finalizing The Catalogue and (6) setting a strategy for dissemination. The high-level structure of the International Classification for Patient Safety was used as a theoretical framework. RESULTS: Eighteen nursing care elements and 141 terms were identified. A local vocabulary set had 89 terms (63.1%) that all corresponded to the identified terms. The exact and post-coordination mapping rates to the ICNP® were 75% and 40.6% for assessment/diagnosis/outcomes and interventions, respectively. The 54 new terms corresponded to 52 primitive concepts. An external review of The Catalogue showed that it had adequate understandability and validity. However, one-third of assessments/diagnoses/outcomes and one-fourth of interventions were not found in a tertiary hospital practice. CONCLUSION: A fall-prevention catalogue has been developed based on evidence and a theoretical framework and also clinically validated. IMPLICATION FOR NURSING AND HEALTH POLICY: The Catalogue is a standardized interface terminology and content subset in any electronic health records system that can directly deliver evidence on fall prevention. It can also be used as an informatics tool to aggregate, analyse, interpret and compare nursing data worldwide.

Nursing in the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: protecting, saving, supporting and honouring nurses.

As the world tackles the largest public health event in more than a century, the COVID-19 pandemic, the true value of nursing is being seen by politicians and the public. But while nurses are being praised for the vital work they do, many are being put into high-risk situations, and some have died, because of a shortage of appropriate, high-quality personal protective equipment. The International Council of Nurses has called for governments to make the provision of such equipment their number one priority to prevent further loss of life among the nurses caring for the world's most vulnerable patients.

Should the RCN re-join the International Council of Nurses?

Emeritus Professor Alan Glasper, from the University of Southampton, discusses a new consultation by the Royal College of Nursing on whether the UK should re-join the International Council of Nurses.

International Council of Nurses: putting nurses at the centre of the world's policymaking has benefits for us all.

This year's International Council of Nurses Congress in Singapore was an opportunity for nurses from around the world to discuss and shape policy and practice around the world. The World Health Organization recognises ICN's unique ability to influence its policies, represent nursing and help with the challenges that lie ahead, including a potential shortfall of nine million nurses by 2030. All nurses can get involved in efforts to raise the profile of the profession and attract a new generation who will continue to maintain the high standards expected of registered nurses for decades to come.

Developing a consistent approach to advanced practice nursing worldwide.

Integration of advanced practice nurses into the healthcare workforce is an increasing trend worldwide. An important step forward for supporting this trend was the development of a definition of advanced practice nursing by the International Council of Nurses in 2002, for the presence of such nurses internationally has increased significantly. Although initially beneficial, the generic nature of the definition has contributed to disagreement and confusion regarding the role. In response to this critique and to facilitate improved role clarity for advanced practice nurses, the International Council of Nurses is reviewing and revising its original position. The intent is to provide a clearer understanding of the components of the specialty to key stakeholders, the public and other healthcare professionals. This article describes the process for updating and clarifying the International Council of Nurses' description of advanced practice nursing, specifically the clinical nurse specialist and nurse practitioner. Key elements for best practice, policy and a professional standard are identified to facilitate role development and implementation.

The ICN code of ethics for nurses: a time for revision.

Since its development in 1953, the International Council of Nursing's Code of Ethics for Nurses has been revised a number of times and adopted or adapted as a guide for nurses in many countries. The Code serves as a critical model for ethical standards in the nursing profession, stressing responsibility and advocacy for the human rights of patients, their families and communities, as well as social issues, the work of nurses within health care systems and working with other health professionals. The most recent edition of the Code (2012) is now in the process of revision by an international Steering Committee. This policy paper describes the meaning of the Code, as well as the processes in place to develop a revised Code that is better fitted for the current needs of nurses around the globe.

2020 Vision - The Year of the Nurse and Midwife.

The World Health Organization has designated 2020 as the Year of the Nurse and Midwife. With a predicted shortfall of more than nine million nurses and midwives by 2030, the World Health Organization has recognized the urgency of tackling the approaching workforce issues head on. The activities planned should provide a once in a generation opportunity to promote the nursing profession and address crucial issues, such as recruitment and retention, professional development and pay and conditions. The International Council of Nurses is working closely with its National Nursing Associations around the world and other key nursing and health organizations, to create a long-lasting legacy that will raise the profile of the profession with the public, boost its professional status, and make it sustainable in the future.

Being effective at the top table: developing nurses' policy leadership competencies.

Nurse leaders at all levels, from ward to board to international stage, need to be savvy about politics, policy and power. They should be at the top table in every health-related organization, and they should know how to make an impact in these challenging environments. Yet top nurses worldwide have few opportunities to develop their policy leadership competencies. The ICN Global Nursing Leadership Institute is a rare and successful example. For 10 years it has prepared top nurses from round the world to drive policy that improves population health, enhances health care, and advances the profession - a major theme at ICN Congress, Singapore, June 2019. Jane Salvage, programme director, introduced GNLI at a packed session in the main hall, and two alumnae, Jed Montayre (New Zealand) and Michelle Gunn (Australia), described their transformational experiences of it.

Intergenerational partnerships in nursing: lessons from a plenary session at the 2019 International Council of Nurses' Singapore Conference.

This year's International Council of Nurses' global Congress in Singapore featured a theme of strengthening collaboration and partnerships across generations. In their plenary session, the two authors of this article exemplified this theme in both the development and delivery of their session. Together, they developed a set of 'common ground' attributes of nursing policy leaders, reflecting the knowledge and experiences of two very different nursing policy leaders: one a 'Baby Boomer' nurse with almost five decades of national and global policy leadership, and the other, an early career 'Millennial' leader engaged in her first decade of global policy leadership work. Their collaboration resulted in a session featuring reflections on relevance across generations, using symbolic images and a 'Ted-talk' style presentation, and active engagement of the audience. This article speaks to both the process for developing these 'common ground' attributes, and insights and lessons learned that can help inform future collaborations across generations of nurses.