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It’s the Year of the Nurse and Midwife: Why does it matter?

Jan 10, 2020

When the World Health Organization designated 2020 — the 200 th anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth — as the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife, we were thrilled. Of course, we at The DAISY Foundation are among the nursing profession’s most ardent cheerleaders , so we think every year is the Year of the Nurse. But the focus the WHO is putting on nursing is important, not only to nurses...