The COVID-19 Effect: World’s nurses facing mass trauma, an immediate danger to the profession and future of our health systems
Publication description
This report, based on information from ICN’s members up to the end of 2020, is intended to highlight the continued critical importance of protecting and retaining the nursing workforce in COVID-19 responses. It also provides an insight into how policy decision-makers in governments, healthcare facilities and health organisations can deliver on their responsibility to support and strengthen the nursing workforce, which is the backbone of health systems.
Suggestion of other publications
ICN Annual Report 2025
October 2026
Leadership, Nursing regulation, Professional practice, Social-economic welfare
WHA79 Report - From WHA to Action: A Nursing Policy Guide for Global Health Advocacy & Decision-Making
October 2026
Health workforce, Leadership, Nursing regulation, Professional practice, Social-economic welfare