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ICN highlights the need for collaboration in its efforts to provide humanitarian help in place of conflict around the world
ICN CEO Howard Catton has re-emphasised the importance of partnerships and collaboration in the organisation’s efforts to help support nurses in conflict zones and in natural and human-made disasters.
13 June 2025
ICN elects new President, José Luis Cobos Serrano, a new Board of Directors, and announces 2027 Congress venue
At the closing ceremony of ICN Congress 2025, ICN announced that it has elected Dr José Luis Cobos Serrano to be its 30th President.
13 June 2025
ICN presents awards at Congress 2025
Kim Mo-Im Policy Innovation and Impact Award; The ICN/FNIF International Achievement Award; Partners in Development Award; ICN Health and Human Rights Award;
13 June 2025
ICN continues BBC StoryWorks Caring with Courage film collaboration as part of its mission to shift public perceptions of nursing
ICN is continuing its mission to improve the public’s knowledge and perceptions of the profession in the media through its collaboration with BBC StoryWorks Commercials Productions, which has released a second compelling series of its Caring with Courage films about nursing.
13 June 2025
ICN’s President applauds new Nursing Definition that provides the language to shift nursing from invisible to invaluable
Dr Pamela Cipriano, President of ICN, issued a statement on the new Definition of Nursing and Definition of a Nurse released by ICN yesterday.
12 June 2025
ICN Congress 2025 - Plenary 4: Health systems in Europe
Plenary session addressed the ways major challenges in health care in Europe are being tackled, and described opportunities for advancing health equity, quality, and sustainability across the region.
12 June 2025
New book commemorating 100 years of nursing in Bahrain
An esteemed group of nurse leaders from Bahrain have produced a new book recounting the history of nursing successes in their country over the past 100 years.
12 June 2025
ICN charts a bold vision and calls for urgent investment in nursing to secure the future of care
Against a backdrop of escalating global health challenges, the ruling council of the ICN has issued a powerful call for urgent action to address the nursing workforce crisis.
11 June 2025
The next generation of nurse leaders tackle pressing health challenges at ICN Student Assembly with new alliance of student and early career nurses
This weekend over 250 student and early career nurses from all around the world came together at ICN's biennial Student Assembly ahead of this week’s ICN Congress in Helsinki, Finland.
11 June 2025
Royal College of Nursing and the International Council of Nurses collaborate on education
The Royal College of Nursing and ICN have today signed a historic partnership agreement to boost nurse education and continuing professional development.
11 June 2025
ICN’s new definition of nurse and nursing is a global milestone in professional identity
ICN has proudly unveiled a new, comprehensive Definition of Nursing and the Nurse, providing an authoritative articulation of the profession’s scope, identity and contribution to global health.
11 June 2025
ICN Congress 2025 opens in Helsinki, Finland, with a joyful parade of national nurses associations
ICN’s Congress 2025 has opened with an exuberant and joyful parade of nurses, many in traditional national dress, adding to Helsinki’s claim to being one of the happiest cities in the world.
10 June 2025