The ICN welcomes the focus on medicines as the theme for this year’s World Health Organization World Patient Safety Day, but calls for a culture change in how health providers manage drug errors involving nurses and other health workers
16 September 2022
ICN welcomes the publication of the World Health Organization’s latest workforce report, which reveals shortages that WHO Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge describes as a ‘ticking time-bomb’
14 September 2022
Today 31 senior nurse leaders from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Western Pacific were welcomed by leaders of the ICN and faculty of the ICN’s Global Nursing Leadership Institute (GNLI)™ as they began the GNLI 2022 programme
13 September 2022
ICN sends a sincere message of condolence to King Charles III and the Royal Family, and all those affected by the sad loss of Queen Elizabeth II
9 September 2022
ICN 2023 will be held in person, 1-5 July 2023, at the Palais de Congrès, Montreal, Canada in partnership with the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA). The 2023 Congress theme is “Nurses together: a force for global health”.
1 September 2022
Howard Catton, CEO of ICN, today called for advanced practice roles to be at the heart of nurse-led models of care
24 August 2022
The 12th ICN Nurse Practitioner and Advanced Practice Network (NP/APN) Conference opened yesterday in Dublin under the theme Advanced Practice Nursing: Shaping the Future of Healthcare
22 August 2022
Leveraging Global Nursing Leadership for Influence and Impact
18 August 2022
Several BBC news outlets have recently reported on the over-reliance of many high-income countries on foreign-trained nurses, quoting ICN's warning that the shortage of healthcare workers is the greatest threat to global health
11 August 2022
The International Council of Nurses (ICN) recently held a webinar to discuss nursing in South East Asia.
4 August 2022
Nurses across the world have shown their solidarity and support for nurses in Ukraine and other areas of conflict by donating to the International Council of Nurses (ICN) #NursesForPeace campaign humanitarian fund. Their generous contributions are helping nurses and their families who remain in Ukraine, and those who have been displaced internally and to other countries.
2 August 2022