70th Anniversary, International, Nurses Day, Nursing Studies, Research, YARNS | Leave a Comment on International Nurses Day 2026: Empowered Nurses Save Lives (Part 1) By Professor Danny Kelly (Co PI)

International Nurses Day 2026: Empowered Nurses Save Lives (Part 1) By Professor Danny Kelly (Co PI)

The International Council of Nurses (ICN) has announced the theme for International Nurses Day 2026: Our Nurses. Our Future. Empowered Nurses Save Lives. The theme highlights the urgent need to support, value, and empower nurses so they can continue to deliver safe, effective, and compassionate care in increasingly complex healthcare environments. This message strongly resonatesContinue reading International Nurses Day 2026: Empowered Nurses Save Lives (Part 1) By Professor Danny Kelly (Co PI)

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Florence Nightingale Foundation Students’ Day

Every year a Students’ Day is held in London by the Florence Nightingale Foundation to coincide with the Florence Nightingale Commemoration Service at Westminster Abbey. The Foundation invites universities with an undergraduate nursing degree programme to nominate two student nurses to attend. The day begins at St Thomas’ Hospital when students from across the UK haveContinue reading Florence Nightingale Foundation Students’ Day

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International Nurses’ Day May 12th: celebrating in Bled, Slovenia

Organised by the ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS OF MEDICINSKIH SESTER, BABIC IN ZDRAVSTVENIH TEHNIKOV SLOVENIJE NURSES, MIDWIVES AND MEDICAL TECHNICIANS OF SLOVENIA Professor Pam Smith and Dr Rosie Stenhouse, Nursing Studies, University of Edinburgh on their first visit to establish an Erasmus Mobility Exchange Programme, were invited to attend the event by our partners fromContinue reading International Nurses’ Day May 12th: celebrating in Bled, Slovenia

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Nurses Day 2014 – what did we get up to?

I couldn’t think of a more appropriate focus for a Nursing Studies blog post – how did students within Nursing Studies been spend time to celebrate Nurses Day 2014? Nurses day is a celebration of the profession across the world.    International nurses day always falls on the 12th May- Florence Nightingales birthday.  This year two ofContinue reading Nurses Day 2014 – what did we get up to?