The World Health Organization (WHO) and International Council of Nurses announce that 2020 is the year of the Nurse and Midwife. This is to honour the 200th birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale, and timed to launch the WHO State of the World Report on nurses and midwifes. [1] The IAPB community have embraced this opportunity…
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My family introduce me as ‘our daughter – she’s a nurse but not a real one’ – this usually follows with ‘you don’t work in a ward, so what is it you actually do?’ G’Day. I’m Heather Machin and I’m a registered nurse. I wear a lot of hats in the global community but my…
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I will spend International Nurses Day (IND) 2017 in the company of ophthalmic nurses at the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO) meeting in New Zealand. My colleagues from the Solomon Islands and I will be presenting there on the role of nursing and capacity development. With New Zealand being the host…
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I am pleased to inform IAPB members that the Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) (an IAPB member) is commencing a new online international qualification course for eye bankers, delivered in conjunction with the University of Melbourne. The course is ideal for staff already working in eye banks, as well as others wishing to improve…
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